System and method for access to multimedia structures
First Claim
1. A system (10) for access to multimedia structures comprising Telephone sets (16) capable of connecting to a telephone network (60);
- characterized by A storage device (15) capable of storing a plurality of multimedia structures (41) representing messages and/or data and/or commands; and
Instantiating means (12) which can be associated with said telephone sets (16) and are capable of selectively instantiating said multimedia structures (41) via an interconnection network (80).
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system (10) in which a telephone set (16) is capable of using access devices or apparatuses (12) and a network such as the Internet (80) to access multimedia structures consisting for example of automatic answering messages or of messages that can be interpreted by a speech synthesis device, said structures being stored in a storage device (15). The invention also relates to the method for implementing the system (10) and to the generation equipment (14) capable of producing the multimedia structures to be instantiated by means of the telephone set (16) and the access device (12). In particular, the system (10) and method make it possible to implement universal automatic answering machines, i.e., answering machines that are capable of managing a plurality of answer message structures stored in a single device (15) and accessible by means of access devices (12) distributed on the network (80) or in the telephone sets (16).
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1. A system (10) for access to multimedia structures comprising
Telephone sets (16) capable of connecting to a telephone network (60); - characterized by
A storage device (15) capable of storing a plurality of multimedia structures (41) representing messages and/or data and/or commands; and
Instantiating means (12) which can be associated with said telephone sets (16) and are capable of selectively instantiating said multimedia structures (41) via an interconnection network (80). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A method for access to multimedia structures (41) comprising the steps of
Producing multimedia structures (41) which represent messages and/or data and/or commands and storing said structures (41) by means of an interconnection network (80) in a device (15) capable of storing said multimedia structures (41); Selectively instantiating said multimedia structures (41) through said interconnection network (80) using a telephone set (16) and instantiating means (12). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A device for producing multimedia structures comprising
Display modules capable of displaying a tree structure (41) comprising elements (46) representing messages and/or data and/or commands; - and
Storage modules (42) capable of causing said messages and/or data and/or commands to be stored in said elements (46); and
Playback or testing modules capable of selectively playing said messages and/or data and/or commands stored in said elements (46). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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