Voice-mail application on the router with no secondary storage available
First Claim
1. A voice communication system for use in a packet switching network environment, the environment including a host server for communicating voice information, initiated by a telephone user, to an electronic mail (email) recipient, a public switching telephone network (PSTN) coupled to at least one telephone device and through which the voice information is communicated to the host server, the host server being responsive to email messages, transmitted in packet form, which include the voice information, the system comprising:
- a network device responsive, through the PSTN, to a voice message generated by the telephone user and operative to convert the voice message to an email message, establish a first connection to the host server for transmission of the email message, edit the voice message pursuant to commands from the telephone user and transmit the email message, in the form of packets, to the host server, as the voice message is being received, for storage thereof and transmission thereafter to the email recipient, wherein the need for a secondary storage within the network device for storing the email message in its entirety is eliminated while allowing manipulation of the voice mail by the telephone user.
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Abstract
In accordance with a method and apparatus of the present invention, a voice communication system is disclosed for use in a packet switching network environment including a host server for communicating voice information, initiated by a telephone user, to an electronic mail (email) recipient. A public switching telephone network (PSTN) includes at least one telephone device for communicating the voice information therethrough. The host server is responsive to email messages, transmitted in packet form, through the packet switching network The voice communication system includes a network device responsive to a voice message generated by the telephone user. The voice communication system is operative to convert the voice message to an email message, establish a first connection between the network device and the host server for transmission of the email message, edit the voice message pursuant to commands from the telephone user and transmit the email message, in the form of packets, to the host server for storage thereof and transmission thereafter to the email recipient, wherein the voice message may be manipulated by the telephone user prior to the transmission thereof by the network device without the use of secondary storage within the network device.
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25 Claims
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1. A voice communication system for use in a packet switching network environment, the environment including a host server for communicating voice information, initiated by a telephone user, to an electronic mail (email) recipient, a public switching telephone network (PSTN) coupled to at least one telephone device and through which the voice information is communicated to the host server, the host server being responsive to email messages, transmitted in packet form, which include the voice information, the system comprising:
a network device responsive, through the PSTN, to a voice message generated by the telephone user and operative to convert the voice message to an email message, establish a first connection to the host server for transmission of the email message, edit the voice message pursuant to commands from the telephone user and transmit the email message, in the form of packets, to the host server, as the voice message is being received, for storage thereof and transmission thereafter to the email recipient, wherein the need for a secondary storage within the network device for storing the email message in its entirety is eliminated while allowing manipulation of the voice mail by the telephone user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for communicating voice information for use in a voice communication system within a packet switching network environment to an electronic mail (email) recipient, the system including at least one telephone device for communicating the voice information initiated by a telephone user, through a public switching telephone network and further including a host server responsive to email messages, transmitted in packet form, through the packet switching network, the method comprising:
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receiving a voice message by a network device, the voice message being generated by the telephone user;
converting the received voice message to an email message;
continuing to receive the voice message;
receiving commands from the telephone user for editing the received voice message;
editing the received voice message based upon the received commands;
establishing a first connection between the network device and the host server for transmission of the email message;
streaming the email message, in the form of packets, out of the network device, for transmission to the host server as the voice message is being received; and
causing storage of the streamed email message within the host server for later transmission of the stored email message to the email recipient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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