Method, circuit, system and application for providing messaging services
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1. A system for providing messaging services comprising:
- a first server-side component functionally associated with a voicemail server and adapted to convert voice messages stored on the server into an encapsulated data structure suitable for transmission over a data link; and
a software application functionally associated with a remote device and adapted to;
a. receive from said first server-side component the voice messages in said data structure suitable for transmission over a data link;
b. store the voice messages on storage functionally associated with said remote device;
c. correlate each of one or more of the voice messages to data or images contained in a social networking site, the correlated data or images relating to a sender of the each of the one more voice messages;
d. retrieve at least a portion of the correlated data or images from the social networking site;
e. display to a user a list of the voice messages, wherein the displayed list includes a display of at least a portion of the retrieved data or images, each given displayed data or image being displayed in association to the each of the one more voice messages the given data or image is correlated to; and
f. provide a user with an interface to select and play a voicemail from said list.
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Disclosed are methods, circuits, systems and applications for providing messaging services. The methods, circuits, systems and applications may provide for download, synchronization, voicemail-message to text-message translation, direct access and handling of selected voicemail messages through a user'"'"'s user interface and other functionalities relating to voicemails, voicemail messages and/or voicemail/voicemail-messages related data received/generated/stored on a cellular operator'"'"'s voicemail server.
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1. A system for providing messaging services comprising:
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a first server-side component functionally associated with a voicemail server and adapted to convert voice messages stored on the server into an encapsulated data structure suitable for transmission over a data link; and a software application functionally associated with a remote device and adapted to; a. receive from said first server-side component the voice messages in said data structure suitable for transmission over a data link; b. store the voice messages on storage functionally associated with said remote device; c. correlate each of one or more of the voice messages to data or images contained in a social networking site, the correlated data or images relating to a sender of the each of the one more voice messages; d. retrieve at least a portion of the correlated data or images from the social networking site; e. display to a user a list of the voice messages, wherein the displayed list includes a display of at least a portion of the retrieved data or images, each given displayed data or image being displayed in association to the each of the one more voice messages the given data or image is correlated to; and f. provide a user with an interface to select and play a voicemail from said list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 28)
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10. A method for providing messaging services comprising:
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receiving voicemails from a voicemail server; storing said voicemails on storage functionally associated with a remote device; correlating each of one or more of the voicemails to data or images contained in a social networking site, the correlated data or images relating to a sender of the each of the one more voicemails; retrieving at least a portion of the correlated data or images from the social networking site; displaying to a user of said remote device a list of said voicemails on a display functionally associated with said remote device, wherein the displayed list includes a display of at least a portion of the retrieved data or images, each given displayed data or image being displayed in association to the each of the one more voice messages the given data or image is correlated to; and facilitating, on said remote device, playback of a voicemail selected from said list. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29)
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19. A remote device, comprising:
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a first communication unit adapted to receive voicemails from a server-side Visual VoiceMail component; data storage including a voicemail storage module adapted to store said voicemails; a second communication unit adapted to communicate with one or more social networking sites; processing circuitry adapted to (1) correlate each of one or more of the voicemails to data or images contained in the one or more social networking sites, the correlated data or images relating to a sender of the each of the one more voicemails, and (2) retrieve at least a portion of the correlated data or images from the social networking site a graphic user interface adapted to display to a user a list of said voicemails, wherein the displayed list includes a display of at least a portion of the retrieved data or images, each given displayed data or image being displayed in association to the each of the one more voice messages the given data or image is correlated to; and a playback module adapted to play, from said storage, a voicemail selected by a user from said list. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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