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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Robert D. Wilhelm, Cheyenne, WY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/234336 (2013.01); H04N 21/42684 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer system for implementing a method for communicating an audio message file from a computing device to an audio player device. The computer system includes the computing device, the audio player device, and one or more computer readable hardware storage devices containing program instructions which upon being executed on both the computing device and the audio player device, implement the method. An audio message file is generated by the computing device and sent to the audio player device. In response to receipt of the audio message file, the audio player device halts play of a song or other audio content that was being played by the audio player device at a time of receipt of the audio message file, and plays the audio message file.


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