System and method for communicating with instant messaging clients using a telephone
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1. A computerized method comprising:
- initiating a telephone session, said telephone session operable to receive input signals and send output voice signals;
providing a personal identification number (PIN), said personal identification number identifying one or more user identifications for one or more instant messaging (IM) clients; and
converting text data from the one or more instant messaging clients to output voice signals.
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Abstract
Systems and methods allow a user at a telephone to communicate with an instant messaging client. The instant messaging client may be identified by a PIN that is entered on the telephone. Input from the telephone, include keypad and voice input may be converted to text that is displayed to the IM client. Text data received from the IM client may be converted to speech that is output to the telephone. A proximity detector may be used to determine the presence of an IM client user.
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35 Claims
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1. A computerized method comprising:
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initiating a telephone session, said telephone session operable to receive input signals and send output voice signals;
providing a personal identification number (PIN), said personal identification number identifying one or more user identifications for one or more instant messaging (IM) clients; and
converting text data from the one or more instant messaging clients to output voice signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing instant messaging, the system comprising:
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an input module operable to receive input from a telephone;
a PIN management module operable to receive PIN data, said PIN data identifying an IM user;
an IM client module operable to establish an IM session with an IM client identified by the IM user; and
a text to speech module operable to convert text data to speech data for output to the telephone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
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initiating a telephone session, said telephone session operable to receive input signals and send output voice signals;
providing a personal identification number (PIN), said personal identification number identifying one or more user identifications for one or more instant messaging (IM) clients; and
converting text data from the one or more instant messaging clients to output voice signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An instant messaging client system comprising:
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an instant message (IM) client module; and
a proximity detector communicably coupled to the IM client module and operable to;
detect a change in the presence of an IM client user;
update an IM client status in accordance with the change in presence. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for maintaining an IM client status, the method comprising:
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detecting a change in proximity of a user of an IM client; and
updating an IM client status in accordance with the change in proximity. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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