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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Philippe Debaty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Margaret Fleck, Fremont, CA (US);
Patrick Goddi, San Jose, CA (US);
Philippe Debaty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Margaret Fleck, Fremont, CA (US);
Patrick Goddi, San Jose, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for communicating a story mail between communications devices extends voice mail are provided. In one embodiment, user specified correlation information that describes a correlation for presenting visual media with continuous audio data is used to generate synchronization information. A story mail transmitting device transmits a story mail that is associated with synchronization information. A story mail receiving device uses the synchronization information to present the continuous audio data and the visual media associated with the story mail. Either the story mail transmitting device or the story mail receiving device is a handheld communications device.