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Methods and apparatus for prefetching an audio signal using an audio web retrieval telephone system

  • US 20010043592A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2001
  • Published: 11/22/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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