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Device and Method for Managing Voice Messages

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Assignee: SPINVOX LTDPriority: Apr 22, 2003Filed: Dec 30, 2008Published: Jul 22, 2010
Est. expiryApr 22, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Daniel Michael Doulton
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Abstract

A device and method for managing voice messages using a graphic user interface (GUI) to display text transcribed from the content of a voice message, to parse the transcribed text and to use the parsed data for an application running on a device. The present invention hence supplants the current approach of retrieving voice messages by phone using a voice prompt based system to a GUI based system. This GUI based system individually lists voice messages in a menu list, making it very simple for a user to not only read the transcribed text from the voice message but to run applications based on the parsed data from the transcribed text, as well as performing other more familiar functions as such retrieving the voice message for playing back.

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1 . A device for managing voice messages left for a user comprising a graphical user interface that displays text transcribed from the content of a voice message, and a parser that parses data from the transcribed text, the parsed data being used for an application running on the device. 
   
   
       2 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the graphical user interface further displays a menu list that identifies more than one voice message. 
   
   
       3 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 2  wherein the transcribed text displayed on the graphical user interface is the transcribed text from the content of a voice message selected from the menu list. 
   
   
       4 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 3  wherein the graphical user interface is a hierarchical interface which, at a first or second level, displays the menu list. 
   
   
       5 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 3  wherein the menu list identifies the original devices that generated the more than one voice message. 
   
   
       6 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 5  wherein the original devices are identified by a person's name or a phone number. 
   
   
       7 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 3  wherein the device further plays the selected voice message. 
   
   
       8 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 7  wherein the voice message is remotely stored. 
   
   
       9 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 7  wherein the voice message is stored on the device. 
   
   
       10 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 7  wherein the graphical user interface further identifies the voice messages that have been played to the user. 
   
   
       11 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a phone number. 
   
   
       12 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 11  wherein the phone number is the phone number of the device that generated the voice message. 
   
   
       13 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is an email address. 
   
   
       14 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 13  wherein the email address is an email address belonging to the person who generated the voice message. 
   
   
       15 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a noun. 
   
   
       16 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 15  wherein the application is a web search application. 
   
   
       17 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a physical address. 
   
   
       18 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a web address. 
   
   
       19 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a number. 
   
   
       20 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a time. 
   
   
       21 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the parsed data is a date. 
   
   
       22 . A device for managing voice messages as in  claim 1  wherein the device is a mobile phone. 
   
   
       23 . A method for managing voice messages left for a user comprising the steps of: (a) displaying text transcribed from the content of a voice message and (b) a parsing the transcribed text, the parsed data being used for an application running on a device. 
   
   
       24 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  further comprising the step of displaying a menu list that identifies more than one voice message. 
   
   
       25 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 24  further comprising the step of selecting a voice message from the displayed menu list. 
   
   
       26 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 24  wherein the menu list is displayed in the first or second level of a hierarchical interface running on a graphical user interface. 
   
   
       27 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 24  wherein the menu list identifies the original devices that generated the more than one voice message. 
   
   
       28 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 27  wherein the original devices are identified by a person's name or a telephone number. 
   
   
       29 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  further comprising the step of playing the voice message to the user. 
   
   
       30 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 29  wherein the graphical user interface further identifies the voice messages that have been played to the user. 
   
   
       31 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a phone number. 
   
   
       32 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 33  wherein the phone number is the phone number of the device that generated the voice message. 
   
   
       33 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is an email address. 
   
   
       34 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 35  wherein the email address is an email address belonging to the person who generated the voice message. 
   
   
       35 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a noun. 
   
   
       36 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 37  wherein the application is a web search application. 
   
   
       37 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a physical address. 
   
   
       38 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a web address. 
   
   
       39 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a number. 
   
   
       40 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a time. 
   
   
       41 . A method for managing voice messages as in  claim 23  wherein the parsed data is a date.

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