Friday, September 26, 2008

Idea No. 14 - Just Listen

Proposal is for a new feature in current GSM/CDMA network and can be realized in any Telephonic installation. SMS are one of the best features where a user need not have a conversation to convey his message. Also SMS are best way to convey a message without actually creating a distraction. Everything said and done, but still SMS need typing of message and sometime a message more than a few words wouldn't be very convincing for either end.

Proposal is to redefine the Answering machine funda and shape it up to fit current requirement. In case, You want to leave a message to someone directly and avoid a conversation...... choice is very limited and no matter the medium still can't really convey the tone of the message. Idea exploits this choice and proposes a new system which can be used in cases like above.

Problem statement -

A want to call up B but want to really avoid a conversation, A just have a message to convey and wants to limit the conversation just to that. A also wants to be identified as sender for the message but doesn't want to sound foolish or explicitly mention his identity.

Working Design of Just Listen App -

1. A calls up B, but instead of just dialing B-phone-number appends the voice mailbox access number to the phone number to reach the mailbox directly (for Example - B-phone-number-mailbox-number ).

2. JL Application after A has recorded his message in the voice mailbox, picks up the Identity of A and sends a message to B with sender as A and informs about the waiting message and duration within which it needs to be retrieved.

3. B receives the message from A and finds out about the voice message, Dials voice mailbox and retrieves the message.

Idea is creative and different from the existing functionality of the Voice Mail as choice is with the caller and not the receiver to choose the mode of communication.

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