Internet protocol enabled multimedia mail system with reduced bandwidth requirements
First Claim
1. A method for storing messages in a multimedia mail system to save air interface bandwidth, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a call from a first user of a first device to a second user of a second device;
making a determination as to whether the second user is available;
providing the first user with an option to send a multimedia mail message if the second user is not available;
changing bandwidth requirements for the call if the first user elects to send a multimedia mail message;
sending the multimedia mail message to the multimedia mail system; and
storing the multimedia mail message in the multimedia mail system until the multimedia mail message is retrieved by the second user.
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Abstract
In a multimedia communications system (100), a multimedia-based answering system (200) lowers the amount of air interface bandwidth used to send multimedia mail messages. When a called party is unavailable, a user of a user terminal (102) is given an option to send a multimedia mail message for the unavailable called party (300, 302, 304). If the user wants to send a multimedia mail message, the bandwidth requirements for the call are renegotiated to reduce bandwidth for sending the multimedia mail message (306). The multimedia mail message is then transmitted over-the-air to a multimedia mail system (208), where the multimedia mail message is buffered, transcoded (if necessary) and stored until the called party retrieves it (308, 310).
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12 Claims
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1. A method for storing messages in a multimedia mail system to save air interface bandwidth, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call from a first user of a first device to a second user of a second device; making a determination as to whether the second user is available; providing the first user with an option to send a multimedia mail message if the second user is not available; changing bandwidth requirements for the call if the first user elects to send a multimedia mail message; sending the multimedia mail message to the multimedia mail system; and storing the multimedia mail message in the multimedia mail system until the multimedia mail message is retrieved by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a wireless system that couples users of wireless devices for voice and multimedia communications over-the-air, a multimedia-based answering system for lowering the amount of air interface bandwidth used to send multimedia mail messages comprising:
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a processor-based apparatus that; provides a first user of a first device with an option to send a multimedia mail message when a second user of a second device is not available; and changes bandwidth requirements for the call if the first user elects to send a multimedia mail message; and a multimedia mail system that; stores the multimedia mail message until the multimedia mail message is retrieved by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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