System and method for associating audio clips with objects
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1. A system for associating an audio clip with an object, comprising:
- an object hosting unit that stores at least one object having a unique identifier;
a voicemail system, separate from the object hosting unit, coupled to the object hosting unit wherein an audible message with an identifier for a particular user is stored in the voicemail system for the object having the unique identifier, the voicemail system having a telephone that is used as a microphone to record the audible message;
wherein the object hosting unit further comprises a unit that associates the audible message recorded with the voicemail system with the object having the unique identifier so that the audible message can be accessed when the object is accessed; and
a computing device that accesses the object hosting unit over a link and accesses the object and the audible message at the object hosting unit.
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Abstract
A system and method for associating an audio clip with an object is provided wherein the voice-based system, such as a voicemail system, is used to record the audio clips.
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1. A system for associating an audio clip with an object, comprising:
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an object hosting unit that stores at least one object having a unique identifier; a voicemail system, separate from the object hosting unit, coupled to the object hosting unit wherein an audible message with an identifier for a particular user is stored in the voicemail system for the object having the unique identifier, the voicemail system having a telephone that is used as a microphone to record the audible message; wherein the object hosting unit further comprises a unit that associates the audible message recorded with the voicemail system with the object having the unique identifier so that the audible message can be accessed when the object is accessed; and a computing device that accesses the object hosting unit over a link and accesses the object and the audible message at the object hosting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer implemented method for associating an audio clip with an object, the method comprising:
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storing at least one object having a unique identifier on an object hosting unit; using a telephone separate from the object hosting unit as a microphone to record an audible message with an identifier for a particular user using a voicemail system; associating the audible message with the identifier for the particular user with the object having the unique identifier; converting the audible message with the identifier for the particular user from the voicemail system into an audio clip format; associating the audio clip with the object having the unique identifier so that the audio clip can be accessed when the object is accessed; and accessing, using a computing device over a link, the object hosting unit to access the object and the audio clip. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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