PRE-RECORDED VOICE RESPONSES FOR PORTABLE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES
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1. A method comprising:
- switching a portable communication device into a pre-recorded message mode, where the portable communication device, while in the pre-recorded message modereceives selections by a user of a pre-recorded message that is to be transmitted to a called party during a telephone conversation,transmits the pre-recorded message to the called party; and
switching the portable communication device into a normal mode in which the user speaks into the portable communication device to communicate with the called party.
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Abstract
A portable communication device may be used so that, in place of speaking into the portable communication device during a telephone call, users may initiate playback of pre-recorded messages to the party with whom the user is communicating. In one implementation, a device may receive, during a telephone call between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party. The pre-recorded message may be an audible message that was pre-recorded by the first party. The device may transmit the pre-recorded message to the second party in response to the command.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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switching a portable communication device into a pre-recorded message mode, where the portable communication device, while in the pre-recorded message mode receives selections by a user of a pre-recorded message that is to be transmitted to a called party during a telephone conversation, transmits the pre-recorded message to the called party; and switching the portable communication device into a normal mode in which the user speaks into the portable communication device to communicate with the called party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer-readable media containing programming instructions for execution by one or more processing devices, the computer-readable media comprising one or more instructions for:
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receiving, during a telephone call between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party, where the pre-recorded message is an audible message that was pre-recorded by the first party; and transmitting the pre-recorded message to the second party in response to the command. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network device comprising:
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a pre-recorded message control component to receive commands from a first communication device, each command identifying a pre-recorded audible message that is to be forwarded to a second communication device; and a pre-recorded message storage component to store the audible pre-recorded messages, where the pre-recorded message control component transmits pre-recorded messages retrieved from the pre-recorded message storage component to the second communication device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device comprising:
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means for switching a portable communication device into a pre-recorded message mode, where the portable communication device, while in the pre-recorded message mode receives selections by a user of a pre-recorded message that is to be transmitted to a called party during a telephone conversation, transmits the pre-recorded message to the called party; and means for switching the portable communication device into a normal mode in which the user speaks into the portable communication device to communicate with the called party. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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