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 comprising;
employing the voice interface to establish a voice link with one or more remote parties via a voice network;
employing the voice interface to exchange machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with the remote parties; and
employing the data interface to establish a digital data link with the remote parties via a data network based on the acoustic signals.
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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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22 Claims
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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 comprising; employing the voice interface to establish a voice link with one or more remote parties via a voice network; employing the voice interface to exchange machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with the remote parties; and employing the data interface to establish a digital data link with the remote parties via a data network based on the acoustic signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14)
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5. 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 comprising; employing the voice interface to establish a voice link with one or more remote parties via a voice network, employing the voice interface to exchange machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with the remote parties; and employing the data interface to establish a digital data link with the remote parties via a data network based on the acoustic signals; and
further comprising;the digital data processing device receiving instructions from one of the remote parties by detecting a predetermined audible cue received from one of the remote parties via the voice network; and
,responsive thereto, the digital data processing device detecting availability of one or more predetermined types of digital multimedia content.
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11. A method of establishing a digital data link, comprising:
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providing a communications device comprising at least one voice interface and at least one data interface; establishing, with the at least one voice interface, a voice link with one or more remote parties via a voice network; exchanging, with the at least one voice interface, machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with the remote parties, and establishing, with the at least one data interface, the digital data link with the remote parties via a data network based on the exchanged acoustic signals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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16. A method of establishing a digital data link, comprising:
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establishing a voice link with one or more remote parties via a voice network; exchanging machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with the remote parties, and establishing the digital data link with the remote parties via a data network based on the exchanged acoustic signals; and
further comprising;the digital data processing device receiving instructions from one of the remote parties by detecting a predetermined audible cue received from one of the remote parties via the voice network; and
,responsive thereto, the digital data processing device detecting availability of one or more predetermined types of digital multimedia content.
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22. A method of exchanging digital data comprising the steps of:
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establishing a voice link with one or more remote parties via a voice network; exchanging machine-readable acoustic signals over the voice network with the remote parties, said acoustic signals comprising a representation of one or more data network addresses, and establishing a digital data link via a data network, based on one or more of the data network addresses, to receive digital data from one or more of the remote parties.
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