System, method and apparatus for communicating via sound messages and personal sound identifiers
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1. An apparatus for providing network communications, comprising:
- means for receiving a communication from at least one originating user in a network destined for at least one other user in the network, wherein at least a first portion of the communication includes a sound based identifier; and
means for providing the communication to the at least one other user in the network, wherein the at least one other user in the network recognizes the at least one originating user by the sound based identifier in the communication, the sound based identifier comprising a series of notes.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more sound messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. Each sound message may be preceded by a sound identifier which identifies the sending user. Users may select or create their sounds message and/or person sound identifiers. The sound messages will typically be abbreviated melodies or note strings which are associated with certain conversational messages.
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1. An apparatus for providing network communications, comprising:
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means for receiving a communication from at least one originating user in a network destined for at least one other user in the network, wherein at least a first portion of the communication includes a sound based identifier; and means for providing the communication to the at least one other user in the network, wherein the at least one other user in the network recognizes the at least one originating user by the sound based identifier in the communication, the sound based identifier comprising a series of notes. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An apparatus for providing communications via sound messages, comprising:
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means for providing a plurality of sound based communications each having a different string of notes; means for receiving a first selection of one of the plurality of sound based communications from at least one originating user in a network; and means for providing the first selection as part of a message to at least one other user in the network, wherein the first selection has a pre-established conversational meaning between the users. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for providing communications via sound messages, comprising:
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means for receiving a communication from at least one originating user in a network destined for at least one other user in the network, wherein at least a portion of the communication includes a sound based identifier and a sound based message; and means for providing the communication to the at least one other user in the network, wherein the at least one other user in the network recognizes the at least one originating user by the sound based identifier, the sound based message having a pre-established conversational meaning between the users, and the sound based identifier comprising notes identifying the at least one originating user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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