Method and apparatus for establishing data link based on audio connection
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1. A communications apparatus, comprising:
- at least one voice interface;
at least one data interface; and
coupled to the voice interface and data interface, a digital data processing device programmed to perform machine-implemented operations of communicating with one or more remote parties over a voice network to negotiate a digital data link over a data network, where the operations comprise;
(1) employing the voice interface to establish a voice link with said parties via the voice network;
(2) employing the data interface to connect to a data network and establish at least one address on said data network for use by said data interface in sending data therefrom and receiving data thereto;
(3) employing the voice interface to exchange machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with said remote parties, said acoustic signals containing a representation of any one or more of the following;
(3a) data network addresses of each of said remote parties, (3b) the established address on said data network;
(4) establishing a data link via the data network with said remote parties at addresses on the network represented by the exchanged acoustic signals; and
(5) employing the established address on the data network to exchange digital data representing human-readable multimedia content with at least one of the remote parties.
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Abstract
In a communications system, after parties form a voice telephone connection, the parties respective communications devices automatically create or leverage machine readable features or content of the telephone connection to identify the parties to each other or to a rendezvous server, and thereafter the communications devices and/or the rendezvous server automatically establishes a data link between the parties.
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1. A communications apparatus, comprising:
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at least one voice interface; at least one data interface; and coupled to the voice interface and data interface, a digital data processing device programmed to perform machine-implemented operations of communicating with one or more remote parties over a voice network to negotiate a digital data link over a data network, where the operations comprise; (1) employing the voice interface to establish a voice link with said parties via the voice network; (2) employing the data interface to connect to a data network and establish at least one address on said data network for use by said data interface in sending data therefrom and receiving data thereto; (3) employing the voice interface to exchange machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with said remote parties, said acoustic signals containing a representation of any one or more of the following;
(3a) data network addresses of each of said remote parties, (3b) the established address on said data network;(4) establishing a data link via the data network with said remote parties at addresses on the network represented by the exchanged acoustic signals; and (5) employing the established address on the data network to exchange digital data representing human-readable multimedia content with at least one of the remote parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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