Compounded Voice Message Modification with Sender Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current voice messaging systems limit recipients to only the information contained in the voice message spoken by the sender, making it difficult for them to identify, listen to, or act on specific voice components from different senders.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that allow recipients to modify compounded voice messages by adding new voice components, updating associated information, and concatenating voice components based on this information, enabling recipients to respond or add elements like silence or music, while providing visual and audio representations of the message with actionable items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a compounded voice message is created with multiple voice components from different senders, then the information content and interaction capability are improved, but the complexity of managing and identifying individual voice components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The voice message is divided into distinct voice components, each associated with metadata identifying the sender and position. This segmentation allows recipients to identify and manage individual components while maintaining the overall message structure, resolving the contradiction between information richness and management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A messaging server acts as an intermediary that stores, manages, and delivers voice components along with their associated metadata. This intermediary handles the complexity of managing multiple voice components centrally, freeing recipients from direct management burden while preserving complete information.
2Ease of operation
If voice components from different senders are combined in a single audio stream, then the message is easier to play back, but the recipient cannot easily identify or act on specific components from particular senders
Solution Approach 1:
The audio stream is segmented into distinct voice components with associated metadata stored separately. This allows the system to maintain both the unified audio stream for easy playback and the segmented structure for sender identification and selective interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a metadata dimension to the audio data, storing sender identification and position information in a separate data structure. This additional dimension enables sender identification without interfering with the simplicity of audio playback.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a recipient can add voice components to an existing voice message, then the interaction capability and message flexibility are improved, but the complexity of updating and managing message information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-structures voice messages with standardized metadata fields for position, sender, and duration. This preliminary structuring enables easy addition of new voice components by subsequent recipients, as the framework is already in place to accommodate additional components without increasing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to recipients about the current state of the voice message, including existing components and their positions. This feedback mechanism guides recipients in adding components appropriately, reducing the complexity of information management while enhancing interaction capability.
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AI summary
A method and device are provided for modifying a compounded voice message having at least one first voice component. The method includes a step of obtaining at least one second voice component, a step of updating at least one item of information belonging to a group of items of information associated with the compounded voice message as a function of the at least one second voice component and a step of making available the compounded voice message comprising the at least one first and second voice components, and the group of items of information associated with the compounded voice message. The compounded voice message is intended to be consulted by at least one recipient user.