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Method for non-real time group interaction using a voice messaging system

  • US 20050041786A1
  • Filed: 03/08/2004
  • Published: 02/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for conducting a non-real time group interaction comprising:

  • a. a group of at least one facilitator and one member;

    b. a programmable voice messaging system providing authentication to each individual facilitator and member;

    c. an initial interaction phase wherein the facilitators provide a voice message addressed to the group members at a first predetermined scheduled time;

    d. a second interaction phase wherein the members access and listen to the facilitators voice message at a second predetermined scheduled time, and the members optionally respond to the facilitators voice message by providing a voice message addressed to the facilitator or the entire group or both;

    e. a feedback loop interaction phase, wherein i. at a third predetermined scheduled time, the facilitators access and listen to the messages left by the group members, and optionally respond and provide feedback on the voice messaging system to the group as a whole, to one or more individual members, or to one or more specific messages, or to any combination thereof, and ii. the facilitators have the capability to optionally edit specific voice messages, and iii. at a fourth predetermined scheduled time, each group member accesses the voice message system and listens to the messages left by the others in the group or by the facilitators or both, all optionally edited by the facilitators, and iv. the facilitator and members optionally repeat the feedback loop, wherein the members respond to the set of messages left at the fourth predetermined time, and wherein the events at the third and fourth predetermined scheduled times are repeated;

    f. an optional termination phase, wherein i. at a fifth predetermined scheduled time, the facilitator summarizes the contents of the voice messages of the group and facilitator'"'"'s provided during the loop interaction phase, by leaving summary voice messages for the group, and ii. at a sixth predetermined scheduled time the group members listen to the summary voice messages, and iii. at a seventh predetermined scheduled time, the group interaction ends.

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