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US 8,412,163 B2Granted
Local voicemail for mobile devices
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJoe Abou Rjeili, Jean Khawand
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Abstract
This document describes various techniques for implementing local voicemail on a mobile device. These techniques may include enabling the mobile device to answer a voice call, record audio of the voice call to provide a voicemail file, and store the voicemail file to local computer-readable media. A locally stored voicemail file may be associated with relevant data, exposed via the associated data for local processing, and/or manipulated through a user interface of the mobile device.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- answering, at a mobile device, a voice call;
- recording, at the mobile device, audio of the voice call to provide a voicemail file;
- storing the voicemail file locally on the mobile device;
- and
- enabling, via the mobile device, the locally stored voicemail file on the mobile device to be available to an application other than a voicemail application.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile device, a voice call from a remote entity;
- answering the voice call;
- muting a microphone of the mobile device;
- playing an audio message to the remote entity over the voice call;
- recording audio of the voice call to provide a voicemail file;
- storing the voicemail file on the mobile device;
- and
- enabling, via the mobile device, the stored voicemail file on the mobile device to be available to an application other than a voicemail application.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a wireless network interface;
- computer-readable storage media;
- a microphone;
- and
- a voicemail engine configured to:
- answer a voice call received via the wireless network interface;
- mute the microphone of the mobile device;
- play an audio message from the computer-readable media on the voice call;
- record audio from the voice call to provide a voicemail file;
- store the voicemail file to the computer-readable storage media;
- and
- enable the stored voicemail file to be available to an application other than a voicemail application without accessing a network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.