DELIVERY OF VOICEMAILS TO HANDHELD DEVICES
Briefly, a variety of embodiments, including the following, are described: a system embodiment and methods that allow random access to voice messages, in contrast to sequential access in existing system embodiments; a system embodiment and methods that allow for the optional use of voice recognition to enhance usability; and a system embodiment and methods that apply to the area of voicemail.
1 . A system for recording, transcribing and delivering voice messages, the system comprising a server comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
a network interface; and
one or more processors configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
receive a voice message from a target client device;
receive a request to transmit a reply associated with the voice message;
receive and record audio signals from a user; and
transmit a reply message based on the audio signals.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the reply message comprises the audio signals.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
transcribing the audio signals into text; and
wherein the reply message comprises the text.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
receiving an identification of one or more recipients for the reply message; and
transmit the identification of the one or more recipients to the voice message system.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the identification of the one or more recipients comprises a telephone number.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to transmit a text message associated with the reply message.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the text message further comprises a telephone number associated with the audio signals.
8 . A method comprising:
receiving a voice message from a target client device at a voice message system comprising one or more servers;
receiving a request to transmit a reply associated with the voice message;
receiving and record audio signals from a user; and
transmitting a reply message based on the audio signals.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the reply message comprises the audio signals.
10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transcribing the audio signals into text; and
wherein the reply message comprises the text.
11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving an identification of one or more recipients for the reply message; and
transmitting the identification of the one or more recipients to the voice message system.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the identification of the one or more recipients comprises a telephone number.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein transmitting the reply message comprises transmitting a text message.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the reply message further comprises a telephone number associated with the audio signals.
15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
receive a voice message from a target client device at a voice message system comprising one or more servers;
receive a request to transmit a reply associated with the voice message;
receive and record audio signals from a user; and
transmit a reply message based on the audio signals.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the reply message comprises the audio signals.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
transcribe the audio signals into text; and
wherein the reply message comprises the text.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
receive an identification of one or more recipients for the reply message; and
transmit the identification of the one or more recipients to the voice message system.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to transmit a text message associated with the reply message.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the text message further comprises a telephone number associated with the audio signals.