Voice messaging method and mobile terminal supporting voice messaging in mobile messenger service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorEun Ju KIM
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Abstract
A mobile terminal supporting a voice messaging method includes a microphone for capturing sound waves and converting the sound waves into an audio signal, a storage unit for storing the audio signal, an audio data generation unit for generating audio data packets with the audio signal, a packet data communication network interface unit for providing a packet data communication network, and a control unit for controlling the microphone, audio storage unit, audio data generation unit, and packet data communication network interface unit to capture the audio signal and transmit the audio signal as audio data packets in response to audio message transmission request entered during a mobile messenger service session.
Claims20
A portable communication device comprising:
- a microphone;
- communication circuitry;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- execute a specified application to communicate with an external electronic device;
- receive, via a user interface corresponding to the specified application, a request to record an audio message;
- in response to receiving the record request, record an audio input received via the microphone to generate the audio message and disable the user interface from receiving text input;
- receive a request to transmit the audio message;
- and
- in response to receiving the transmit request, transmit, using the communication circuitry, at least part of the audio message to the external electronic device and re-enable the user interface to receive the text input.
A method comprising:
- executing, at an electronic device including a microphone and communication circuitry, a specified application to communicate with an external electronic device;
- receiving, via a user interface corresponding to the specified application, a request to record an audio message;
- in response to receiving the record request, recording an audio input received via the microphone to generate the audio message and disable the user interface from receiving text input;
- receiving a request to transmit the audio message;
- and
- in response to receiving the transmit request, transmitting, using the communication circuitry, at least part of the audio message to the external electronic device and re-enabling the user interface to receive text input.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- executing, at an electronic device including a microphone and communication circuitry, a specified application to communicate with an external electronic device;
- receiving, via a user interface corresponding to the specified application, a request to record an audio message;
- in response to receiving the record request, recording an audio input received via the microphone to generate the audio message and disable the user interface from receiving text input;
- receiving a request to transmit the audio message;
- and
- in response to receiving the transmit request, transmitting, using the communication circuitry, at least part of the audio message to the external electronic device and re-enabling the user interface to receive text input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.