Retrievable outgoing audio messaging
OwnerChristopher L. Butcherinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to retaining outgoing audio messages between two voice communicating devices. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for using an external device that monitors all outgoing communication from a voice communicating device and stores such voice data with associate information for future retrieval. A system and method is disclosed that uses a device on the sender's side or on a remote system offered through the voice data network to monitor and record voice mails simultaneously with the receiver's side voice mail device. The recorded mail is available for access from any voice data device and also through electronic mail.
Claims18
A method for retaining outgoing audio messages, the method comprising:
- initiating a voice call from a first device to a second device;
- transmitting data responsive to the initiated voice call from the first device to the second device through a data network;
- monitoring, by a secure device on the data network, the voice call to determine whether the voice call is accepted at a recording device corresponding to the second device;
- initiating recording of the data by the secure device, based on a request by the first device and when the voice call is accepted at the recording device of the second device, the recorded data being retained as an outgoing audio message that is stored at the secure device, and wherein the outgoing audio message is accessible by the first device;
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- optionally, providing the recorded data to at least one requesting device when the at least one requesting device requests for the recorded data and after the at least one requesting device clears an authentication process at the secure device.
A system for retaining outgoing audio messages, the system comprising:
- a first voice data communication device for transmitting and receiving, over a network, data responsive to a voice call initiated by the first voice data communication device;
- a second voice data communication device for receiving the data over the network, the second voice data communication device being an intended recipient of the voice call;
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- a secure device corresponding to the first voice data communication device in the network, the secure device for monitoring if the data is accepted by a recording device corresponding to the second voice data communication device, and for securely recording the data when the data is accepted by the recording device, thereby retaining the data of the voice call as an outgoing audio message within the secure device, and wherein the outgoing audio message is accessible by the first voice data communication device.
A method of retaining outgoing audio messages, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by a secure device corresponding to a first voice data communication device, data initiated by a voice call from the first voice data communication device;
- receiving an initiation signal at the secure device when the voice call from the voice data communication device is accepted by a recording device corresponding to a second voice data communication device through a network;
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- building or appending a database, at the secure device in response to the initiation signal, wherein the building or appending adds to the database:
- i) a unique identifier corresponding to the voice call and
- ii) the data and information corresponding to the data, the information occurring from the moment of initiation of the voice call, wherein
- the data, the corresponding information, and the unique identifier together constituting an outgoing audio message, and wherein the outgoing audio message is accessible by the first voice data communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.