METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING SHORT VOICE MESSAGE

• US 20080025482A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SINGH, Birdi, SUSAMA, Pathy
• Granted Patent: US 8,189,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.22
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for sending a “voice message” to a recipient without any intervention of a network. A user initiates a Short Voice Message (SVM) service (or short voice messaging) function and records a voice message within a device. The user sends the recorded voice message through a normal voice call. During a call setup, the recipient decodes a received call setup message and recognizes the call as a voice message. The recipient sets parameters for recording the voice message. Upon completion of the call setup, the user sends the recorded voice message directly to the recipient. The recipient records the voice message and stores the voice message in an inbox. Thus, the user can be provided with an option for directly sending a voice message without text typing or a text-to-voice conversion technique.

Claims

1. A method for sending a Short Voice Message (SVM), the method comprising:

initiating an SVM service function and recording an SVM by a transmitting device;

sending a call setup message as a normal voice call at a request of the transmitting device by a communication network;

decoding the received call setup message and recognizing that the call setup message is intended for SVM transmission by a receiving device during a call setup;

setting parameters for recording the SVM by the receiving device;

upon completion of the call setup, sending the recorded SVM directly to the receiving device by the transmitting device; and

recording and storing the received SVM by the receiving device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording of the SVM comprises modifying the recorded SVM at a request of a user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the SVM and notifying a user of the reception of the SVM by the receiving device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a predetermined field of the call setup message is set to a value indicating that the call setup message is a call setup message for setting a normal voice call for SVM transmission.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication network sets up a normal voice call after receiving the call setup message from the transmitting device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically playing the received SVM by the receiving device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting device sets a time for SVM transmission to particular time determined by a user input.

8. A system for sending a Short Voice Message (SVM), the system comprising:

a transmitting device for initiating an SVM service function, recording an SVM, sending a call setup message, and playing and sending the recorded SVM upon completion of a call setup;

a communication network for sending the call setup message received from the transmitting device as a normal voice call and sending the SVM; and

a receiving device for decoding the received call setup message and recognizing that the call setup message is intended for SVM transmission during the call setup, setting parameters for recording the SVM, and upon completion of the call setup, recording and storing the SVM received from the transmitting device.

9. A method for sending a Short Voice Message (SVM), the method comprising:

recording and storing an SVM in response to a user input and requesting a normal voice call setup with a receiving terminal in response to an SVM transmission request, by an originating terminal;

setting up a normal voice call with the receiving terminal in response to the normal voice call setup request, by a communication network;

upon completion of the normal voice call setup, playing the SVM and sending the played SVM to the receiving terminal, by the originating terminal; and

receiving the SVM by the receiving terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the requesting of the normal voice call setup by the originating terminal comprises:

sensing generation of the SVM transmission request; and

sending a call setup message including a value indicating a normal voice call setup message for SVM transmission.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the SVM transmission request is generated in response to a user input.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the SVM transmission request is generated at a predetermined time.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the playing and sending of the

SVM by the originating terminal comprises:

receiving a CONNECT_ACK message from the receiving terminal;

playing and sending the SVM; and

upon completion of the play of the SVM, sending a DISCONNECT message.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving of the SVM by the receiving terminal comprises:

upon reception of the DISCONNECT message from the originating terminal, completing the recording of the SVM and storing the SVM;

sending a RELEASE message to the originating terminal and notifying a user of the reception of the SVM upon reception of a RELEASE COMPLETE message from the originating terminal; and

playing the SVM in response to a play request.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising generating the SVM transmission request at a predetermined time in order to try retransmission of the SVM by the originating terminal, if the SVM transmission fails.