System and Method for Instant VoIP Messaging

• US 20150172231A1
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniloc 2017 LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Empire IP LLC
• Inventors: Rojas, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,621,490 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 system, comprising:

an instant voice messaging application comprising;

(i) a client platform system for generating an instant voice message, wherein the client platform system buffers each of a plurality of successive portions of the instant voice message into one or more buffers; and

(ii) a message system transmitting each successive buffered portion of the instant voice message over a packet switched network;

an instant voice messaging server receiving, from the instant voice messaging application, each successive buffered portion of the instant voice message and an indication of one or more intended recipients of the instant voice message.

2. A system, comprising:

an instant voice messaging application comprising;

(i) a client platform generating one or more buffers, wherein the client platform writes one or more successive portions of an instant voice message to the one or more buffers; and

(ii) a messaging system transmitting the contents of a buffer over a packet switched network once the contents of the buffer have reached a predetermined size;

an instant voice messaging server receiving, from the instant voice messaging application, the contents of the one or more buffers and an indication of one or more intended recipients of the instant voice message.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the instant voice messaging maintains connection information for one or more of the intended recipients of the instant voice message.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the instant voice messaging server transmits a ring signal and the contents of the one or more buffers to a legacy telephone.