IP Library Granted Patent US 8,914,003
Granted Patent B2
US 8,914,003 · App. 13/445,884 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

System and method for processing a voicemail

Inventor: Timothy Salmon (New York, NY)
Assignee: Empire IP LLC
H04M3/53333H04M1/7255H04M2201/60H04M2203/4536
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,914,003
App. No.
13/445,884
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a system and method for processing a voice mail. The method comprises receiving a voice mail, converting the voice mail into a text message using a predefined speech-to-text conversion algorithm and transmitting the text message to a wireless computing device.

Claims (18)

1. A system, comprising:

a voice mail system receiving and storing a voice mail for a user;

a speech-to-text conversion module converting the voice mail from audio data into text data; and

a delivery module transmitting the text data in an email message in an email format to an email address associated with the user and in a Short Message Service (SMS) message in an SMS format to an SMS address associated with the user.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the SMS address includes a phone number.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the delivery module is adapted to transmit description data associated with the voicemail.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the description data includes at least one of a source of the voice mail, a time of the voice mail and a data of the voice mail.

5. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a subscribing module activating the conversion module for (i) all voice mails received for the user or (ii) only for voice mails received from a particular source.

6. The system according to claim 5 , further comprising:

an authentication module storing an authentication code associated with the user.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the authentication module provides access to the subscribing module when a received authentication code matches the stored authentication code.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the text data is included in a body of the email message and in a body of the SMS message delivered by the delivery module.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the delivery module generates multiple email or SMS messages if an amount of the text data is greater than a payload of an individual email or SMS message, wherein each of the multiple email or SMS messages includes a portion of the text data.

10. A system, comprising:

a voice mail system receiving and storing a voice mail for a user;

a speech-to-text conversion module converting the voice mail from audio data into text data; and

a delivery module approximately simultaneously transmitting the text data in an email message in an email format to an email address associated with the user and in a Short Message Service (SMS) message in an SMS format to an SMS address associated with the user.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 30, 2026
From: STRIPE, INC.
To: STRIPE, LLC
Reel/Frame 074572/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: CRIA, INC.
To: STRIPE, INC.
Reel/Frame 057044/0753 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2019
From: IP3 2017, SERIES 200 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
To: CRIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 048071/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2017
From: VOICE2TEXT INNOVATIONS LLC
To: IP3 2017, SERIES 200 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
Reel/Frame 044488/0228 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2017
From: SALMON, TIMOTHY
To: EMPIRE IP LLC
Reel/Frame 044330/0985 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2016
From: EMPIRE IP LLC
To: VOICE2TEXT INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 038082/0743 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11455123 · Jun 15, 2006
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