Methods and apparatus for prefetching an audio signal using an audio web retrieval telephone system
First Claim
1. A method for pre-fetching an audio signal for a user, the method comprising:
- establishing a telephone call with a user of an audio web telephone system;
providing a system greeting;
determining a user profile of the user;
retrieving one or more audio signals from an Internet protocol (“
IP”
) network based on the user profile while the user is listening to the system greeting;
storing the one or more retrieved audio signals;
obtaining a request for an audio signal from the user;
retrieving the requested audio signal to the user from the stored one or more retrieved audio signals; and
converting the requested audio signal to a packet based signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol.
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Abstract
In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for pre-fetching an audio signal for a user. The method includes establishing a telephone call from a user of an audio web telephone system, providing a system greeting; determining a user profile of the user and retrieving one or more audio signals from an Internet protocol (“IP”) network based on the user profile while the user is listening to the system greeting. The method further includes storing the one or more retrieved audio signals, obtaining a request for an audio signal from the user, retrieving the requested audio signal to the user from the stored one or more retrieved audio signals and converting the requested audio signal to a packet based signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for pre-fetching an audio signal for a user, the method comprising:
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establishing a telephone call with a user of an audio web telephone system;
providing a system greeting;
determining a user profile of the user;
retrieving one or more audio signals from an Internet protocol (“
IP”
) network based on the user profile while the user is listening to the system greeting;
storing the one or more retrieved audio signals;
obtaining a request for an audio signal from the user;
retrieving the requested audio signal to the user from the stored one or more retrieved audio signals; and
converting the requested audio signal to a packet based signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for pre-fetching an audio signal for a plurality of users, the method comprising:
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determining a trend profile of the plurality of users;
retrieving one or more audio signals from an IP network base on the trend profile of the plurality of users prior to establishing a telephone call with one user of the plurality of users;
storing the one or more retrieved audio signals;
establishing a telephone call from a user of an audio web telephone system;
obtaining a request for an audio content from the user;
retrieving the requested audio content to the user from the stored one or more retrieved audio contents; and
converting the requested audio signal to a packet based signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An audio web telephone system for pre-fetching an audio signal, 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;
an audio browser comprising;
a content retrieval module in communication with the IP network, the content retrieval module configured to retrieve one or more audio signals from the IP network based on a profile of the user; 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 one or more audio signals, the telephony interface configured to translate an IP-based signal of the one or more audio signals to a telephony packet-based signal of the one or more audio signals, thereby providing an audio message to the user via the telephony device; and
a web cache configured to store the one or more audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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