Abstract: This invention discloses a voice communication system including a telephone network including a multiplicity of telephones interconnected by telephone network interconnections, a computer network having a multiplicity of nodes and enabling e-mail communication between said nodes, a multiplicity of voice response computers, each voice response computer being connected to a node of the computer network and being actuable by an input received from one of the multiplicity of telephones via the telephone network for communicating voice received via said one of the multiplicity of telephones via e-mail over the computer network. A method of voice communication including a telephone network including a multiplicity of telephones interconnected by telephone network interconnections is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and system for interactive message communication, including the steps of receiving a marked up e-mail by an interactive voice response system, the marked up e-mail containing a menu, converting the menu from text speech, producing a speech menu, reading the speech menu from the interactive voice response system to a telephone unit, and transmitting a response to the marked up e-mail based on the speech menu.

Abstract: This invention discloses apparatus and a method for producing a moving picture including providing a digital image including the content of a multiplicity of individual images defining a view window which may be selectably superimposed over at least a portion of the digital image at a given time, and moving the view window over the digital image such as to view at least portions of the multiplicity of the individual images in a desired sequence thereby to define the moving picture.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for communicating media over a network including encoding the media into a server database at a server, downloading from the server database to a client database generally only those portions of the media which are necessary to satisfy user requests and in response to a user request for a given item of media, determining whether the media is present in the client database, and if not, automatically downloading those portions of the media which are necessary to supply the user with the given item of media from the server database.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for communicating media over a network including encoding the media into a server database at a server, downloading from the server database to a client database generally only those portions of the media which are necessary to satisfy user requests and in response to a user request for a given item of media, determining whether the media is present in the client database, and if not, automatically downloading those portions of the media which are necessary to supply the user with the given item of media from the server database.

Abstract: An IVR operative for voice communication with a telephone network and a data network and including a VoiceXML interpreter The VoiceXML interpreter being operative to provide a streaming audio output to the data network.

Abstract: A VoiceXML interpreting system and method including a VoiceXML Interpreter. The VoiceXML interpreter includes a Fetcher operative to retrieve documents, a compiler operative to compile documents retrieved by the Fetcher and a cache which stores compiled documents compiled by the compiler.

Abstract: A system and method for providing enhanced quality audio streaming, including an audio streaming server providing an audio stream, a client including a buffer storing at least portions of the audio stream received from the audio streaming server, a buffer status sensor operative to monitor the contents of the buffer and a client audio output enhancer operative in response to an output from the buffer status sensor for providing a modified audio stream output.

Abstract: A method and system for automnatic conversion of text to speech including automatically analyzing a text to define at least one vocabulary domain and carrying out a text-to-specch conversion by employing said at least one vocabulary domain.

Abstract: A method and system for instant messaging and includes enabling a thin client to employ a presence server for initiating a communications channel between at least first and second instant messaging users; and conducting instant messaging along the communications channel between the instant messaging users.

Abstract: A method for speech recognition of an alphabet including receiving an audio input including at least one letter of an alphabet and at least one word, recognizing the letter of an alphabet and the word in the audio input; and mapping the word to the letter.

Abstract: This invention discloses a system for transmission of audio content to a telephone, the system including an audio stream navigation functionality operable by using a telephone user interface and enabling a user to select audio data to be heard by the user via said telephone, an interactive voice response unit operative in response to an input from said telephone user interface operating said audio stream navigation functionality and a transcoder operative in response to an input from said interactive voice response unit for providing audio data, from an audio source remote from said transcoder, to said interactive voice response unit for listening by said user via said telephone.

Abstract: A message notification system and methodology including an on-the-fly message parser which parses data in an incoming message as the message is received and produces on-the-fly parsed information and an on-the-fly message notification generator, producing a message notification in response to the on-the-fly parsed information, at least partially while the on-the-fly message parser parses the data in the incoming message.

Abstract: An e-mail retrieval system including an IMAP e-mail server employing an IMAP protocol, a thin e-mail client and an IMAP server-thin e-mail client communication module enabling the thin e-mail client to retrieve e-mail from the IMAP server using the IMAP protocol.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring activity of an image server which stores a multiplicity of images, at least some of which contain plural image portions, the method including the steps of monitoring which of the multiplicity of images stored on the image server are accessed, monitoring accessing of individual ones of the plural image portions of each of the multiplicity of images stored on the image server which are accessed, and providing an output indication of the number of times that each image portion of the multiplicity of images stored on the image server is accessed.

Abstract: A method for transforming a source digital image into a target digital image to produce an effect of warping including identifying pixel locations within the target image, identifying pixel locations within the source image associated with the pixel locations within the target image, and copying the pixel attribute values from a source neighborhood of each pixel location within the source image, the source neighborhood being defined by means of a source acceleration pixel template, into pixel attribute values for the corresponding pixel locations in a target neighborhood of each associated pixel location within the target image, the target neighborhood being defined by means of a target acceleration pixel template containing at least two pixel locations. A system for carrying out the method is also described and claimed.