Processing a Message Received From a Mobile Cellular Network
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1. A portable radio communications device comprising:
- a radio transceiver for receiving a message;
a user input device;
comparison means for comparing one or more parameters of the received message against one or more predetermined parameters that are characteristic of a voice message to determine whether the received message is a voice message; and
means responsive to the single actuation of the user input device, when the received message is determined to be a voice message, to play the received voice message.
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Abstract
A portable radio communications device that has as a priority in an idle state an option to compose an MMS voice message, that has as a priority when an MMS voice message has been received an option to play the received voice message and that has as a priority when a received MMS voice message has been played an option to reply to the played voice message with an MMS voice message. A received message may be determined to be a voice message by comparing one or more parameters of the received message against one or more predetermined parameters that are characteristic of a voice message.
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49 Claims
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1. A portable radio communications device comprising:
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a radio transceiver for receiving a message; a user input device; comparison means for comparing one or more parameters of the received message against one or more predetermined parameters that are characteristic of a voice message to determine whether the received message is a voice message; and means responsive to the single actuation of the user input device, when the received message is determined to be a voice message, to play the received voice message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14)
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7. A message stored in a database of a cellular telephone network for transmission to a mobile terminal of the network, the message comprising one or more predetermined parameters that characterize the message as a voice message whereby the terminal on receipt of the message can use the one or more parameters of the received message to identify the message as a voice message and enable the immediate playing of the received voice message.
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8. A method for processing at a mobile cellular terminal a message received from a mobile cellular network comprising:
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receiving at the terminal a message from the mobile cellular network; determining at the terminal whether the received message is a voice message by comparing one or more parameters of the received message against one or more predetermined parameters that are characteristic of a voice message; and if the received message is a voice message, entering a state of the terminal in which the voice message may be directly played at the terminal by a single actuation of a user input device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 13)
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12. A computer program comprising program instructions for controlling a portable radio communications device and comprising:
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comparison means for comparing one or more parameters of a message received at the portable radio communications device against one or more predetermined parameters that are characteristic of a voice message to determine whether the received message is a voice message; and means for changing a state of the portable radio communications device when the received message is determined to be a voice message, such that the device responds to a single actuation of a user input device by playing the received voice message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A portable radio communications device operable to enable a dialogue of voice messages, comprising:
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a radio transceiver for receiving a first voice message and sending a second voice message recorded at the device in reply to the first voice message, a display; one or more keys associated with the display wherein actuation of a key selects an option displayed adjacent the key in the display; a speaker for playing back the first voice message; a microphone for recording the second voice message; and display control means operable, immediately after the receipt of the first voice message, to control the display to present as a priority for user selection a first option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a playback state for playing back the first voice message, operable, after playback of the first voice message, to control the display to present as a priority for user selection a second option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a record state for recording the second voice message in reply to the received first voice message, and operable, after recording the second voice message, to control the display to present as a priority for user selection a third option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a send state for sending the recorded second voice message in reply to the received first voice message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34)
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30. A method of operating a portable radio communications device to enable a dialogue of voice messages comprising:
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receiving a first voice message and immediately presenting as a priority for user selection a first option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a playback state for playing back the first voice message; playing back the first voice message; presenting as a priority for user selection a second option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a record state for recording a second voice message in reply to the received first voice message; recording a second voice message; presenting as a priority for user selection a third option that, on selection, changes the state of the telephone to a send state for sending the recorded second voice message in reply to the received first voice message; and sending the recorded second voice message in reply to the first voice message. - View Dependent Claims (31, 33)
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32. A computer program comprising program instructions for controlling a portable radio communications device and comprising:
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first control means operable, immediately after receipt of a first voice message at the device, to control a display of the device to present as a priority for user selection a first option that, on selection, changes a state of the device to a playback state for playing back the first voice message; second control means operable, after playback of the first voice message, to control the display to present as a priority for user selection a second option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a record state for recording a second voice message in reply to the received first voice message; and third control means operable, after recording the second voice message, to control the display to present as a priority for user selection a third option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a send state for sending the recorded second voice message in reply to the received first voice message. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A portable radio communications device comprising:
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means for presenting, when the device is in an idle mode, as a priority for user selection, an option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a record state for recording a voice message; and a radio transceiver for transmitting the recorded voice message. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of operating a portable radio communications device to initiate a dialogue using voice messages comprising:
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presenting, when the device is in an idle mode, as a priority for user selection an option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a record state for recording a voice message; presenting an option for recording a voice message; and after recording of the voice message presenting an option for transmitting the recorded voice message. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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45. A computer program comprising program instructions for controlling a portable radio communications device and comprising:
control means for controlling a display of the device to present, when the device is in an idle mode, as a priority for user selection, an option that, on selection, changes the state of the device to a record state for recording a voice message. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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49. A method of increasing the use of MMS messaging in a mobile cellular telephone network comprising:
providing mobile telephones that have as a priority in an idle state an option to compose an MMS voice message, that have as priority when an MMS voice message has been received an option to play the received voice message and that have as a priority when a received MMS voice message has been played an option to reply to the played voice message with an MMS voice message.
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