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Method for storing and transmitting voice mail using SVMS in a mobile communication terminal

  • US 7,218,920 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2002
  • Issued: 05/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for communicating a voice mail using a SVMS (Simple Voice Mail/Message Service) in a mobile telecommunication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

  • creating a voice file having a specific extension and compressing a voice message input by a user and a received voice mail into the voice file having the specific extension in a format compatible with different terminals and storing the compressed voice file, respectively;

    if an SVMS function is selected, reading from a memory of said mobile telecommunication terminal a selected voice file, segmenting the selected voice file into segmented voice data of a predetermined size not exceeding a transmission capacity restricted in an SMS (Short Message Service) or an e-mail, and transmitting the segmented voice data to another mobile communication terminal using the SVMS;

    reassembling the segmented voice data received at said another mobile communication terminal into a new voice file having a specific extension, and storing the new voice file in a memory of said another mobile communication terminal; and

    upon receiving a reproduce request for one of a voice message and a voice mail from the user, reading a selected voice file from the memory of said another mobile communication terminal, decompressing the read voice file into voice data, and outputting voice signals corresponding to the voice data to an output device of the mobile communication terminal.

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