System and Method for Generating and Facilitating Comment on Audio Content

• US 20090316863A1
• Filed: 06/23/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harqen Incorporated, HQ Telephony Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Harqen Incorporated
• Inventors: Fitzsimmons, Jeff
• Granted Patent: US 8,687,775 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.110
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/65 Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party in the exchange H04M3/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for generating audio content using a telephony system. The method includes receiving a telephone call initiation request through a computer implemented graphical interface, initiating a telephone call to a selected telephone number, recording at least a portion of the telephone call to generate audio content, and posting the generated audio content on the computer implemented graphical interface to allow one or more users to access the generated audio content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating audio content using a telephony system, comprising:

(a) receiving a telephone call initiation request through a computer implemented graphical interface;

(b) initiating a telephone call to a selected telephone number;

(c) recording at least a portion of the telephone call to generate audio content; and

(d) posting the generated audio content on the computer implemented graphical interface to allow one or more users to access the generated audio content.

2. The method of claim 1, further including providing a comment function on the graphical user interface to allow the one or more users to provide a comment associated with the generated audio content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the comment function is configured to implement an incremental rating system ranking the generated audio content relative to other audio content displayed on the computer-implemented graphical user interface.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the comment function is configured to allow users to initiate at least a second telephone call to provide additional generated audio content to be associated with the generated audio content.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the comment function is configured to increase or decrease a user rating associated with the creator of the generated audio content.

6. The method of claim 1, further including associating geographical information with the generated audio content based on the location from which the telephone call originated.

7. The method of claim 1, further including receiving one or more tags and content filtering information to be associated with the generated audio content through the graphical user interface.

8. A computer-implemented system for generating audio content using a telephony system, comprising:

a telephony system configured to initiate a telephone call based on instructions received from a computer system; and

an audio content management system configured to perform a plurality of steps to generate audio content using the telephony system, including

(a) receiving a telephone call initiation request through a computer implemented graphical interface,

(b) initiating a telephone call to a selected telephone number,

(c) recording at least a portion of the telephone call to generate audio content, and

(d) posting the generated audio content on the computer implemented graphical interface to allow one or more users to access the generated audio content.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the management system is further configured to provide a comment function on the graphical user interface to allow the one or more users to provide a comment associated with the generated audio content.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the comment function is configured to implement an incremental rating system ranking the generated audio content relative to other audio content displayed on the computer-implemented graphical user interface.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the comment function is configured to allow users to initiate at least a second telephone call to provide additional generated audio content to be associated with the generated audio content.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the comment function is configured to increase or decrease a user rating associated with the creator of the generated audio content.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the management system is further configured to associate geographical information with the generated audio content based on the location from which the telephone call originated.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the management system is further configured to receive one or more tags and content filtering information with the generated audio content through the graphical user interface.

15. A computer-implemented method for generating audio content using a telephony system, comprising:

(a) receiving a telephone call;

(c) recording at least a portion of the telephone call to generate audio content; and

(d) posting the generated audio content on a computer implemented graphical interface to allow one or more users to access the generated audio content.

16. The method of claim 15, further including providing a comment function on the graphical user interface to allow the one or more users to provide a comment associated with the generated audio content.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the comment function is configured to implement an incremental rating system ranking the generated audio content relative to other audio content displayed on the computer-implemented graphical user interface.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the comment function is configured to allow users to initiate at least a second telephone call to provide additional generated audio content to be associated with the generated audio content.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the comment function is configured to increase or decrease a user rating associated with the creator of the generated audio content.

20. The method of claim 15, further including associating geographical information with the generated audio content based on the location from which the telephone call originated.