Method, circuit, system and application for providing messaging services

• US 20100285778A1
• Filed: 05/11/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silent Communication, LLC (Pueblo Nuevo LLC)
• Original Assignee: Silent Communication Ltd
• Inventors: Hajdu, Shahar, Bluvband, Max
• Granted Patent: US 8,494,490 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53358 Message preview
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, circuit, system and application for providing messaging services. The method, circuit, system and application 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.

Claims

1. A system for providing messaging services comprising:

a first server-side component functionally associated with a voicemail server and adapted to convert a voice message 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 voicemails in said data structure suitable for transmission over a data link

b. store said voicemails on storage functionally associated with said remote device;

c. display to a user a list of said voicemails; and

d. provide a user with an interface to select and play a voicemail from said list.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a second server-side component functionally associated with said voicemail server and adapted to:

a. monitor a first user voicemail account maintained with said voicemail server; and

b. send a notification to said software application when there is a change in said first user voicemail account.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said software application is further adapted to perform a synchronization process between storage associated with said voicemail server and said storage functionally associated with said remote device.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein said software application initiates a synchronization process in response to receiving said notification.

5. The system according to claim 2, wherein said software application is further adapted to cause said remote device not to alert a user that said notification has arrived.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a speech recognition module functionally associated with said first server-side component and adapted to convert at least a portion of a voicemail into a text string.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said software application is further adapted to correlate the origins of said received voicemails with contacts stored on the remote device.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said software application is further adapted to facilitate the utilization of metadata associated with a voicemail for other applications.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said software application is further adapted to:

a. Send at least a portion of a voicemail stored on said remote device to a third party audio-to-text service provider;

b. Receive from said audio-to-text service provider a text string derived from said portion of a voicemail; and

c. Associate said text string with said voicemail.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said software application is further adapted to associate data retrieved from a social networking site with a voicemail stored on said remote device.

11. A method for providing messaging services comprising:

Receiving voicemails from a voicemail server;

storing said voicemails on storage functionally associated with a remote device;

displaying to a user of said remote device a list of said voicemails on a display functionally associated with said remote device; and

facilitating, on said remote device, playback of a voicemail selected from said list.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

a. monitoring a first user voicemail account maintained with a voicemail server; and

b. sending a notification to said software application when there is a change in said first user voicemail account.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising performing a synchronization process between storage associated with said voicemail server and said storage functionally associated with said remote device.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein a synchronization process between storage associated with said voicemail server and said storage functionally associated with said remote device is performed in response to receiving said notification.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising causing said remote device not to alert a user that said notification has arrived.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising converting at least a portion of a voicemail into a text string.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising

a. Sending at least a portion of a voicemail stored on said remote device to a third party audio-to-text service provider;

b. Receiving from said audio-to-text service provider a text string derived from said portion of a voicemail; and

c. Associating said text string with said voicemail.

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising correlating the origins of said received voicemails with contacts stored on the remote device.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising facilitating the utilization of metadata associated with a voicemail for other applications.

20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising associating data retrieved from a social networking service provider with a voicemail stored on said remote device.

21. A software application for providing visual voicemail functionality on a remote device, said application comprising:

A communication module adapted to receive voicemails from a server-side VVM component;

A voicemail storage module adapted to store said voicemails on storage functionally associated with said remote device;

An interface module adapted to display to a user a list of said voicemails; and

A playback module adapted to play, from said storage, a voicemail selected by a user from said list.

22. The software application according to claim 21, further comprising a synchronization module adapted to perform a synchronization process between storage associated with a voicemail server and said storage functionally associated with said remote device.

23. The software application according to claim 21, further adapted to cause said remote device not to alert a user that a notification short message service (SMS) message has arrived.

24. The software application according to claim 21, further comprising a speech recognition module functionally associated with said software application.

25. The software application according to claim 21, wherein said software application is adapted to:

a. Send at least a portion of a voicemail stored on said remote device to a third party audio-to-text service provider;

b. Receive from said audio-to-text service provider a text string derived from said portion of a voicemail; and

c. Associate said text string with said voicemail.

26. The software application according to claim 21, wherein said software application is adapted to associate data retrieved from a social networking site with a voicemail stored on said remote device.

27. The software application according to claim 21, wherein said application is adapted to correlate the origins of said received voicemails with contacts stored on the remote device.

28. The software application according to claim 21, wherein said application is adapted to facilitate utilization of metadata associated with a voicemail for other applications.

29. The software application according to claim 21, wherein said application is adapted to facilitate the recording and editing of an out going message, on the remote device.