IP Library Granted Patent US 9,014,344
Granted Patent B2
US 9,014,344 · App. 13/207,193 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Methods and apparatus to send voice messages

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Patent No.
US 9,014,344
App. No.
13/207,193
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to send voice messages are disclosed. One example method includes recording a voice message using a mobile communication device; and receiving at the mobile communication device a specification of a communication from a remote device different from the mobile communication device, wherein receipt of the communication triggers sending of the voice message. Other examples are disclosed and claimed.

Claims (33)

1. A method comprising:

receiving information associated with an event, the information including an indication of at least one destination for a voice message;

recording the voice message through a microphone of a mobile communication device;

subsequent to receiving the information, associating the recorded voice message with the event;

determining capabilities of a multiplicity of servers associated with the mobile communication device to determine whether any of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred; and

upon determining that no server of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, prior to a determination that the event has occurred, sending to the at least one destination, from the mobile communication device, the voice message that had been recorded through the microphone of the mobile communication device reminding of the event.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voice message is included in an electronic mail message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voice message is included in a short message service communication.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voice message is received at a remote mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, upon determining that a server of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, sending the information and the voice message to the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a confirmation on a display of the mobile communication device that the voice message has been transmitted.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, prior to a determination that the event has occurred, sending the voice message to the at least one destination from the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, reminding of the event.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining capabilities of the multiplicity of servers associated with the mobile communication device further comprises determining whether any of the multiplicity of servers is capable of storing the voice message.

9. A method comprising:

recording a voice message through a microphone of a mobile communication device;

receiving at the mobile communication device information associated with a pre-determined event;

determining capabilities of a multiplicity of servers associated with the mobile communication device to determine whether any of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred; and

subsequent to receiving the information, receiving at the mobile communication device a specification of an association between the pre-determined event and the voice message, wherein upon determining that a server of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, prior to occurrence of the pre-determined event, the voice message that had been recorded through the microphone of the mobile communication device is sent to the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pre-determined event comprises a meeting.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pre-determined event comprises an appointment.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information associated with the pre-determined event is stored at the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, prior to occurrence of the pre-determined event, sending the voice message from the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred to a remote mobile communication device as a reminder of the pre-determined event.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising providing a confirmation on a display of the mobile communication device that the voice message has been transmitted.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining capabilities of the multiplicity of a servers associated with the mobile communication device further comprises determining whether any of the multiplicity of servers is capable of storing the voice message.

16. A mobile communications device comprising:

a housing;

a display carried by the housing;

a wireless receiver and transmitter carried by the housing;

a processor carried by the housing, coupled to the wireless receiver and transmitter, and coupled to the display, the processor configured to record a voice message through a microphone of the mobile communications device, receive information associated with a pre-determined event, subsequent to receiving the information receive a specification of an association between the pre-determined event and the voice message, determine capabilities of a multiplicity of servers associated with the mobile communication device to determine whether any of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, wherein upon determining that no server of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred and prior to occurrence of the pre-determined event, the voice message that had been recorded through the microphone of the mobile communication device is sent to a remote device.

17. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the pre-determined event comprises one or more of a meeting and an appointment.

18. The method of claim 5 , wherein the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred includes a calendar, the event and the information associated with the event.

19. The method of claim 9 , wherein the server capable of evaluating that the event has occurred includes a calendar, the pre-determined event and the information associated with the pre-determined event.

20. The method of claim 9 , wherein upon determining that no server of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, prior to occurrence of the pre-determined event, the voice message that had been recorded through the microphone of the mobile communication device is sent from the mobile communication device to a remote device.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064271/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064104/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2015
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 035021/0768 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2012
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION CORPORATION
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027694/0129 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2012
From: BALANNIK, VADIM; ELLIS, PATRICK DELL
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027583/0409 →