Method of providing voicemails to a wireless information device
First Claim
1. A method of communication comprising:
- receiving an audio voice message from a caller;
transcribing the audio voice message to produce text;
providing a text message including the text and an identifier that uniquely identifies the specific audio voice message to link to the specific audio voice message; and
transmitting the text message to the recipient'"'"'s mobile telephone.
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Abstract
Voicemail is received at a voicemail server and converted to an audio file format; it is then sent or streamed over a wide area network to a voice to text transcription system comprising a network of computers. One of the networked computers plays back the voice message to an operator and the operator intelligently transcribes the actual message from the original voice message by entering the corresponding text message (actually a succinct version of the original voice message, not a verbose word-for-word conversion) into the computer to generate a transcribed text message. The transcribed text message is then sent to the wireless information device from the computer.
Because human operators are used instead of machine transcription, voicemails are converted accurately, intelligently, appropriately and succinctly into text messages (SMS/MMS).
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22 Claims
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1. A method of communication comprising:
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receiving an audio voice message from a caller; transcribing the audio voice message to produce text; providing a text message including the text and an identifier that uniquely identifies the specific audio voice message to link to the specific audio voice message; and transmitting the text message to the recipient'"'"'s mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for communication comprising:
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means for receiving an audio voice message from a caller; means for transcribing the audio voice message to produce text; means for providing a text message including the text and an identifier that uniquely identifies the specific audio voice message to link to the specific audio voice message; and means for transmitting the text message to the recipient'"'"'s mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for communication comprising:
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a receiving unit configured to receive an audio voice message from a caller; a transcription unit configured to transcribe the audio voice message to produce text; a processing unit configured to provide a text message including the text and an identifier that uniquely identifies the specific audio voice message to link to the specific audio voice message; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the text message to the recipient'"'"'s mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for communication comprising:
at least one processor configure to; receive an audio voice message from a caller; transcribe, at least in part, the audio voice message to produce text; provide a text message including the text and an identifier that uniquely identifies the specific audio voice message to link to the specific audio voice message; and transmit the text message to the recipient'"'"'s mobile telephone.
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