Association of email message with voice message

• US 20080069312A1
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RingCentral Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Siemens Communications Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Iyer, Radha, Sahasrabudhe, Manisha, Narang, Nidhi
• Granted Patent: US 7,995,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4509 Unified messaging with single point of access to voicemail and other mail or messaging systems unified messaging in packet switching networks H04L51/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53 Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages , i.e. mailbox systems

Abstract

Some embodiments provide reception of a call from a calling party to a called party, acquisition of a voice message from the calling party to the called party, reception from the calling party a selection of an email message sent to the called party, and association of the voice message with the email message.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a call from a calling party to a called party;

acquiring a voice message from the calling party to the called party;

receiving from the calling party a selection of an email message sent to the called party; and

associating the voice message with the email message.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting to the calling party a plurality of email messages sent to the called party.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the plurality of email messages was sent to the called party from a third party.

4. A method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining an identity of the calling party; and

determining the plurality of email messages based on the determined identity.

5. A method according to claim 2, wherein presenting the plurality of email messages comprises:

converting text associated with each of the plurality of email messages to speech signals; and

transmitting the speech signals to the calling party.

6. A method according to claim 2, further comprising:

receiving search criteria from the calling party; and

determining the plurality of email messages based on the search criteria.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein associating the voice message with the email message comprises:

creating a new email message to the called party; and

attaching the voice message and the selected email message to the new email message.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the new email message to the called party.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the voice message to the called party;

converting text associated with the email message to speech signals; and

transmitting the speech signals to the called party.

10. A medium storing program code, the program code comprising:

code to receive a call from a calling party to a called party;

code to acquire a voice message from the calling party to the called party;

code to receive from the calling party a selection of an email message sent to the called party; and

code to associate the voice message with the email message.

11. A medium according to claim 10, the program code further comprising:

code to present to the calling party a plurality of email messages sent to the called party.

12. A medium according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of email messages was sent to the called party from a third party.

13. A medium according to claim 11, the program code further comprising:

code to determine an identity of the calling party; and

code to determine the plurality of email messages based on the determined identity.

14. A medium according to claim 11, wherein the program code to present the plurality of email messages comprises:

code to convert text associated with each of the plurality of email messages to speech signals; and

code to transmit the speech signals to the calling party.

15. A medium according to claim 11, the program code further comprising:

code to receive search criteria from the calling party; and

code to determine the plurality of email messages based on the search criteria.

16. A medium according to claim 10, wherein the program code to associate the voice message with the email message comprises:

code to create a new email message to the called party; and

code to attach the voice message and the selected email message to the new email message.

17. A medium according to claim 16, the program code further comprising:

code to transmit the new email message to the called party.

18. A medium according to claim 10, the program code further comprising:

code to present the voice message to the called party;

code to convert text associated with the email message to speech signals; and

code to transmit the speech signals to the called party.