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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terence Edward Sumner, Azle, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455412 ; 379 881 ;
Abstract
A controller (112) processes (400, 500, 600) an original voice message to detect (602) an original silent portion and to measure (604) an original duration, and the controller creates (620) a modified voice message by replacing (620) the original silent portion with a modified silent portion having a transmission duration. The transmission duration is derived (612, 614, 618) from the original duration, and the transmission duration is shorter than the original duration. The controller then transmits (622) the modified voice message.