MULTI-CHANNEL QUIET CALLS
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1. A method for a first user to communicate with a second user and a third user over multiple channels comprising the steps of:
- (a) communicating audibly over a first channel between the first user and the second user; and
(b) initiating a new communication over a second channel between the first user and the third user, the second channel being capable of transmitting an audible input from the third user only to the first user while being capable of transmitting audible signals corresponding to a first user'"'"'s silent input from the first user to the third user, by performing the following steps;
(1) selecting the second channel;
(2) selecting a phrase which can be predefined, recorded as needed, or synthetically generated on demand;
(3) generating an audible utterance representative of the selected phrase; and
(4) providing the audible utterance over the selected second channel only while communicating over the first channel simultaneously.
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Abstract
A system and method for simultaneously conducting multiple telephone conversations is provided. In an embodiment, a user converses with one individual on a first channel while simultaneously transmitting audible utterances to a second individual or a second channel. The user can select the desired channel or channels and a desired phrase and an electronic representation of the selected phrase is transmitted over the selected channel(s).
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1. A method for a first user to communicate with a second user and a third user over multiple channels comprising the steps of:
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(a) communicating audibly over a first channel between the first user and the second user; and (b) initiating a new communication over a second channel between the first user and the third user, the second channel being capable of transmitting an audible input from the third user only to the first user while being capable of transmitting audible signals corresponding to a first user'"'"'s silent input from the first user to the third user, by performing the following steps; (1) selecting the second channel; (2) selecting a phrase which can be predefined, recorded as needed, or synthetically generated on demand; (3) generating an audible utterance representative of the selected phrase; and (4) providing the audible utterance over the selected second channel only while communicating over the first channel simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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9. A multi-channel telecommunication system, comprising:
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(a) an audio input; (b) a channel representation; (c) a phrase representation which can be predefined, recorded as needed, or synthetically generated on demand; (d) a display capable of displaying a channel representation and a phrase representation; (e) a memory capable of storing the channel representation, phrase representation and a phrase element associated with the phrase representation, wherein the phrase element has an internal representation of an audible utterance; (f) a processor, coupled to the audio input, display and memory, wherein the processor initiates a first control signal and a second control signal not in response to an incoming communication; (g) an audio generator, coupled to the processor and memory, wherein the audio generator generates an audible utterance responsive to the first control signal and the phrase element; and
,(h) a channel selector, coupled to the processor and audio generator, wherein the channel selector selects a channel responsive to the second control signal and provides the audible utterance over the selected channel only while communicating over another channel and being capable of receiving an audible input over the selected channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A general purpose computing device, comprising:
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(a) a display, capable of displaying a channel representation and a phrase representation; (b) a memory, capable of storing the channel representation, phrase representation, and a phrase element associated with the phrase representation, wherein the phrase element can be predefined, recorded as needed;
or synthetically generated on demand and has an internal representation of an audible utterance;(c) a processor, coupled to the display and memory, wherein the processor initiates to generate a first control signal responsive to selection of the channel representation and a second control signal responsive to selection of the phrase representation; (d) an audio generator, coupled to the processor and memory, wherein the audio generator generates an audible utterance responsive to the second control signal and the phrase element; and (e) a channel selector, coupled to the processor and audio generator, wherein the channel selector activates a channel responsive to the first control signal and provides the audible utterance over the selected channel only not in response to an incoming communication while communicating over another channel and being capable of receiving an audible input over the selected channel. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A telecommunication infrastructure, comprising:
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(a) a first electronic device, coupled to the telecommunication infrastructure over a first channel; (b) a second electronic device, coupled to the telecommunication infrastructure over a second channel; (c) a third electronic device, coupled to the telecommunication infrastructure, capable of selecting the first channel or the second channel and selecting a phrase representation which can be predefined, recorded as needed, or synthetically generated on demand; and
,(d) a processing device, coupled to the telecommunication infrastructure, capable of storing; 1) a phrase element associated with the phrase representation; and
,2) a software program for providing an audible utterance over the selected first or second channel only in response to a selected phrase representation while permitting the third electronic device to communicate over the unselected second or first channel and being capable of receiving an audible input over the selected channel. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for a user to communicate with a plurality of recipients over a plurality of channels, comprising steps of:
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(a) communicating over a first channel with a first recipient; (b) selecting a channel for generating an audible utterance; (c) selecting a phrase representation which can be predefined, recorded as needed, or synthetically generated on demand; and
,(d) generating an audible utterance only over said selected channel based on said selected phrase representation while communicating over the first channel and being capable of receiving an audible input over the selected channel. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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