Method and device for message broadcasting enabling the recipient to retrieve at least partly a message
DCFirst Claim
1. Process for reproducing messages in an automated system for distributing messages, the process comprising the steps of:
- communicating between at least one system for storing messages (10) and a device for reproducing messages (13) via a communication channel (12);
interrogating, by way of an interface of the device for reproducing messages (13) operated by an operator (15), said system for storing messages (10) to retrieve messages stored for the operator from said system for storing messages (10);
in response to the operator'"'"'s interrogation, transmitting from said system for storing messages (10) a stored message, over said communication channel, to said device for reproducing messages (13);
reproducing, at said device for reproducing messages and in real time for the operator (15), the message transmitted by said system for storing messages (10);
identifying whether the message, in the course of transmission, is one of i) a private message and ii) an urgent or advertising message;
storing information representative of a duration of a minimum delay for the urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step;
executing, at said system for storing messages, operations on the message in the course of the transmission to said device for reproducing messages (13),said device for reproducing messages (13) comprising at least one control device (14) permitting said operator (15) to generate at least one control signal destined for said system for storing messages (10),said control device (14) allowing the operator, in the course of the transmission of the message from said system for storing messages, to generate and transmit to said system for storing messages (10) the at least one control signal,the at least one control signal controlling said system for storing messages (10) to carry out on said message, in the course of the transmission, a corresponding operation from among said operations, andsaid corresponding operation including any one of interrupting the message, saving the message, and deleting the message,wherein said executing step at said system for storing messages, for the urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step, commences after expiration of a minimum delay, the minimum delay counted from the beginning of the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message to said device for reproducing messages (13) such that the operator cannot interrupt the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message prior to the expiration of the minimum time delay, thereby assuring that at least a part of the identified urgent or advertising message corresponding to the minimum delay is delivered to the operator of said device for reproducing messages (13).
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Abstract
In an interactive method for restoring messages in an automated message broadcast system, the automated message broadcast system comprises at least a message storage system (10) storing messages and a message restoring device (13), the message storage system (10) being capable of transmitting stored messages to the message restoring device (13), the message storage system (10) capable of carrying out a number of operations on a message during transmission. The message storage system (10) accepts to perform the operations on the message during transmission only after expiry of a minimum delay as from the beginning of the transmission of the message to the message restoring device (13).
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32 Claims
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1. Process for reproducing messages in an automated system for distributing messages, the process comprising the steps of:
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communicating between at least one system for storing messages (10) and a device for reproducing messages (13) via a communication channel (12); interrogating, by way of an interface of the device for reproducing messages (13) operated by an operator (15), said system for storing messages (10) to retrieve messages stored for the operator from said system for storing messages (10); in response to the operator'"'"'s interrogation, transmitting from said system for storing messages (10) a stored message, over said communication channel, to said device for reproducing messages (13); reproducing, at said device for reproducing messages and in real time for the operator (15), the message transmitted by said system for storing messages (10); identifying whether the message, in the course of transmission, is one of i) a private message and ii) an urgent or advertising message; storing information representative of a duration of a minimum delay for the urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step; executing, at said system for storing messages, operations on the message in the course of the transmission to said device for reproducing messages (13), said device for reproducing messages (13) comprising at least one control device (14) permitting said operator (15) to generate at least one control signal destined for said system for storing messages (10), said control device (14) allowing the operator, in the course of the transmission of the message from said system for storing messages, to generate and transmit to said system for storing messages (10) the at least one control signal, the at least one control signal controlling said system for storing messages (10) to carry out on said message, in the course of the transmission, a corresponding operation from among said operations, and said corresponding operation including any one of interrupting the message, saving the message, and deleting the message, wherein said executing step at said system for storing messages, for the urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step, commences after expiration of a minimum delay, the minimum delay counted from the beginning of the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message to said device for reproducing messages (13) such that the operator cannot interrupt the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message prior to the expiration of the minimum time delay, thereby assuring that at least a part of the identified urgent or advertising message corresponding to the minimum delay is delivered to the operator of said device for reproducing messages (13).
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2. Process for reproducing messages, the process comprising the steps of:
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in an automated system for distributing messages comprising at least one system for storing messages (10) and a device for reproducing messages (13), the system for storing messages (10) being adapted to transmit stored messages to the device for reproducing messages (13) through a communication channel (12), the device for reproducing messages (13) permitting the reproduction in real time for an operator (15) of messages transmitted by the system for storing messages (10), the system for storing messages (10) being adapted to carry out operations on a message in the course of transmission, the device for reproducing messages (13) being adapted to transmit to the system for storing messages (10) at least one control signal under the control of said operator (15) during the transmission of the message, each of the at least one control signals permitting controlling the system for storing messages (10) to carry out on the message in the course of transmission a corresponding operation from among the operations, and the device for reproducing messages (13) comprising at least one control device (14) permitting the operator (15) to generate the at least one control signals destined for the system for storing messages (10), identifying whether the message in the course of transmission from the system for storing messages 10 to the device for reproducing messages (13) is one of i) a private message and ii) an urgent or advertising message; storing, in the system for storing messages (10), information representative of a duration of a minimum delay for the urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step; and in the system for storing messages (10), disabling the execution of any operation from among said operations on an identified urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step by said system for storing messages (10) for the minimum time period determined by the stored information, where the operation being disabled is initiated by the at least one control signal sent under the control of said operator (15) during the transmission of the message, the at least one control signal for permitting controlling the system for storing messages (10) to carry out on the message in the course of transmission the corresponding operation from among the operations. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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3. Process for reproducing messages in an automated system for distributing messages, comprising the steps of:
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communicating via a communication channel of a network (12) from a telecommunication terminal (13) to a system for storing messages (10), said system for storing messages being a message server; interrogating said system for storing messages (10) through an interface (14) of said telecommunication terminal (13) to retrieve a message stored in said system for storing messages (10) for an operator of said telecommunications terminal; transmitting, in response to the operator'"'"'s interrogation from said telecommunication terminal (13), the message from said system for storing messages (10) to said telecommunication terminal (13) over said communication channel; reproducing, in real time at said telecommunications terminal (13), the message transmitted by said system for storing messages (10); identifying whether the message, in the course of transmission, is one of i) a private message and ii) an urgent or advertising message; storing information representative of a duration of a minimum delay for the urgent or advertising message identified in said identifying step; generating a control signal destined for said system for storing messages (10) by way of the operator using the interface (14) of said telecommunication terminal (13), said control signal for an operation of interrupting the message; transmitting, in the course of the transmission of the message from said system for storing messages (10), the generated control signal from said telecommunication terminal (13) to said system for storing messages (10) via said communication channel; and receiving said control signal at said system for storing messages (10), said control signal controlling said system for storing messages (10) to perform the operation of interrupting the transmission of the message from said system for storing messages (10) during the transmission, wherein said system for storing messages (10) executes said operation of interrupting the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message after expiration of the minimum time delay counted from the beginning of the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message to said telecommunication terminal (13) such that the operator cannot interrupt the transmission of the identified urgent or advertising message before the expiration of the minimum time delay assuring that at least a part of the identified urgent or advertising message corresponding to the minimum time delay is delivered to the operator of said telecommunication terminal (13).
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