Method and System for Communicating Between a Sender and a Recipient Via a Personalized Message Including an Audio Clip Extracted from a Pre-Existing Recording

An audiovisual messaging software-as-a-service platform, comprising:

• a computer hardware infrastructure accessible at a network domain and comprising:
• first program code that receives, from a sender, a set of first information, the set of first information including a message personalized for an intended recipient, together with non-audio data identifying an audio phrase from an audio recording, as well as a selection of at least one visual media file;
• and an audio extraction engine that (i) receives the non-audio data identifying the audio phrase together with an instance of the audio recording, (ii) identifies a portion of the audio recording where the audio phrase is likely to be found at least in part by mapping each word in the audio phrase to one and only vocal interval determined to exist in the audio recording, (iii) extracts the portion of the audio recording into a short snippet;
• and (iv) writes the short snippet into a database;
• and
• a message generator that combines a reference to the short snippet with the message and the at least one visual media file to generate and output an audiovisual message note for the intended recipient;
• and
• second program code operative to cause delivery of the short snippet in response to receipt of data indicating that the reference is selected by the intended recipient.

An audiovisual messaging software-as-a-service platform having a processor and a memory, the audiovisual messaging software-as-a-service platform comprising:

• first program code that receives, from a sender, a set of first information, the set of first information including a message personalized for an intended recipient, together with non-audio data identifying a phrase from an audio recording, and further receives a selection of at least one visual media file;
• an audio extraction engine that (i) receives the non-audio data identifying the phrase together with an instance of the audio recording, (ii) identifies a portion of the audio recording where the phrase is likely to be found at least in part by mapping each word in the phrase to exactly one vocal interval determined to exist in the audio recording, (iii) extracts the portion of the audio recording into a short snippet;
• and (iv) writes the short snippet into a database;
• a message generator that combines a reference to the short snippet with at least one visual media file and the message to generate and output an audiovisual message note for the intended recipient;
• second program code operative to control access to the short snippet to a recipient of an audiovisual message note having a user account, and prompting the intended recipient to log into or create a user account;
• and
• third program code operative to cause delivery of the short snippet in response to receipt of data indicating that the reference is selected by the intended recipient.