Shared distribution of internal message storage facilities by a plurality of communication terminals
First Claim
1. A method of storing multimedia messages in a plurality of communication terminals, the method comprising:
- placing a telecommunication call by an originating one of the plurality of communication terminals to a destination one of the plurality of communication terminals;
recording a multimedia message by the originating one of the plurality of communication terminals;
identifying another one of the plurality of communication terminals that has present capacity to store the multimedia message upon the destination and originating ones of the plurality of communication terminals not having present capacity to store the multimedia message; and
storing the multimedia message in the identified one of the plurality of communication terminals.
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Abstract
Initially storing multimedia messages from an originating communication terminal to a destination communication terminal on the destination communication terminal. If the destination communication terminal cannot store messages, then the message is stored on the originating communication terminal. The destination communication terminal may not be able to store messages because it no longer has present message storage facilities on an internal storage unit or it does not have any internal storage capability for messages. Similarly, the originating communication terminal also may have exceeded its capacity to store messages or may not have any internal storage devoted to the storing of messages. The destination communication terminal maintains a list of messages that are stored on other communication terminals. In addition, if the originating communication terminal cannot store messages, a message is stored on a third terminal which has the capacity to store messages. The messages stored on the third communication terminal are encrypted to protect the privacy of users of the originating and destination communication terminals.
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1. A method of storing multimedia messages in a plurality of communication terminals, the method comprising:
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placing a telecommunication call by an originating one of the plurality of communication terminals to a destination one of the plurality of communication terminals; recording a multimedia message by the originating one of the plurality of communication terminals; identifying another one of the plurality of communication terminals that has present capacity to store the multimedia message upon the destination and originating ones of the plurality of communication terminals not having present capacity to store the multimedia message; and storing the multimedia message in the identified one of the plurality of communication terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus of storing multimedia messages in a plurality of communication terminals, comprising:
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means in an originating one of the plurality of communication terminals for placing a telecommunication call to a destination of the plurality of communication terminals; means for recording a multimedia message by the originating one of the plurality of communication terminals; means for identifying another one of the plurality of communication terminals that has present capacity to store the multimedia message upon the destination and originating ones of the plurality of communication terminals not having present capacity to store the multimedia message; and means for storing the multimedia message in the identified one of the plurality of communication terminals. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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