Methods and apparatus for forwarding audio content using an audio web retrieval telephone system
First Claim
1. A method for forwarding an audio message to a recipient, the method comprising:
- establishing a telephone call with a user of an audio web telephone system using a telephony device;
processing a command from the user to enable the user to retrieve an audio signal accessible to the audio web telephone system via an Internet protocol (“
IP”
) network;
providing the audio signal to the user via the telephony device;
receiving a request from the user to forward an audio message, the audio message at least a part of the audio signal;
storing the audio message in a buffer location;
creating a reference pointer to the buffer location;
receiving from the user at least one address for a recipient; and
forwarding the reference pointer to the address of the recipient.
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Abstract
In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for forwarding an audio message to a recipient. The method includes establishing a telephone call from a user of an audio web telephone system using a telephony device, processing a command from the user to enable the user to retrieve an audio signal accessible to the audio web telephone system via an Internet protocol (“IP”) network and providing the audio signal to the user via the telephony device. The method further includes receiving a request from the user to forward an audio message, the audio message at least a part of the audio signal, storing the audio message in a buffer location and creating a reference pointer to the buffer location. The method further includes receiving from the user at least one address for a recipient and forwarding the reference pointer to the address of the recipient.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for forwarding an audio message to a recipient, the method comprising:
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establishing a telephone call with a user of an audio web telephone system using a telephony device;
processing a command from the user to enable the user to retrieve an audio signal accessible to the audio web telephone system via an Internet protocol (“
IP”
) network;
providing the audio signal to the user via the telephony device;
receiving a request from the user to forward an audio message, the audio message at least a part of the audio signal;
storing the audio message in a buffer location;
creating a reference pointer to the buffer location;
receiving from the user at least one address for a recipient; and
forwarding the reference pointer to the address of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for forwarding an audio message to a recipient, the method comprising:
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establishing a telephone call with a user of an audio web telephone system using a telephony device;
processing a command from the user to enable the user to retrieve an audio signal accessible to the audio web telephone system via an Internet protocol (“
IP”
) network;
providing the audio signal to the user via the telephony device;
receiving a request from the user to forward an audio message, the audio message at least a part of the audio signal;
receiving at least one address of a recipient from the subscriber; and
forwarding the audio message to the address of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An audio web telephone system for forwarding an audio message to a recipient, the system comprising:
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a telephony gateway in communication with a public switched telephone network (“
PSTN”
), the telephony gateway configured to receive a telephone call from a user using a telephony device;
an Internet protocol (“
IP”
) network; and
an audio browser comprising;
a content retrieval module in communication with the IP network, the content retrieval module configured to provide a first audio signal from the IP network;
a VXML browser in communication with the IP network, the VXML browser configured to a) execute a dialog retrieving one or more addresses for one or more recipients to forward an audio message, the audio message at least a part of the first audio signal, and b) generate a second audio signal in response to processing Voice XML code within the dialog;
a storage buffer in communication with the IP network, the storage buffer configured to store the one or more addresses for one or more recipients; and
a telephony interface module in communication with the telephony gateway for communicating with a telephony device of the user and in communication with an IP network to receive the first and second audio messages, the telephony interface configured to translate an IP based signal of the audio signal to a telephony packet-based signal of the audio signal, thereby providing the audio signals to the user via the telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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