Localized voice mail system
First Claim
1. In a voice mail system having a central voice message server for delivering voice messages to a remote voice message receiving device, a method comprising:
- storing a voice signal as a voice message on the central voice message server; and
selecting, using the remote voice message receiving device, whether central voice message server will transmit the stored voice message in a digital voice stream format at a playback transmission rate or in a computer file format at a file storage rate; and
transmitting the stored voice message from the central voice message server to the remote voice message receiving device in the selected format.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for using a localized voice mail system that allows voice mail messages on a cellular telephone network to be stored on a remote server or other computer. These messages can be stored on a server of the cellular network or of the cellular telephone service subscriber. The method further entails downloading copies of the stored messages into another computer or a cellular telephone'"'"'s memory. In this embodiment, a cellular telephone can retrieve voice mail messages even when the cellular telephone is roaming or cannot pick up a carrier signal. In another embodiment, a method is described for organizing voice mail messages stored in a cellular telephone'"'"'s memory into convenient groups, directories or folders formatted to be compatible with the computer and cellular telephone.
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25 Claims
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1. In a voice mail system having a central voice message server for delivering voice messages to a remote voice message receiving device, a method comprising:
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storing a voice signal as a voice message on the central voice message server; and
selecting, using the remote voice message receiving device, whether central voice message server will transmit the stored voice message in a digital voice stream format at a playback transmission rate or in a computer file format at a file storage rate; and
transmitting the stored voice message from the central voice message server to the remote voice message receiving device in the selected format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A cellular telephone comprising:
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a radio frequency unit enabling transmission and reception of voice messages between the cellular telephone and a central voice message server;
a voice output means;
a memory for storing one or more of the voice messages received from the central voice message server;
an input/output device allowing user-selection of a first operation or a second operation, wherein the first operation requests and receives voice messages through the radio frequency unit from a voice message server as a digital voice stream for immediate playback through the voice output means and the second operation requests and receives voice messages from the voice message server as a digital computer file for storage in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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