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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Roy Leban, Redmond, WA (US);
Ross Garrett Cutler, Duvall, WA (US);
Henrique S. Malvar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yong Rui, Sammamish, WA (US);
Roy Leban, Redmond, WA (US);
Ross Garrett Cutler, Duvall, WA (US);
Henrique S. Malvar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yong Rui, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for communicating audio data signals comprises a source computer that performs an action, generates an event message corresponding to the action, converts the event message into an audio data signal, and communicates the audio data signal through its speaker. A source telephone receives a voice signal from a participant and the audio data signal through its microphone and communicates the audio data signal and voice as coherent sound via an audio communications medium. A recipient telephone receives the audio data signal from the coherent sound communicated via the audio communications medium and communicates the audio data signal via its speaker. A recipient computer receives the audio data signal through its microphone, extracts the event message from the audio data signal, and performs an action based on the event message from the audio data signal. The audio communications medium can comprise a telephone communications system or air.