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Localized voice mail system

  • US 6,751,298 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2001
  • Issued: 06/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a voice mail system having a central voice message server for delivering voice messages to a first cellular telephone, a method comprising:

  • storing a voice signal as a voice message on the central voice message server;

    selecting, using the first cellular telephone, whether the central voice message server will transmit the stored voice message in a digital voice stream format at a playback transmission rate or in a computer file format at a file storage rate;

    transmitting the stored voice message from the central voice message server to the first cellular telephone in the selected format; and

    transferring the voice message wirelessly from the first cellular telephone to a second cellular telephone, either in stream format at a playback transmission rate or in a computer file format at a file storage rate, without interaction with the central voice message server.

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