Instant video- and voicemail messaging method and means
First Claim
1. A mobile video- and/or voicemail messaging method, comprising at least one mobile subscriber terminal and at least one server, said method comprising the steps of:
- choosing at least one message recipient or a group at a mobile subscriber terminal;
forming at least one packet switched wireless communications connection between said mobile subscriber terminal and at least one server;
transferring at least one contact directory of at least one recipient to said at least one server via said packet switched wireless connection;
recording at least one voice/video message to at least one data file on said at least one server via said at least one packet switched wireless communications connection;
disconnecting said packet switched wireless connection to said at least one server; and
said at least one server relaying the data file message to at least one recipient terminal via telephony network or the Internet.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of instant messaging. More specifically the invention relates to a server centric method and unit for instant voice and video mail messaging. Even more particularly the invention relates to voicemail messaging with mobile terminals. The inventive methods and units under study allow faster voice messaging and enable similar, but not identical audio/video message “ping ball”. The sending of voicemail in accordance with the invention is instantaneous and involves no different telephone numbers for the sender to remember. The reception of messages is always instantaneous, provided the recipient is available, and only if not available, may the delivery of the messages be delayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile video- and/or voicemail messaging method, comprising at least one mobile subscriber terminal and at least one server, said method comprising the steps of:
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choosing at least one message recipient or a group at a mobile subscriber terminal; forming at least one packet switched wireless communications connection between said mobile subscriber terminal and at least one server; transferring at least one contact directory of at least one recipient to said at least one server via said packet switched wireless connection; recording at least one voice/video message to at least one data file on said at least one server via said at least one packet switched wireless communications connection; disconnecting said packet switched wireless connection to said at least one server; and said at least one server relaying the data file message to at least one recipient terminal via telephony network or the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. A mobile video- and/or voicemail messaging method, comprising at least one mobile subscriber terminal and at least one server, said method comprising the steps of:
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choosing at least one message recipient or a group; forming at least one packet switched wireless communications connection between a mobile subscriber terminal and a server; transferring at least one contact directory of at least one recipient to said server via said at least one packet switched wireless connection; recording at least one voice/video message to at least one data file on said server via said at least one packet switched wireless communications connection; disconnecting the packet switched wireless connection to said server; transferring at least one said data file message and at least one said contact directory to a Store and Forward Server Network (SFSN); and at least one server in the SFSN or said server relaying said at least one data file message to at least one recipient terminal device through the Internet or a telephony network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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10. A video- and/or voicemail messaging server, comprising:
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at least one media player and/or a DSP and at least one data storage means and communications connections in and out of a telephony network, SFSN and/or the Internet, wherein a recording is arranged to be made to at least one of the media player and DSP through an established packet switched communications connection from a mobile subscriber terminal; a capture of recipient contact information and/or other message attributes from the mobile subscriber terminal is arranged wirelessly via said packet switched connection on a server, and the contact information is arranged to be stored to the storage means; at least one media player and/or DSP is arranged to store the recording to a data file; at least one data file is arranged to be stored on the data storage means; at least one data file, or at least one copy of the data file is arranged to be sent to another server in the SFSN and/or a connection is arranged to be formed to at least one recipient. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A video- and/or voicemail messaging mobile subscriber terminal, wherein
a user of the mobile subscriber terminal is arranged with the possibility to select at least one recipient from the mobile subscriber terminal; -
at least one packet switched wireless communications connection is arranged to be formed to a server upon selection of said at least one recipient; recipient contact information is arranged to be sent wirelessly via said packet switched wireless communications connection to the server; the terminal is arranged to relay at least one video and/or audio signal to the server for recording to a data file via said at least one packet switched wireless connection; and the packet switched wireless communication connection is arranged to be disconnected upon a dedicated action or upon the fulfillment of dedicated criteria. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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