SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VoIP MESSAGING

• US 20120275452A1
• Filed: 07/11/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniloc 2017 LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Ayalogic Incorporated
• Inventors: Rojas, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,724,622 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53366 Message disposing or creating aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

Methods, systems and programs for instant voice messaging over a packet-switched network are provided. A method for instant voice messaging may comprise receiving an instant voice message having one or more recipients, delivering the instant voice message to the one or more recipients over a packet-switched network, temporarily storing the instant voice message if a recipient is unavailable; and delivering the stored instant voice message to the recipient once the recipient becomes available.

Claims

1. A method for instant voice messaging over a packet-switched network, the method comprising:

receiving an instant voice message having one or more recipients;

delivering the instant voice message to the one or more recipients over a packet-switched network;

temporarily storing the instant voice message if a recipient is unavailable; and

delivering the stored instant voice message to the recipient once the recipient becomes available.