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US 8,995,433 B2Granted
System and method for instant VoIP messaging
AssigneeEmpire IP LLC
InventorMichael J. Rojas
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Abstract
Methods, systems and programs for instant voice messaging over a packet-switched network are provided. A method for instant voice messaging may comprise receiving an instant voice message having one or more recipients, delivering the instant voice message to the one or more recipients over a packet-switched network, temporarily storing the instant voice message if a recipient is unavailable; and delivering the stored instant voice message to the recipient once the recipient becomes available.
Claims27
A system comprising:
- an instant voice messaging application including a client platform system for generating an instant voice message and a messaging system for transmitting the instant voice message over a packet-switched network via a network interface;
- wherein the instant voice messaging application displays a list of one or more potential recipients for the instant voice message;
- wherein the instant voice messaging application includes a message database storing the instant voice message, wherein the instant voice message is represented by a database record including a unique identifier;
- and
- wherein the instant voice messaging application includes a file manager system performing at least one of storing, deleting and retrieving the instant voice messages from the message database in response to a user request.
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A system comprising:
- an instant voice messaging application including a client platform system for generating an instant voice message and a messaging system for transmitting the instant voice message over a packet-switched network via a network interface;
- wherein the instant voice messaging application displays a list of one or more potential recipients for the instant voice message;
- wherein the instant voice messaging application includes a file manager system performing at least one of storing, deleting and retrieving the instant voice messages from a message database in response to a user request;
- and
- wherein the instant voice messaging application includes a compression/decompression system for compressing the instant voice messages to be transmitted over the packet-switched network and decompressing the instant voice messages received over the packet-switched network.
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A system, comprising:
- an instant voice messaging application comprising:
- a client platform system for generating an instant voice message;
- a messaging system for transmitting the instant voice message over a packet-switched network, and
- wherein the instant voice message application attaches one or more files to the instant voice message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.