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Control of transmission of electronic mail in voice message form

  • US 5,999,594 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1995
  • Issued: 12/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic mail system for a voice message, comprising:

  • a telephone connected to a telephone line network, for inputting a destination identifier and inputting a voice signal for a voice message;

    a mail terminal equipment having a voice output function to output said voice message from a voice file, and connected to a local area network (LAN); and

    an electronic mail transmitting apparatus connected to the telephone line network and the LAN, for receiving the voice signal and the destination identifier from said telephone via the telephone line network, for performing a first conversion of the voice signal into the voice file to produce an electronic mail from the voice file and the destination identifier, and for transmitting said electronic mail to said mail terminal equipment via the LAN,wherein said mail terminal equipment reproduces the voice message from the voice file of the electronic mail using the voice output function without sending the voice file to said electronic mail transmitting apparatus,wherein said mail terminal equipment is capable of inputting another voice signal and performing a second conversion of said another voice signal into another voice file, andwherein said second conversion is the same as said first conversion.

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