Telephone and wireless access to computer network-based audio
First Claim
1. A system for transmission of audio content to a telephone, the system comprising:
- an audio stream navigation functionality operable by using a telephone user interface and enabling a user to select audio data to be heard by the user via said telephone;
an interactive voice response unit operative in response to an input from said telephone user interface operating said audio stream navigation functionality;
a transcoder operative in response to an input from said interactive voice response unit for providing audio data to the user via said telephone, the audio data transmitted from an audio source remote from said transcoder, to said interactive voice response unit in communication with said telephone for listening by said user via said telephone;
a content manager, the transcoder and the interactive voice response (IVR) unit responsive to the content manager for directing the audio stream; and
a cache, the cache responsive to the content manager for selectively receiving and rendering the directed audio stream, the telephone providing the user interface enabling said user to select a portion of the audio content, the system further operable to;
receive a set of available preconfigured locations having the audio content;
select a location of the portion from among the preconfigured locations; and
assign an IVR interface coupled to the transcoder for receiving the portion from the selected location, the IVR interface assigned by a content manager operable to assign a plurality of IVR interfaces; and
receive the portion via the assigned IVR interface.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a system for transmission of audio content to a telephone, the system including an audio stream navigation functionality operable by using a telephone user interface and enabling a user to select audio data to be heard by the user via said telephone, an interactive voice response unit operative in response to an input from said telephone user interface operating said audio stream navigation functionality and a transcoder operative in response to an input from said interactive voice response unit for providing audio data, from an audio source remote from said transcoder, to said interactive voice response unit for listening by said user via said telephone.
A method for transmission of audio content to a telephone is also disclosed.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for transmission of audio content to a telephone, the system comprising:
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an audio stream navigation functionality operable by using a telephone user interface and enabling a user to select audio data to be heard by the user via said telephone; an interactive voice response unit operative in response to an input from said telephone user interface operating said audio stream navigation functionality; a transcoder operative in response to an input from said interactive voice response unit for providing audio data to the user via said telephone, the audio data transmitted from an audio source remote from said transcoder, to said interactive voice response unit in communication with said telephone for listening by said user via said telephone; a content manager, the transcoder and the interactive voice response (IVR) unit responsive to the content manager for directing the audio stream; and a cache, the cache responsive to the content manager for selectively receiving and rendering the directed audio stream, the telephone providing the user interface enabling said user to select a portion of the audio content, the system further operable to; receive a set of available preconfigured locations having the audio content; select a location of the portion from among the preconfigured locations; and assign an IVR interface coupled to the transcoder for receiving the portion from the selected location, the IVR interface assigned by a content manager operable to assign a plurality of IVR interfaces; and receive the portion via the assigned IVR interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for transmission of audio content to a telephone, the system comprising:
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an audio stream navigation functionality operable by using a telephone user interface and enabling a user to select audio data to be heard by the user via said telephone; an interactive voice response unit operative in response to an input from said telephone user interface operating said audio stream navigation functionality; and a transcoder operative in response to an input from said interactive voice response unit for providing audio data to the user via said telephone, the audio data transmitted from an audio source using audio streaming functionality, to said interactive voice response unit in communication with said telephone for listening by said user via said telephone; a content manager, the transcoder and the interactive voice response (IVR) unit responsive to the content manager for directing the audio stream; and a cache, the cache responsive to the content manager for selectively receiving and rendering the directed audio stream, the telephone providing the user interface enabling said user to select a portion of the audio content, the system further operable to; receive a set of available preconfigured locations having the audio content; select a location of the portion from among the preconfigured locations; receive a semaphore command indicative of the portion; identify the portion by delimiting the portion with a semaphore, the semaphore delimited portion operable for selective storage, recall and rendering from the user interface; assign an IVR interface coupled to the transcoder for receiving the portion from the selected location, the IVR interface assigned by a content manager operable to assign a plurality of IVR interfaces; and receive the portion via the assigned IVR interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for transmission of audio content to a telephone comprising:
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an audio content transmitter receiving audio content from a source of audio content, said audio content transmitter being operative for transmitting to a telephone a portion of said audio content; and at least one telephone being operative to enable a user to select said portion of said audio content via said telephone and to receive said portion of said audio content to provide an audio output; the audio content transmitter further comprising; a content manager having a transcoder and an interactive voice response (IVR) unit responsive to the content manager for directing the audio content; and a cache, the cache responsive to the content manager for selectively receiving and rendering the directed audio content, the telephone providing the user interface enabling said user to select a portion of the audio content, the system further operable to; receive a set of available preconfigured locations having the audio content; select a location of the portion from among the preconfigured locations; receive a semaphore command indicative of the portion, the semaphore based on an offset into the audio stream; identify the portion by delimiting the portion with a semaphore, the semaphore delimited portion operable for selective storage;
recall and rendering from the user interface;assign an IVR interface coupled to the transcoder for receiving the portion from the selected location, the IVR interface assigned by a content manager operable to assign a plurality of IVR interfaces; and receive the portion via the assigned IVR interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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