Voice message transmission and playback
AssigneeStage Innovations, Inc.
InventorTaka Migimatsu
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for receiving a voice message, selecting from multiple destinations, transmitting the voice message to a destination and subsequently playing back the voice message after it has been received by the destination. The system has a plurality of access devices which may be coupled to each other over a network such as the Internet. These access devices may include computers, workstations, and the like. Access devices may include a voice decoding device for converting a voice message received over a network into a voice signal for playback to a telephone device and may include a voice encoding device for converting a voice signal received into a voice message.
Claims16
A method of voice transmission and playback comprising:
- receiving voice data and sender/receiver information by a first access device, wherein said voice data comprises a voice message;
- selecting a second access device from among a plurality of destination access devices based on said sender/receiver information, wherein said step of selecting is triggered by said step of receiving;
- transmitting said voice data and at least a portion of said sender/receiver information to said second access device over a network, wherein said step of transmitting is initiated by said first access device after said step of receiving;
- storing said voice data by said second access device;
- decoding said voice data by said second access device to generate a voice signal for playback to a telephone device.
A system of voice message transmission and playback comprising:
- a first access device;
- a plurality of destination access devices;
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- a network coupled to said first access device and to said plurality of destination access devices;
- wherein said first access device is operable to receive voice data and sender/receiver information, wherein said voice data comprises a voice message, and to select a second access device from among said plurality of destination access devices based on said sender/receiver information triggered by receipt of said sender/receiver information;
- wherein said network is operable to transmit said voice data and at least a portion of said sender/receiver information from said first access device to said second access device initiated by said first access device after said voice data is received by said first access device;
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- wherein said second access device is operable to receive and store said voice data and to decode said voice data to generate a voice signal for playback to a telephone device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.