Computer-based multi-media communications system and method
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- a line interface operable for communication over a communications medium;
one or more storage devices operable to store outgoing digital audio information and store other multi-media data components; and
processing and control circuitry operable under control of a user interface program, wherein the processing and control circuitry is operable to;
receive stored outgoing digital audio information, combine the stored outgoing digital audio information with one or more other stored multi-media data components resulting in combined outgoing multi-media mail, and provide the combined outgoing multi-media mail to the line interface for communication to a remote location.
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Abstract
Outgoing multi-media data components are provided in a communication system and method implemented under control of a user interface program. Each of the outgoing multi-media data components includes one or more types of information (e.g., textual information, graphical information, and audio information). Two or more outgoing multi-media data components are combined under control of a local user via input to the user interface program resulting in combined outgoing multi-media mail. At least one of the two or more outgoing multi-media data components is of a type of information different than another of the two or more outgoing multi-media data components. The combined outgoing multi-media mail is provided for communication to a remote location.
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86 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a line interface operable for communication over a communications medium;
one or more storage devices operable to store outgoing digital audio information and store other multi-media data components; and
processing and control circuitry operable under control of a user interface program, wherein the processing and control circuitry is operable to;
receive stored outgoing digital audio information, combine the stored outgoing digital audio information with one or more other stored multi-media data components resulting in combined outgoing multi-media mail, and provide the combined outgoing multi-media mail to the line interface for communication to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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25. A communication method implemented under control of a user interface program, the method comprising:
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providing stored outgoing digital audio information;
combining, under control of a local user via input to the user interface program, the stored outgoing digital audio information with one or more other stored multi-media data components resulting in combined outgoing multi-media mail; and
providing the combined outgoing multi-media mail for communication to a remote location.
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48. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a line interface operable for communication over a communications medium;
one or more storage devices operable to store one or more outgoing multi-media data components, wherein each of the outgoing multi-media data components comprise one or more types of information, and further wherein the one or more types of information comprise at least one of textual information, graphical information, and audio information; and
processing and control circuitry operable under control of a user interface program, wherein the processing and control circuitry is operable to;
receive two or more stored outgoing multi-media data components, at least one of the two or more stored outgoing multi-media data components comprising a type of information different than another of the two or more stored outgoing multi-media data components, combine the two or more stored outgoing multi-media data components resulting in combined outgoing multi-media mail, and provide the combined outgoing multi-media mail to the line interface for communication to a remote location.
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69. A communication method implemented under control of a user interface program, the method comprising:
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providing one or more outgoing multi-media data components, wherein each of the outgoing multi-media data components comprises one or more types of information, and further wherein the one or more types of information comprise at least one of textual information, graphical information, and audio information;
combining, under control of a local user via input to the user interface program, two or more outgoing multi-media data components resulting in combined outgoing multi-media mail, wherein at least one of the two or more outgoing multi-media data components comprises a type of information different than another of the two or more outgoing multi-media data components; and
providing the combined outgoing multi-media mail for communication to a remote location.
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