CN1656783A - System and method for mobile electronic messaging - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and system for transmitting a voice message to an electronic address, generally includes establishing a data connection between a first server of a voice messaging system and a wireless device so as to enable a user to access an electronic mail account. The first server then captures a wireless device identifier and accesses an association of the wireless device identifier to a telephone number of the wireless device. A call is then initiated from the wireless device to a second server of the voice messaging system to record a voice message. The previously stored recipient electronic address is retrieved using the captured telephone number and an email including a link to the voice message is generated. The email is then transmitted to the recipient electronic address.
Description
The correspondence reference of related application
The application requires the U.S. Provisional Application No.60/361 of submission on March 1st, 2002,239 priority, here as a reference in conjunction with this application.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of being used for carries out the system and method that voice are posted a letter with wireless mode, especially, relates to a kind of system and method that can make the mobile phone user receive, create or reply the email message that embeds speech message.
Background technology
Wireless technology obtains fast development in recent years, and such as the compiling of some relevant ancillary techniques such as handheld computer, also makes wireless communication device features more powerful.Wireless device includes, but are not limited to, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, handheld computer, laptop computer or similar or the like.
At present, wireless device users can visit their online electronic mail account by their wireless device.For example, have the online mailbox account's of Yahoo mobile phone user, can in their Yahoo mailbox account, visit and receive the text of Email.These existing systems can also make wireless device users reply this Email.Yet for this reason, the user must use outmoded three taps (triple-tapping) method or other poor efficiencys and method consuming time usually, for example uses " having recorded " message or T9 technology.In these cases, the user can be connected to keyboard wireless device-just as can the accessing wirelessly internet under the situation of some PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), for example use the PDA of WAP.Yet many users select the electronic mail account that maybe needs to visit them during travelling or travelling to and fro between the travelling frequently of workplace.Therefore, use keyboard for addressing this problem the scheme that is not a reality.
Therefore, because at present for the inefficient method of creating email message on someone wireless device, the user also is not extensive use of these transmission systems and mobile phone or other main wireless devices that has been used and carries out the retrieval of electronic information.
Summary of the invention
Usually, exemplary embodiments of the present invention can make the mobile phone user can reply the mail (being called " Email " here) of electronics, perhaps create and send the Email that comprises speech message.Because the answer that does not need to key in mail, their POP, the IMAP or the electronic mail account of other type be visited and be used to wireless device users can more effectively when being away from home usefulness or office computer.
According to an embodiment, the method that speech message is sent to electronic address generally includes, and sets up data and connect between first server system of voice transmission system and wireless device, so that make the user can access e-mail accounts.The user can select to reply or transmit and existingly have the Email of speech message or create new speech message.In case the user has selected a particular options, server system obtains wireless device identifier with regard to attempting from user's wireless device.If there is not wireless device identifier, then point out the user to import and send his/her wireless phone number.If obtained this wireless device identifier, then server system access wireless device identifier and user radio phone number is related, to retrieve this wireless phone number.Wireless phone number with the user stores the Database Systems that communicate with first server system into first mapping that receives electronic address then.This reception electronic address or be associated from the message that user's electronic mail account retrieves with the user perhaps is associated by the message of wireless device input with the user.
In case the user has finished the addressing of message, just send a calling to the second server system of this voice transmission system from this wireless device.Preferably, the second server system can utilize caller id, obtains the user radio phone number of this wireless device.When having digital communication to connect, second server can be the retrieval to wireless device identifier.Then, the second server system can utilize the telephone number that is obtained to retrieve recipient's electronic address of being stored.Subsequently, speech message of prompting user record generates one then and comprises the electronic information that is linked to this speech message, and this electronic information is sent to the recipient's electronic address that is stored in first Database Systems.
Therefore, existing voice have the wireless device of data again, for example use the equipment of WAP and J2ME, can make the user write down the more response mode of traditional type of speech message-replaced for respond with e-mails.
By the detailed description below in conjunction with system block diagram and flow chart, it is obvious that the other objects and features of the invention will become.Yet should be appreciated that these accompanying drawings are not to draw in proportion, and illustrative purposes for example just, can not be as limitation of the present invention, protection scope of the present invention should be referring to claim.
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In the accompanying drawings, these figure draw in proportion, and just explanation for example, and wherein identical reference number is represented identical parts in these figure.
Fig. 1 is the general view of system configuration according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 a be with Fig. 1 in system user carry out the flow chart of mutual exemplary method;
Fig. 2 b is the continuity of the flow chart of Fig. 2 a;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the new user's of registration exemplary method in the system of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart that obtains the embodiment of speech message according to the present invention;
Fig. 5 represents according to the present invention, allows the user to reply, transmit or create the schematic diagram of the exemplary method of the electronic information that contains phonetic element.
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Referring to these accompanying drawings, wherein represent and described according to the voice transmission system 10 of the embodiment of the invention and speech message is sent to the method for electronic mail account.Different with the known system that only simply audio files is appended to Email is, this voice transmission system 10 embeds a link to the audio frequency that spreads (steaming audio) file or the non-audio frequency that spreads (non-steaming audio) file in this Email, thereby the recipient can directly visit this speech message.For example, the recipient of this speech message receives an Email from wireless device users, and this Email comprises a link to this speech message.In another embodiment, this speech message directly is forwarded to the recipient's voice mail account that is associated with recipient's electronic mail account.Like this, just saved the step that requires the recipient to retrieve this speech message from his/her electronic mail account.And sound message system 10 makes the user can reply voice message, thereby has advantageously overcome the needs of stroking and replying.This audio file that spreads can be media formats or any other known or developed the audio format of Windows (.asf) or Real Networks (.ram).The non-audio file that spreads can be .wav (wave file format), PCT, mu-law or similar or the like.
Each embodiment described herein is normally operated in the wireless network, for example uses the network of WAP, can carry out radio communication.Term used herein " uses WAP " and typically refers to network and the equipment that uses this WAP (wireless application protocol) to transmit and receive data with wireless mode.This area knows that all wireless application protocol (wap) is that a kind of user of permission can be by the safety standard of wireless device zero access information, and this wireless device for example is a mobile phone, beep-pager, two-way wireless communication, communicator or similar equipment or the like.WAP can support most of wireless networks, and these networks comprise CDPD, CDMA, GSM, PDC, PHS, TDMA, FLEX, ReFLEX, iDEN, TETRA, DECT, DataTAC and Mobitex, and can be applied to many handheld device operating systems, PalmOS for example, EPOC, Windows CE, FLEXOS, OS/9 and JavaOS.Usually, use the equipment of WAP to use LED or colour video display unit, and can visit internet (or other communication networks) by mini browser of what is called or microbrowser, above-mentioned browser all is the smaller web browser of file, can adapt to the restriction of less memory capacity of handheld device and the low bandwidth restriction of wireless network.
It should also be understood that the equipment that uses WAP is not unique example of the Wireless Telecom Equipment that can use with the present invention.One of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that any wireless data communication technology known or that develop subsequently can be used in combination with the embodiment of the invention described here at present.
Referring to Fig. 1, voice transmission system 10 preferably includes one or more servers and Database Systems, and they communicate to connect each other and can carry out radio communication with a plurality of users' wireless device.In one embodiment, voice transmission system 10 generally includes Mobile Server system 15 and voice server system 25, and these two systems communicate to connect with separately Database Systems 20 and 30 respectively.It should be noted that, though having described, the embodiment here uses discrete server and database, carry out the various functions of voice transmission system 10, but software by will moving above-mentioned functions or procedure stores are in the combination in any of an alone server or a plurality of servers, also can carry out other execution mode, as long as wherein can carry out function described here, above-mentioned server can be used as a kind of selection design.Though do not illustrate among the figure, server system 15 and 25 is usually included in the assembly well known in the art that generally all has in the server system, including, but not limited to processor, RAM, ROM, clock, hardware driver, relational storage or the like.Yet, those skilled in the art will be appreciated that, because a plurality of users may visit these servers at any given time, therefore preferably use a plurality of servers and database, these servers and database can be used alone or collaborative the use, with the back-up system traffic and process, for example in nonrestrictive example, be to use circulation (round-robin) structure of a plurality of server systems.
In addition, as from the following describes with relevant drawings obviously find out, the user communicates by global communication network 150 and voice server system 15 and message server system 25, and this global communication network 150 for example is: Cellular Networks, satellite or other cordless communication networks.Those skilled in the art can also recognize that network 150 can also comprise non-wireless parts, for example common switch telephone network (PSTN), wired or fiber optic network.Equally, will be appreciated that though wireless device 50 communicates with subnetwork 150 itself, network 150 can comprise any amount of dissimilar communication equipment that can send voice-and-data.Obviously, the various system components of voice transmission system 10 for example all pass through the connection that communicates with one another of local area network (LAN) or the such communication network 40 of wide area network (LAN or WAN).
Usually, Mobile Server system 15 communicates by data communication connection and user's wireless device 50, so that allow the transmission of data, and voice server system 25 communicates by the wireless speech connection of more traditional numeral or simulation and user's wireless device 50.The system that the server system that adapts with it, for example described here and one or more wireless devices carry out radio communication is known for a person skilled in the art.
In an embodiment, shown in Fig. 2-5, wireless device 50 can be set up data with the Mobile Server system 15 of voice transmission system 10 and be connected, thereby two kinds of equipment can communicate.Connect by these data, the Email that receives can be retrieved and/or check to wireless device 50 in user's electronic mail account.If the user selects with the speech message reply email, then wireless device identifier is attempted to obtain by Mobile Server system 15, or other identifier of having stored that can unique identification consumer wireless device 50, wherein this wireless device identifier can comprise following will the describing of mobile identification code (" MIN ") of this equipment.If can not obtain this wireless device identifier, then point out the user to import and send his/her wireless phone number.Whether can send digital telephone according to this wireless device 50 and call out or be confined to analog call, to use this wireless device identifier (numeral) or wireless phone number (simulation) that recipient's electronic address of user speech message and specific speech message are associated, below will further describe in detail this.
Preferably, have at least three possible selections when his/her electronic mail account of user capture: (1) replys existing Email; (2) transmit existing Email to a new address; Or (3) create new Email.No matter which kind of situation, wireless device 50 all can send one or more recipient's electronic addresses to Mobile Server system 15.According to this wireless device be the numeral or the simulation, this recipient's electronic address is mapped to wireless device identifier or wireless phone number, and is stored in the Database Systems 20.
In case finish this process, Mobile Server system 15 can point out the user to continue to check Email or beginning speech message recording conversation.If the user selects to begin speech message recording conversation (session), then interrupt data and connect, and the prompting user sends a calling to the voice server system 25 of voice transmission system 10.This calling can be (for example, Voice-over-IP (" VOIP ")) simulation or numeral.In response to various promptings, speech message of user record, this speech message is stored in second Database Systems 30.
During record the process, under the situation that numeral connects, wireless device identifier is attempted to obtain by voice server system 25.In this case, in case obtained device identifier, voice server system 25 just can visit the mapping of this wireless device identifier to any recipient's of storing electronic address, and determines thus whether the user has any outer message of not sending as yet.If these message are not sent as yet, then these recipients' electronic address is retrieved by voice server system 25, and which address the prompting user selects to be associated with which speech message.The process that reads this speech message will be in following detailed description.
Under the situation that simulation connects, the telephone number of this wireless device is attempted to obtain by access call person's id by voice server system 25.If caller ID can't obtain (being blocked), then the system prompt user imports this telephone number.Utilize this telephone number once more, voice server system 25 can be associated this wireless device with a recipient address that will send.After the end record stage, speech message is sent to selected recipient's electronic address.
Further referring to Fig. 2, wherein represent and described mutual exemplary method 200 between voice transmission system 10 and user, can make the user in step 202, utilize wireless device 50, receive and create or transmit message or reply existing message.Only as an example, the user can utilize the data communication protocol of wireless application protocol (wap) characteristic or other wireless devices 50, visit and retrieving electronic mail from various electronic mail accounts.One of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that wireless application protocol (wap) be wireless device can be on network a kind of mode of visit data, any similar data transmission technology can be with visiting and the transmission electronic data.The access mail account with when checking his/her Email, the user may wish to reply message, transmits message or create a brand-new message.If the user selects to reply, transmit or creates new message and selects to comprise the speech message composition, then the user will carry out and the communicating by letter of Mobile Server 15.After connecting, in step 204, whether Mobile Server 15 at first attempts to detect this is that the user uses this sound message system 10 first.If the user uses this sound message system 10 first, then in step 206, Mobile Server 15 starts user's registration subroutines.Be to be understood that user's registration subroutines can move by any one server among Fig. 1 or other servers of communicating by letter with communication network 40, and user profile can be stored in any relevant database.Shown in step 206 (particularly Fig. 3), this subprogram can comprise to the user and shows various message and the notices that relate to the use of sound message system 10.For example, can show the terms of service that use about sound message system 10 or the statement untill further notice of maintaining secrecy to the user.If the user receives or agrees shown all message and notice, then user's Mobile Server 15 continues this registration procedure, specifies below in conjunction with Fig. 3.
Registered (referring to step 208) in case finish registration and/or user, then in step 210, Mobile Server 15 attempts to obtain the wireless phone number or the wireless device identifier of consumer wireless device 50.In some cases, can obtain wireless phone number.Yet in some cases, Mobile Server system 15 can not obtain wireless phone number, encrypt so that protect they user's privacy because a lot of radio communication provides the commercial city to check numbers.In step 212 and 214, if can not obtain wireless phone number, then Mobile Server 15 obtains mobile identification code or other wireless device identifier of this equipment.
Because various secret laws, regulation and clause, great majority (but not every) radio communication provider uses MIN ' s that user's actual phone number can not be visited by the third party.Those skilled in the art will be appreciated that, term MIN is meant the encrypted form of user radio phone number, and should understand, the use of term MIN should comprise any encrypted form of subscriber directory number, be any way that radio communication provider can visit the third party, no matter name or form.In another embodiment, wireless identification symbol can be stored in the wireless device, for example with the form of little segment information (cookie), thereby also can not be retrieved even do not use in radio communication provider under the situation of MINs.
As mentioned above, voice transmission system 10 uses wireless phone number to guarantee that user's voice message sends to correct recipient.Therefore, in the wireless data of Mobile Server 15 is connected, can not obtain wireless phone number in, that uses wireless identification to accord with to retrieve storage in advance accords with the mapping of the wireless phone number of this equipment 50 from wireless identification.If do not have Storage Mapping in the Database Systems 20, then in step 216, Mobile Server prompting user utilizes keyboard (or other input equipments) that equipment number is input in the wireless device, so that be transferred to Mobile Server 15.In step 218, in case Mobile Server 15 receives this equipment number, then in step 220, the MIN that obtains (or other wireless identification symbols) just is stored in the database 20 to the mapping of the wireless phone number of user's input, is used for later use.
In case the Mobile Server system has identified wireless device 50, then, provide at least two possible paths to the user according to the action type of user's startup: reply voice or forwarding voice, or create new speech message, shown in Fig. 2 b.Latter two selection comprises substantially the same operation, therefore will describe together in conjunction with Fig. 2 b.If the user replys an electronic information that has speech message, then at step 222a, the electronic address of original sender (being the recipient who replys message now) is stored in the database 20 to the mapping of this equipment number.One of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that be illustrative to the equipment telephone number to the storage of recipient's e-mail address mapping, and all can be used to store this information with voice transmission system 10 interconnective any other databases.On the other hand, if the user is creating new message or this forwards is being arrived other recipients, then at step 222b, Mobile Server 15 prompting user searchs, selection or input recipient's electronic address.
In nonrestrictive example, many wireless devices, for example PDA and mobile phone all have the characteristic that can make the user storage contact information, and this contact information all comprises e-mail address in many cases.This equipment also allows user search address stored in advance, or creates quicklist so that address commonly used, location.Certainly, do not allow at this equipment under the situation of this storage or search, can manually import this address by the user.In case the user has selected or imported the recipient address, then at step 222c, as mentioned above, the recipient address just is stored in the database 20 to the mapping of equipment number.
Which kind of situation no matter, in case obtained the recipient address, in step 224, Mobile Server 15 just points out the user to carry out a calling, writes down this speech message to connect voice server system 25.For example, Mobile Server 15 can send to consumer wireless device with the telephone number that is used for voice server system 25.After carrying out call,, just between wireless device 50 and voice server system 25, set up the connection of numeral or simulation in step 226.The processing of carrying out subsequently depend on this connection be the numeral or the simulation, below will illustrate respectively.
If this connection is digital, then voice service system 25 attempts to obtain this wireless device identifier, and this identifier can be the data file of storage, for example little segment information (cookie), or MIN.In case obtained this identifier, voice server 25 just can be retrieved this recipient's of storage electronic address in advance then by this equipment number of retrieval in the mapping of storage in database 20.Describe in detail below with reference to Fig. 4, then voice server 25 prompting user opening entry speech messages.Preferably, use speech prompting system to carry out alternately with the user.In case after writing down this speech message, in step 228, voice server 25 just sends to recipient's electronic address of being discerned with this speech message.
Perhaps, if this connection is simulated, then data can not send between wireless device 50 and voice server 25.In order to address this problem, voice server system 25 attempts to utilize known caller ID technology to obtain this equipment number.Yet,, point out the user to utilize known pitch detection (tone-detection) technology manually to import this equipment number if caller ID is blocked maybe and can not uses.In case obtained this equipment number, voice server system 25 just uses this telephone number to retrieve the recipient address of storage in advance.
Further, wherein illustrate in greater detail the mutual embodiment between user and voice server 25 referring to Fig. 4.In step 402, after call out connecting, in step 404, voice server 25 judge whether can detection of call person equipment number.If can not, then import this equipment number step 406 prompting user, perhaps as mentioned above, attempt to detect MIN so that retrieve this equipment number in the mapping of the MIN/ equipment number from be stored in database 20 in advance.At step 406a and 406b, any moment user can select terminated call.After Entering Number, in step 408, voice server 25 has judged whether to import the numeral of enough figure places.If the figure place of input is less than required digit, then at step 408a, voice server 25 prompting users import this number once more.In case receive this information, maybe can obtain this equipment number, then in step 410, voice server 25 is attempted this input or the telephone number that obtains and the medium any message to be sent of user account are complementary.Because this establishment or the message (with the recipient address) of replying were mated in advance with this equipment number, therefore can mate any message that the particular device number is shone upon.If mate, then in step 414 to 416, voice server 25 prompting users are tone sound (nonrestrictive for example) with this Message Record.Yet, if there is not Messages-Waiting to send, in step 412, voice server 25 terminated call.In case the user finishes recording messages, then in step 418, voice server 25 can allow the user to listen to this message, thereby the user can determine whether to delete or write down again this message or cancel all message together.If the user does not select cancellation or writes down this message again, then in step 420, voice server 25 sends to recipient's electronic address with this speech message, and finishes this calling in step 422.Used the wireless device number as shared correlation map though should be appreciated that the embodiments described herein, any code, ID or password all can be used as with the recipient address with create, transmit or reply in related between the speech message that embeds.
Referring to Fig. 3, wherein show the embodiment of the new user service method 300 of registration, all to pay when wherein each user uses this voice transmission system 10 in this service.In case user capture Mobile Server 15, just start registration procedure in step 302, in step 304, whether Mobile Server 15 detects this user and registered in the stored value card service in advance, and this stored value card service has been modified and can be used for this voice message service 10.If the user did not register in advance,, register the information of this service about allowing the user to user prompt then in step 306 in this service.One of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that the registration process in this electronic service is not a key for the present invention, can register by any way according to design alternative.For example, can guide a website that this service is provided, the chance of using wireless device to register perhaps is provided the user.If the user registered in the stored value card service, or the registration that is through with, then in step 308, whether Mobile Server 15 these e-wallet account of detection have enough funds is used the service of posting a letter of these voice.If this account does not have enough funds, then in step 310, Mobile Server 15 prompting user inputs or selection will add account's amount of funds.In case carried out selecting or input, then in step 312, the prompting user inputs safe ID and/or password.If discerned this safe ID and/or password,,, finish transaction and fund is injected this stored value card by the mode of prior art then in step 314.Then in step 316, new user or lack the user of enough funds turns back to the process of creating and sending speech message, as mentioned above.
Referring to Fig. 5, wherein show the schematic diagram of a case method, can allow the user to reply the Email that retrieves, give new recipient with this e-mail forward, or email recipient is created (writing) brand-new speech message.In first step 5a, the user is retrieving electronic mail from user's electronic mail account, and selection utilizes his/her wireless device, reply this message with speech message 2, in next step 5b, master server obtains wireless identification symbol from wireless device, and this identifier can be the name or the little segment information (cookie) of storage in advance.As mentioned above, particularly shown in the form 510, store the mapping of wireless ID to the wireless device phone number.After having obtained the wireless identification symbol of wireless device, Mobile Server is visited this mapping, to judge whether to exist the telephone number of the corresponding specific identifiers of being obtained.If there is not telephone number, then point out the user manually to import the phone of his/her wireless device.At this moment, preserve a mapping, thereby make the user not need to import once more this telephone number.At next step 5c, the current information that is created or transmits or reply is associated with the telephone number of employed wireless device, and is placed in the tabulation (cue), shown in form 520 by mail server.At this moment, interrupt wireless data and connect, and trigger from of the call of this wireless device to voice server.Then, at step 5e, voice server attempts to utilize caller ID to detect the telephone number of this wireless device.If this caller ID is unavailable, then require the user manually to import this telephone number, as mentioned above.At next step 5F, use telephone number to come to seek for the correct message of this particular telephone number and recipient's address from form 520.In case find this correct recipient address and message, then at step 5g, prompting user record speech response, voice server is forwarded to this response the addressee who is discerned in this current information.This message can be a form to the link of streaming audio file (stream audio file), this streaming audio file is embedded in the Email that is forwarded to the recipient, perhaps can be sent with the form of natural audio file (native audio file).Addressee or recipient can receive this message of reception on any equipment of this Email then.
According to an aspect of the present invention, wireless device users can receive the speech message that sends in the electronics mode by their wireless device.Therefore, if a specific user has received speech message at his/her electronic mail account, then the user can utilize his/her wireless device 50 to retrieve and listen to described message.In first embodiment, but user's accessing wirelessly comprises one or more email account that contain the Email of speech message.When having selected to comprise this Email of speech message, the media player that this speech message and being used to is play this speech message together, send into consumer wireless device, and play this speech message, wherein this speech message preferably is stored with the form of high compression rate, for example, as non-limiting MicrosoftGSM audio file of giving an example.In the present embodiment, preferably self-starting of media player, thus can pack into automatically after finishing and begin the broadcast of speech message downloading.
In another embodiment, for the demand that makes downloads of media player file minimizes, when registration, media player is sent out, downloads and stores on the wireless device 50, is used for speech message in the future and plays.Which kind of situation no matter, the user can reply this speech message or any other Email that has speech message described here.
In another embodiment, the user can utilize consumer wireless device described here 50 to create electronic mail account and can retrieving mail in voice transmission system 10.Preferably, e-mail server 45 and voice server system 25 communication linkages.When receiving Email in the user account on e-mail server 45, the program on the e-mail server 45 will judge whether this Email comprises speech message.E-mail server 45 extracts speech message from this Email then, and with this speech message file loading to voice server system 25.Voice server system 25 is the retrieval user wireless phone number from Database Systems 30, and sends a calling to user's wireless device 50.No matter the user answers this calling or the user's voice mail picks up this calling, and voice server system 25 all plays this speech message, thereby this message can be received by user's wireless device 50.By this way, can directly be delivered to user/recipient by the speech message of Email initialization, and not need user/recipient to visit his/her electronic mail account.Those skilled in the art should recognize; though preferably this voice transmission system comprises that also e-mail server 45 comes local reception and storage to comprise the Email of speech message; but in protection scope of the present invention, also can use the external electrical email account that speech message is delivered to the user by similar mode.
In protection scope of the present invention, can also send and receive voice-and-data simultaneously by wireless network.In this system, turn-off data connects and sets up independent voice step of connecting and can save.
Therefore, though illustrated, described and indicated the main novel feature of using in the embodiment of the invention, but should be appreciated that those skilled in the art under the prerequisite that does not break away from spirit of the present invention, can carry out various omissions, replacement and change on form and the details invention of the present disclosure.
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1. one kind is utilized wireless device that speech message is sent to the method for electronic address, and this method comprises:
Create the related of wireless device identifier and electronic address;
With this association store to Database Systems;
The record speech message;
This speech message is associated with this identifier;
Utilize the association of being stored from this electronic address of database retrieval;
Generation comprises the electronic information of the speech message that is write down; With
This electronic information is sent to the electronic address that is retrieved.
2. the method for claim 1, the related step of wherein creating wireless device identifier and electronic address comprises:
Set up and be connected with the data of this wireless device;
Receive this identifier from this wireless device;
Receive the electronic address that will send this speech message to it from this wireless device; With
This wireless device identifier is mapped to this electronic address.
3. method as claimed in claim 2, wherein this wireless device identifier is an alphanumeric coding.
4. method as claimed in claim 2, wherein this wireless device identifier is mobile identification number.
5. method as claimed in claim 2, wherein this wireless device identifier is a wireless phone number.
6. the method for claim 1, the step that wherein writes down described speech message comprises:
Set up voice call session with this wireless device;
The prompting user speaks to this wireless device after indication; With
Obtain said speech message.
7. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein this indication is a tonal sound.
8. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein this indication is a buzz.
9. the method for claim 1 wherein comprises this speech message with the step that this identifier is associated:
During voice call session, obtain this identifier; With
The speech message that is write down is mapped to the identifier of being obtained.
10. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein this voice call session is digitized, and the step of obtaining identifier during voice call session comprises that the data that receive this identifier send.
11. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein this voice call session is simulated, and the step of obtaining identifier during voice call session comprises by calling out id and receives described identifier.
12. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein this voice call session is simulated, and the step of obtaining identifier during voice call session comprises:
The prompting user knocks by keyboard and imports this identifier; With
Receiving this keyboard knocks.
13. the method for claim 1, the step that wherein generates the electronic information that comprises the speech message that is write down comprise, embed a link to this speech message in this electronic information.
14. the method for claim 1 also comprises, after the step of record speech message, this speech message is converted to stream media format.
15. the method for claim 1 also comprises, after the step of record speech message, this speech message is converted to audio data file.
16. the method for claim 1 also comprises:
Set up and be connected with the data of this wireless device; With
Visit the data of storing in the memory of this wireless device, so that retrieve this identifier.
17. the method for claim 1 also comprises:
Make the user utilize this wireless device retrieve electronic message from electronic mail account;
Provide one or more options to create or to reply the electronic information of being searched to the user; With
Receive this electronic address as the selection result of user to one of them option.
18. method as claimed in claim 17, wherein this one of them option is, replys this existing electronic information to the sender who has electronic information now.
19. method as claimed in claim 17, wherein this one of them option is that existing electronic information is forwarded to new recipient.
20. method as claimed in claim 17, wherein this one of them option is, creates new electronic information.
21. one kind is utilized wireless device to generate and to the system that electronic address is sent the Email that comprises speech message, wherein this wireless device can carry out radio communication, and comprises the program that is used to receive, create and respond electronic information, this system comprises:
Server system is applicable to one or more wireless devices and carries out radio communication, and this server system can carry out following operation by program:
Receive an indication, it indicates that the user wishes to create an electronic information that will comprise speech message;
Reception will be sent the electronic address of this electronic information to it;
The described speech message that record sends to described server system by this wireless device;
This speech message and suitable electronic address are linked; With
Generate electronic information, this electronic information comprises the described speech message that is addressed to this suitable electronic address.
22. system as claimed in claim 21, wherein this server system also can carry out following operation by program:
When this wireless device receives described electronic address,
The detected wireless devices identifier
This wireless device identifier is mapped to this electronic address; With
Store this mapping; With
When this speech message of record,
Retrieve the electronic address that shines upon mutually with this wireless device identifier.
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