A method and system for saving and retrieving a message via a network server using an index page. The message is sent by a call to a user of a media computer. To save the message, the message is converted into a message index page if the user is not available to respond to the call. The message index page is transferred to a storage medium accessible to a network server. To retrieve a message, the message index page is accessed through a network server from a remote location via a network. The message index page is converted from the message. The message is saved due to user unavailability to respond to the call. The saved message is downloaded by way of the network server to the remote location via the network using the message index page.
In video conference system terminals, the conventional difficulty in high-quality display of facial expressions of a plurality of participants is solved. In a multipoint connection device connecting a plurality of video conference terminals, image data transmitted from a terminal is decoded, and a face area in the image data is recognized. Then, quantization coefficients for the face area are set to be greater coefficients than those for other areas than the face area, then the image data is compressed, and delivered to the respective terminals. By this arrangement, in image data, a face area with great significance can be re-compressed without degradation of image quality, while an area with less significance such as background can be compressed with high efficiency. Thus, the total code amount can be reduced. Accordingly, even if the system uses a narrow band communication channel, the significant face area can be clearly displayed at the respective terminals.
The invention relates to the field of instant messaging. More specifically the invention relates to a server centric method and unit for instant voice and video mail messaging. Even more particularly the invention relates to voicemail messaging with mobile terminals. The inventive methods and units under study allow faster voice messaging and enable similar, but not identical audio/video message "ping ball". The sending of voicemail in accordance with the invention is instantaneous and involves no different telephone numbers for the sender to remember. The reception of messages is always instantaneous, provided the recipient is available, and only if not available, may the delivery of the messages be delayed.
A communication such as a telephone call is received, bearing identification information such as caller ID. The received audio signals if any, is encoded and stored. The identification information is used to look up additional information about the sender of the communication, such as by using the caller ID information to search the internet, for example by doing a reverse telephone number lookup. The user is presented with a graphical representation of this, and prior, communications, such as via an html page, and can select individual communications for playback, deletion, and the like. If the user is at a remote location, the encoded communications may be forwarded to that location, such as in the form of email attachments.
