Abstracting system for multi-media messages
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorCharles C. Wu
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Abstract
The present multi-media message storage system functions to provide the user with a playback that represents a capsulization of the content of the stored message to thereby enable the user to determine whether the stored message contains sufficient information that warrants the user playing back the entirety of the message. The summary consists of content descriptive information that is excerpted from the body of the message and played back to the user in a form that differs from that used to store the received message. This feature enables a multi-media message storage system to store and retrieve text messages for a user in an efficient manner, thereby enabling the multi-media message storage system to function as a multi-media mail system.
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A multi-media message storage system for providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- means, responsive to said received message, for extracting information from a body of said received message to produce a capsulization of the content of the received message that is indicative of a content of said message to enable the user to determine whether the stored message contains sufficient information that warrants the user playing back the entirety of the message;
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- means for storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message.
A multi-media message storage system for providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- means, responsive to said received message, for extracting information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message, comprising:
- means for abstracting said received message to create said extracted data in said text mode, comprising:
- means for identifying frequency of word occurrence in said received message,
- means for storing a predetermined number of said words in order of frequency of occurrence;
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- means for storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message.
A multi-media message storage system for providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- means, responsive to said received message, for extracting information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message, comprising:
- means for abstracting said received message to create said extracted data in said text mode, comprising:
- means for computing a length of time required to play said received message in audible form,
- means for storing said computed time in with said excerpted information;
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- means for storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message.
A multi-media message storage system for providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- means, responsive to said received message, for extracting information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message, comprising:
- means for abstracting said received message to create said extracted data in said text mode, comprising:
- means for excerpting a header prepended to said received message,
- means for storing said excerpted header;
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- means for storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message.
A multi-media message storage system, consisting of a multi-media message storage system for the storage of messages of differing modes, for providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- means, responsive to said received message, for extracting information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message;
- means for storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message;
- means for identifying a native mode of a received message;
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- means for disabling operation of said means for extracting in response to receipt of a voice mode message.
A multi-media message storage system, consisting of a multi-media message storage system for the storage of messages of differing modes, for providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising:
- a memory for storing messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- means, responsive to said received message, for extracting information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message;
- means for storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message;
- means for identifying a native mode of a received message;
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- means, responsive to a user accessing said multi-media message storage system, for presenting all messages received by said multi-media message storage system and addressed for said user in order or arrival of said message in said communication as grouped by said native mode of said received message.
In a multi-media message storage system, a method of providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- extracting, in response to said received message, information from a body of said received message to produce a capsulization of the content of the received message that is indicative of a content of said message to enable the user to determine whether the stored message contains sufficient information that warrants the user playing back the entirety of the message;
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- storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message.
In a multi-media message storage system, a method of providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- extracting, in response to said received message, information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message, comprising:
- abstracting said received message to create said extracted data in said text mode, comprising:
- storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message,
- identifying frequency of word occurrence in said received message;
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- storing a predetermined number of said words in order of frequency of occurrence.
In a multi-media message storage system, a method of providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- extracting, in response to said received message, information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message, comprising:
- abstracting said received message to create said extracted data in said text mode, comprising:
- computing a length of time required to play said received message in audible form,
- storing said computed time in with said excerpted information;
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- storing a predetermined number of said words in order of frequency of occurrence.
In a multi-media message storage system, a method of providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- extracting, in response to said received message, information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message, comprising:
- abstracting said received message to create said extracted data in said text mode, comprising:
- excerpting a header prepended to said received message,
- storing said excerpted header;
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- storing a predetermined number of said words in order of frequency of occurrence.
In a multi-media message storage system for the storage of messages of differing modes, a method of providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- extracting, in response to said received message, information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said messages;
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- storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message;
- identifying a native mode of a received message;
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- disabling operation of said means for extracting in response to receipt of a voice mode message.
In a multi-media message storage system for the storage of messages of differing modes, a method of providing a user with efficient access to messages stored therein, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory messages received by said multi-media message storage system in a mode native to said received message;
- extraction, in response to said received message, information from a body of said received message that is indicative of a content of said message;
- storing said extracted data in a manner to enable presentation of said stored extracted data in a mode that differs from said native mode of said received message;
- identifying a native mode of a received message;
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- presenting, in response to a user accessing said multi-media message storage system, all messages received by said multi-media message storage system and addressed for said user in order or arrival of said message in said communication as grouped by said native mode of said received message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.