Simulated voice message by concatenating voice files
First Claim
1. A method of automatically delivering a telephone message to a first person in a voice of a second person by concatenating digital files, a content of which are digital representations of the second person'"'"'s voice, such that an audio signal is produced from the concatenated files, which is substantially identical to the second person speaking to the first person, the method comprising:
- obtaining at least one identifier of a first person from a data base;
obtaining a phone number for the first person from a data base;
obtaining from a data base, a first data file, the contents of which is a digitization of the second person speaking a recorded voice message relating to the identifier of the first person;
automatically originating a telephone call from a computer, to a called number at the phone number for the first person;
detecting by a computer, the telephone call as being answered, andafter the telephone call is answered, transmitting to the called number, an analog signal generated by a computer, by concatenating the first data file and a second recorded voice message file and generating an audio signal from the concatenated data files, the second data file being a digitization of a voice message to be conveyed to the first person, the concatenated data files being digitized speech of the second person such that the audio signal generated from the concatenated files is substantially identical to the second person'"'"'s voice directed to the first person, as a personalized voice message broadcast.
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Abstract
Computer-generated personalized voice messages are created by concatenating data files of audio that were pre-recorded in the voice of an individual whose live voice is to be simulated during the delivery of the voice message. A call to a person or list of persons is placed by a computer. Common identifiers of each person to be called are read from a data base of data files, and matched with a separate data base containing recorded voice phrases, each of which is a digitization of the individual speaking content corresponding to the identifier—such as the person'"'"'s first name. The recorded voice phrase audio is concatenated with at least one other audio file, which is a digitization of a message to be delivered to the called person.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of automatically delivering a telephone message to a first person in a voice of a second person by concatenating digital files, a content of which are digital representations of the second person'"'"'s voice, such that an audio signal is produced from the concatenated files, which is substantially identical to the second person speaking to the first person, the method comprising:
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obtaining at least one identifier of a first person from a data base; obtaining a phone number for the first person from a data base; obtaining from a data base, a first data file, the contents of which is a digitization of the second person speaking a recorded voice message relating to the identifier of the first person; automatically originating a telephone call from a computer, to a called number at the phone number for the first person; detecting by a computer, the telephone call as being answered, and after the telephone call is answered, transmitting to the called number, an analog signal generated by a computer, by concatenating the first data file and a second recorded voice message file and generating an audio signal from the concatenated data files, the second data file being a digitization of a voice message to be conveyed to the first person, the concatenated data files being digitized speech of the second person such that the audio signal generated from the concatenated files is substantially identical to the second person'"'"'s voice directed to the first person, as a personalized voice message broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for delivering a telephone message to a first person in the voice of a second person comprising:
a computer that is operatively coupled to; a) a first data base having identifying characteristics of at least a first person and a phone number associated with the first person comprising common identifiers of each person to be called; b) a second data base of recorded voice phrases comprising digital audio files, each digital audio file being a digitization of the second person speaking phrases associated with the identifying characteristics of the first person wherein common identifiers of the first data base are matched with the recorded voice phrases, each of which is a digitization of the individual speaking content corresponding to the common identifiers; c) a communication network; d) a third data base, storing at least one second audio file, which is a digitization of a voice message, spoken by the second person; and e) memory, storing computer program instructions, which when they are executed, cause the computer to; i) obtain a first telephone number of a first person, from the first data base ii) determine if there is a digitization of the phrases associated with the identifying characteristics of the first person; iii) if there is a digitization of the phrases associated with the identifying characteristics of the first person, then concatenate the first digital audio file with the second audio file; iv) place a call to the first telephone number; vi) when the call is answered, generate a voice message from the first digital audio file and the second audio file to produce a voice message that sounds as if it is spoken by the second person and addressing the first person directly.
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29. A method of automatically delivering a telephone message to a first person in a voice of a second person by concatenating digital files, a content of which are digital representations of the second person'"'"'s voice, such that an audio signal is produced from the concatenated files, which is substantially identical to the second person speaking to the first person, the method comprising:
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obtaining at least one identifier of a first person from a data base; obtaining a phone number for the first person from a data base; obtaining from a data base, a first data file, the contents of which is a digitization of the second person speaking a recorded voice message relating to the identifier of the first person; automatically originating a telephone call from a computer, to a called number at the phone number for the first person; detecting by a computer, the telephone call as being answered, and after the telephone call is answered, transmitting to the called number, an analog signal generated by a computer, by concatenating the first data file and a second recorded voice message file and generating an audio signal from the concatenated data files, the second data file being a digitization of a voice message to be conveyed to the first person, the concatenated data files being digitized speech of the second person such that the audio signal generated from the concatenated files is substantially identical to the second person'"'"'s voice directed to the first person, wherein automatically originating a telephone call from a computer includes originating a plurality of calls to a plurality of phone numbers substantially simultaneously and wherein the step of transmitting to the called number, an analog signal includes the step of transmitting the analog signal to a plurality of the called numbers that answered.
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