Systems and methods for communicating using voice messages
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1. A method of communicating, comprising:
- a client device generating a data message comprising textual content intended to be received by one or more mobile devices;
the client device transmitting the data message to a message authority;
a message authority receiving the data message, associating an identifier associated with a mobile device with one of a plurality of intermediate addresses associated with the message authority, including or appending the intermediate address to the data message, and forwarding the data message to the mobile device;
the mobile device receiving the data message and displaying the textual content, without the need for the mobile device to initiate a connection with the message authority to collect the data massage;
the mobile device causing a voice reply to the data message to be generated by speaking into the mobile device using a transmit action, wherein generating the voice reply comprises initiating a native voice call from the mobile device to the intermediate address associated with the message authority only, and to no other address;
the mobile device associating the voice reply with the identifier that identifies the mobile device;
the mobile device transmitting the voice reply to the message authority via the native voice call; and
the message authority, determining a destination address for the voice reply by reference to a combination of the mobile device identifier and the intermediate address;
the message authority, converting spoken reply to a voice message and relaying the voice message to the determined destination address.
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Abstract
A communication system comprises a communication device configured to receive a data message, such as a text message, and to generate and send a voice reply to the data message using a simple transmit action. The data message comprises an identifier that can be used to determine a reply path related to the data message. Thus, when a user receives the data message, they can read the message initiate the simple transmit action, and reply to the data message by speaking an appropriate reply into the communication device. The spoken response is stored as a voice message and attached to a data message that is sent using the reply path identified by the identifier.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of communicating, comprising:
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a client device generating a data message comprising textual content intended to be received by one or more mobile devices; the client device transmitting the data message to a message authority; a message authority receiving the data message, associating an identifier associated with a mobile device with one of a plurality of intermediate addresses associated with the message authority, including or appending the intermediate address to the data message, and forwarding the data message to the mobile device; the mobile device receiving the data message and displaying the textual content, without the need for the mobile device to initiate a connection with the message authority to collect the data massage; the mobile device causing a voice reply to the data message to be generated by speaking into the mobile device using a transmit action, wherein generating the voice reply comprises initiating a native voice call from the mobile device to the intermediate address associated with the message authority only, and to no other address; the mobile device associating the voice reply with the identifier that identifies the mobile device; the mobile device transmitting the voice reply to the message authority via the native voice call; and the message authority, determining a destination address for the voice reply by reference to a combination of the mobile device identifier and the intermediate address; the message authority, converting spoken reply to a voice message and relaying the voice message to the determined destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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