Device independent communication system
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1. A method for transmitting a message over the Internet comprising:
- receiving on a server a communication transmitted from a first connection device in a communication medium of said first connection device;
converting said communication from said medium of said first connection device into a communication medium of a second connection device;
transmitting said converted communication to said second connection device; and
wherein said communication medium of said first connection device and said communication medium of said second connection device are different.
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Abstract
In one embodiment the invention comprises a method for transmitting a message over the Internet in which a communication transmitted from a first connection device in a medium of said first connection device is received on a server, and the communication is converted from said medium of said first connection device into a medium of a second connection device, said medium of said first connection device and said medium of said second connection device being different. The converted communication is then transmitted to said second connection device.
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1. A method for transmitting a message over the Internet comprising:
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receiving on a server a communication transmitted from a first connection device in a communication medium of said first connection device;
converting said communication from said medium of said first connection device into a communication medium of a second connection device;
transmitting said converted communication to said second connection device; and
wherein said communication medium of said first connection device and said communication medium of said second connection device are different. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for transmitting a message from a telephone to a computer over the Internet, comprising:
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establishing communication over the public switched telephone network from said telephone to a server on which voice recognition software resides for converting a voice message to text;
utilizing said voice recognition software to convert a voice message spoken into said telephone into a text message; and
connecting said text message to the Internet through a gateway which adds TCP/IP protocol for transmitting said text message across the Internet to said computer as a text message.
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19. A method of transmitting a message from a computer to a telephone over the Internet, comprising:
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establishing communication over the Internet between a computer and a server on which software resides for synthesizing a voice message from said text message;
utilizing said software to convert said text message to a voice message; and
connecting said voice message to the public switched telephone network for transmitting said voice message over the public switched telephone network to said telephone.
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20. A process for transmitting a message from a first connection device to a second connection device over the Internet, comprising:
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establishing communication from said first connection device to a server on which software resides for converting said message from a communication medium of said first connection device to a communication medium of said second connection device;
utilizing said software to convert said message from said first communication medium to said second communication medium; and
connecting said converted message through a gateway to a network on which said second connection device is connected to transmit said converted message to said second connection device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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23. Apparatus for transmitting a message over the Internet comprising:
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a server for receiving a communication transmitted from a first connection device in a communication medium of said first connection device;
means residing on said server for converting said communication from said medium of said first connection device into a communication medium of a second connection device;
means for transmitting said converted communication to said second connection device; and
wherein said communication medium of said first connection device and said communication medium of said second connection device are different.
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40. Apparatus for transmitting a message from a first connection device to a second connection device over the Internet, comprising:
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a server on which software resides for converting said message from a communication medium of said first connection device to a communication medium of said second connection device;
means for establishing communication to said server from said first connection device; and
a gateway for connecting a message converted by said software to a network on which said second connection device is connected to transmit said converted message to said second connection device. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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