Communication and control system using location aware devices for audio message storage and transmission operating under rule-based control
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1. The method for delivering a pre-recorded audio message in response to the changing position of at least one object, said method comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- recording at least one spoken audio message as an audio file,employing one or more location detectors to produced location data indicating the position and identity of said object at different times,transmitting said location data from said one or more detectors to a first computer,employing said first computer to evaluate said location data in accordance with one or more rules, each of said rules containing a condition part and an action part, said condition part defining at least one relative position condition to be satisfied by said object and each action part defining the manner in which said audio file is to be delivered, anddelivering said audio file in the manner specified by the action part of each of said rules whose condition part is satisfied by said location data.
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Abstract
A cellular telephone handset stores audio files previously recorded by the user as well as voice mail messages from other users and selectively transmitted selected ones of these files to the remote listener, or to the voice mail system of a remote user. Voice mail messages are composed, stored, transmitted, forwarded and reviewed using a voice mail system without ringing the remote party'"'"'s telephone, much as email is composed, stored, transmitted and reviewed using an email server.
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1. The method for delivering a pre-recorded audio message in response to the changing position of at least one object, said method comprising, in combination, the steps of:
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recording at least one spoken audio message as an audio file, employing one or more location detectors to produced location data indicating the position and identity of said object at different times, transmitting said location data from said one or more detectors to a first computer, employing said first computer to evaluate said location data in accordance with one or more rules, each of said rules containing a condition part and an action part, said condition part defining at least one relative position condition to be satisfied by said object and each action part defining the manner in which said audio file is to be delivered, and delivering said audio file in the manner specified by the action part of each of said rules whose condition part is satisfied by said location data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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