System, method and apparatus for communicating via sound messages and personal sound identifiers
US7246151B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/58
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more sound messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. Each sound message may be preceded by a sound identifier which identifies the sending user. Users may select or create their sounds message and/or person sound identifiers. The sound messages will typically be abbreviated melodies or note strings which are associated with certain conversational messages.
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