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Method of providing voicemails to a wireless information device

  • US 20060223502A1
  • Filed: 04/22/2004
  • Published: 10/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of providing voicemail to a mobile telephone, in which a caller initiates a voice call to the mobile telephone, but that call is diverted to a voicemail server, with the caller then leaving a voice message on the voicemail server;

  • the method comprising the steps of;

    (a) converting the voice message to an audio file format;

    (b) sending or streaming the audio file over a wide area network to a voice to text transcription system comprising a network of computers;

    (c) one of the networked computers playing back the voice message to an operator;

    (d) the operator intelligently transcribing the original voice message into the computer to generate a transcribed SMS or MMS text message;

    (e) the operator causing the transcribed SMS or MMS text message to be sent to the mobile telephone;

    (f) sending the SMS or MMS text message to the mobile telephone.

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