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Voice instant messaging between mobile and computing devices

  • US 7,738,887 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2005
  • Issued: 06/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A messaging system comprising:

  • a processor;

    a wireless communication link coupled to the processor and configured to enable mobile device communication, wherein the wireless communication link is managed by a virtual connection protocol configured to manage and sequence a plurality of transmission control protocol (TCP) connection events; and

    a messaging service operated by the processor and configured to;

    receive a recorded voice clip from a mobile communication enabled device, the recorded voice clip being received via the wireless communication link, wherein the recorded voice clip is a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message that is separated into a plurality of text-based components and a plurality of independent binary components, each binary component being references by one of the text-based components, one of the text-based components and one of the binary components each having been transmitted as a separate packet without the use of Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME); and

    process the recorded voice clip for communication via a data network to a computing based device that renders an audio message from the recorded voice clip.

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