Automatic messaging system
OwnerPatience Van Zandt, Thomas Van Zandtinventors
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Abstract
A method and system for an automatic messaging service. For one embodiment a messaging service associates a network address information specifying a network address with a user. When a message from a caller is subsequently received at the messaging service, the message is converted to message file which may be an audio file, a video file, a text file, or a multi-media file. The message file is then forwarded to the network address associated with the user.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving a telephone call from a caller;
- prompting the caller to present a message;
- receiving and storing the message presented by the caller;
- converting the stored message to message file suitable for communication over a network;
- and
- communicating the message file to a network address associated with a user.
A system comprising:
- means for receiving a telephone call from a caller;
- means for prompting the caller to present a message;
- means for receiving and storing the message presented by the caller;
- means for converting the stored message to message file suitable for communication over a network;
- and
- means for communicating the message file to a network address associated with a user.
A machine-readable medium that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a telephone call from a caller;
- prompting the caller to present a message;
- receiving and storing the message presented by the caller;
- converting the stored message to message file suitable for communication over a network;
- and
- communicating the message file to a network address associated with a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.