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Voice directed system and method configured for assured messaging to multiple recipients

US7996002B2 · kind B2 · utility

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36References

19Claims

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Assignee

Vocollect, Inc. · US

Inventors

Lawrence R. Sweeney · Bethel Park, US
James D. Maloy · Greensburg, US
Claudine Astorri · Pittsburgh, US
Linda Boyle · North Versailles, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2009
Grant date	Aug 9, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 15, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications system transmits messages via a wireless network to multiple users nearly simultaneously in real-time. Each user has a terminal that receives a message and plays the message for the user. The terminal may also wait for the user to verbally acknowledge the arrival of the message before continuing with its normally executing application. The sender of the message may track, for each intended recipient, the delivery of the message, the accessing of the message by the user, and the acknowledgement by the user that the message was understood.

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