US 8,724,622 B2
System and method for instant VoIP messagingGeneral
US 8,724,622 B2
System and method for instant VoIP messaging
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Creighton Smith
Art Unit:
2656 Videophones and Telephonic Communications; Audio Signals; Digital Audio Data Processing; Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression
Agent:
Kasha Law LLC
Inventors:
Michael J. Rojas
Assignee:
Priority:
12/18/03
Filed:
07/11/12
Granted:
05/13/14
Expiration:
12/18/23
Abstract
Methods, systems and programs for instant voice messaging over a packet-switched network are provided. A method for instant voice messaging may comprise receiving an instant voice message having one or more recipients, delivering the instant voice message to the one or more recipients over a packet-switched network, temporarily storing the instant voice message if a recipient is unavailable; and delivering the stored instant voice message to the recipient once the recipient becomes available.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04M2203/4536H04L65/40H04M