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20080200151 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING VOICE MAIL CALLER IDENTIFICATION FOR DISPLAY ON A TELEPHONE - Caller identification information is transmitted from a voice mail server to a telephone in response to receiving a voice mail message for the telephone at the voice mail server, and independent of receiving a request from the telephone to access the voice mail server. Caller identification information for the voice mail message may thereby be provided as a notification that the voice mail message was received at the voice mail server. Related methods, systems and devices are disclosed. | 08-21-2008 |
20080200152 | Methods, systems, and products for notifications - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing voicemail notifications. A first notification is received that indicates a caller has recorded a voicemail. In response to the first notification, the caller's communication log is updated to indicate that the voicemail was recorded. A second notification is received that indicates the recipient retrieved the voicemail. In response to the second notification, the caller's communication log is updated to indicate that the voicemail has been played. When the recipient listens to the voicemail, the communication log thus informs the caller. | 08-21-2008 |
20080207176 | Visual voicemail management - A voicemail message management system and method are provided. A list of voicemail messages is displayed on a screen such as a cellular telephone screen. Indicators specify whether messages are new, urgent, saved, not yet heard, and the like. Other attributes can also be displayed, including for example indications as to source of a message, message duration, date/time, caller, urgent or private, and the like. These indicators provide guidance to the user for selecting which messages he or she would like to hear at a given time. The user can listen to messages, delete them, move them, categorize them, and perform other operations in any order the user chooses. | 08-28-2008 |
20080207177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING VOICE MAIL SERVICE FOR HALF DUPLEX WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A software and hardware implementation of a Half Duplex Voice Mail Server (HD-VMS), which provides subscription-based voice mail services for users in half duplex wireless networks. The user subscribes to the service and is provided with a voice mail box which records caller voice messages for the user when the user's handset is powered off or out of service, or when the user has enabled a privacy feature. The HD-VMS can be implemented in existing half duplex networks with minimal changes to the network. The implementation is technology independent and may be extended to host multiple half duplex communications technologies within the same network. | 08-28-2008 |
20080242270 | AUTOMATED COMMUNICATION LINE SWITCHING FOR VOICEMAIL ACCESS - A telephone station apparatus that is arranged to operate on two, or more, communication lines, receives an instruction to access a voicemail server. The telephone station apparatus switches from a first communication line to a second communication line and initiates a call to the voicemail server. At the voicemail server, calling line identification allows the voicemail server to present an interface to the voicemail box associated with the second communication line. | 10-02-2008 |
20080254772 | Method and System for Recognition of Incoming Calls to A Voicemail System - A system and method for recognition of incoming call to a voicemail system is disclosed. A radio frequency identification (RFID) authenticates a user of a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device enables a one-button dialing of a voicemail system based on the RFID signal. The voicemail system recognizes the incoming call as the owner of the voicemail system and presents a plurality of options for accessing the voicemail system without playing the outgoing message. | 10-16-2008 |
20080261564 | Communication and control system using location aware devices for audio message storage and transmission operating under rule-based control - A cellular telephone handset stores audio files previously recorded by the user as well as voice mail messages from other users and selectively transmitted selected ones of these files to the remote listener, or to the voice mail system of a remote user. Voice mail messages are composed, stored, transmitted, forwarded and reviewed using a voice mail system without ringing the remote party's telephone, much as email is composed, stored, transmitted and reviewed using an email server. | 10-23-2008 |
20080299950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VOICE MAILBOX FUNCTION IN POC SERVICE - A method of providing a voice mailbox function in a PoC service, including: if the voice mailbox of at least one called user is to be connected in response to receiving a session establishment request from a calling user, determining whether the session corresponding to the session establishment request is a one-to-many session; and recording a message from the calling user through the voice mailbox if the session is a one-to-many session. The invention further discloses a method in a PoC service of notifying of a message in a voice mailbox, and a PoC service server. | 12-04-2008 |
20080311887 | Network support for voice mail preemption - An apparatus in one example has: a mobile terminal operatively coupled to a mobile switching center; a subscriber database operatively coupled to the mobile switching center; a first terminal operatively coupled to the mobile switching center; a voice mail system operatively coupled to the mobile switching center; and a voice mail functionality whereby a voice mail message is created from the first terminal, and whereby the first terminal is accessible from a mobile terminal at least during a period in which the voice mail message is being created. | 12-18-2008 |
20090005012 | Processing a Message Received From a Mobile Cellular Network - A portable radio communications device that has as a priority in an idle state an option to compose an MMS voice message, that has as a priority when an MMS voice message has been received an option to play the received voice message and that has as a priority when a received MMS voice message has been played an option to reply to the played voice message with an MMS voice message. A received message may be determined to be a voice message by comparing one or more parameters of the received message against one or more predetermined parameters that are characteristic of a voice message. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING CELL PHONE VOICEMAILS TO A USER'S CELL PHONE - A system and method allows a user to be able to automatically download cell phone voicemail messages to his cell phone. While the cell user is in his network, the cell phone, which is in constant contact with the cell server, requests for a download of voicemail messages, if any. The messages which have been downloaded are stored in the cell phone for processing at later time. The user is no longer constrained by network coverage when he wants to listen to new (or old) messages. All it requires is that he is in his network at some point long enough for the phone to download the new messages. Also, this saves the user money since it doesn't require him to use his cell minutes to check messages. | 01-01-2009 |
20090017793 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECORDING SERVICE OF COMMUNICATION IN BASE STATION - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a recording service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, while a user uses a conversation service by a mobile communication terminal, it is possible to record contents of conversation, which are stored in a base station and correspond to a predetermined period before the present time, as well as contents of conversation after the present time by using a permanent storage medium, according to a user's demand within a predetermined time during conversation or after completion of the conversation. Accordingly, when needing to record the contents of the present conversation, the user can store necessary contents through a simple operation without again requesting conversation to a person. | 01-15-2009 |
20090047935 | DISTRIBUTED FAULT-TOLERANT VOICE MESSAGE SYSTEM FOR INDEPENDENT MOBILE TELEPHONY NETWORKS - A communications network and method for providing a voice message to a user of a mobile station (MS) in a network having a plurality of independent mobile systems, each independent mobile system including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), Short Message Service Center (SMS-C) and Voice Message System (VMS), wherein each VMS is identified by a unique identifier code. A received voice message is stored in a VMS, and an SMS notification message is sent to the MS. Because each VMS is identified by a unique identifier code, the MS can retrieve a voice message by dialing the code contained in an SMS notification message, regardless of which independent mobile system is serving the MS at the time the voice message retrieval is requested. | 02-19-2009 |
20090061827 | VOICEMAIL SYSTEM FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE - A voicemail system utilizing a wireless handheld device with a suitable user interface for presenting voice messages and email messages is disclosed. Voice messages are received over a wireless network, and stored on the handheld device. Upon receipt of a voice message, the handheld device records the audio message in local memory. Subsequently a message record entry corresponding to the received audio message is displayed in a user interface screen of the handheld. When the user opens the displayed message record, the handheld device plays back the corresponding audio message stored in local memory. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061828 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED VOICEMAIL SERVICES - Methods for provisioning and initializing visual voicemail services on a mobile device, setting or changing a voicemail greeting for visual voicemail service, changing a password for accessing visual voicemail service, setting or changing a recorded name for a visual voicemail service, managing incoming voicemail messages for a visual voicemail system, managing a telephone user interface (TUI) for a visual voicemail system, managing multiple subscriber identify modules on a mobile device configured for visual voicemail service, and secure connections to a visual voicemail system are described herein. Corresponding systems are also described. | 03-05-2009 |
20090068993 | USING PROXIMITY INFORMATION TO DYNAMICALLY CHANGE GREETING MESSAGES ON A MOBILE TELEPHONY DEVICE - The present invention discloses a solution for delivering customized greeting messages to callers. In the solution, a call can be received from a remote device. A greeting message that is to be conveyed to the remote device due to a failure of a receiving party to answer the call can be determined. A set of devices proximate to a call receiving device can be identified. One of many different greeting messages can be determined based upon the identified set of proximate devices. The determined greeting message can be conveyed to the remote device. | 03-12-2009 |
20090104894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS A DISTRIBUTED SERVICES COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and network for progressively transmitting a voice message from a sender to one or more recipients across the network. The method and network includes a plurality of servers interconnected by a plurality of network connections. A first server among the plurality of servers provides access to the network for a sender of a voice message intended for one or more recipients. One or more second servers among the plurality of servers provide access to the network for the one or more recipients respectively. The first server and any intermediate server hops between the first server and the one or more second servers are each configured (i) store a copy of the voice message, (ii) ascertain the next server hop or hops on the network to deliver the voice message from the sender to the one or more second servers and (iii) progressively transmit only a single copy of the voice message to the ascertained next server hop or hops on the network regardless if the voice message is to be delivered to more than one recipient through any of the ascertained next server hop or hops. The progressive transmission of the voice message from server hop to hop across the network enables the one or more recipients to review the voice message in real-time. In addition, a synchronization element provide at each server hop is provided to synchronize in real-time the stored copies of the voice message at each server. | 04-23-2009 |
20090111432 | PHONE MESSAGING USING AUDIO STREAMS - A method of phone messaging includes encoding a data packet into an audio stream, said data packet comprising a message addressed to a mobile device operating in a wireless network, placing a call to said mobile device using a voice channel of said wireless network, transmitting said audio stream over said voice channel to said mobile device, and reconstructing said data packet from said audio stream. | 04-30-2009 |
20090156175 | Single Voicemail For Dual-Mode Phones - Single voicemail for dual-mode phones. Functionality is added to a dual-mode phone such that the dual-mode phone when operating in cellular mode sends a predetermined signal when it answers an incoming call. An enterprise mobility controller, on forwarding a call to the cellular side of a dual-mode phone after failing to complete a Wi-Fi connection, starts a timer. If the mobility controller does not receive the predetermined signal before the timer expires, it assumes that the cellular call has been handed off to the cellular voicemail system, terminates the cellular call, and sends the call to the enterprise voicemail system. | 06-18-2009 |
20090156176 | VISUAL VOICEMAIL PROVISIONING AND NOTIFICATION - A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages. | 06-18-2009 |
20090170478 | Method of providing voicemails to a wireless information device - Voicemail is received at a voicemail server and converted to an audio file format; it is then sent or streamed over a wide area network to a voice to text transcription system comprising a network of computers. One of the networked computers plays back the voice message to an operator and the operator intelligently transcribes the actual message from the original voice message by entering the corresponding text message (actually a succinct version of the original voice message, not a verbose word-for-word conversion) into the computer to generate a transcribed text message. The transcribed text message is then sent to the wireless information device from the computer. Because human operators are used instead of machine transcription, voicemails are converted accurately, intelligently, appropriately and succinctly into text messages (SMS/MMS). | 07-02-2009 |
20090181647 | Method and system for network support for optimized paging of communication devices - A method in one application of maintaining a paging status associated with a communication device. The method also comprises paging the communication device based on the paging status. | 07-16-2009 |
20090209235 | CONVERGED MOBILE-WEB COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION - A converged mobile-Web communications solution interfaces to both a mobile phone network and an Internet or Intranet network, so that services that are provided to mobile phones in the mobile phone network are also provided to Web clients in the Internet or Intranet network. | 08-20-2009 |
20090239505 | Systems and methods for distributing messages to mobile devices - A system and method for delivering messages and/or multimedia content using a short message services (SMS) telecommunication network. Mobile devices are coupled to the telecommunication network. A sender may distribute the message using a mobile device to a recipient on another telecommunication network. In one embodiment, a message is requested using a unique pairing identifier and the message is streamed to the recipient. The message may include a multimedia content, and may be based on a demographic trait of the recipient. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and a method for connecting a call through a telecommunications network. A base station, connected to a public switched telephone network, includes a call processor, a memory and a transceiver. The memory includes a database containing dialing instructions for a wireless station for a telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to a destination station. The transceiver receives a call request from the wireless station, and the call processor in response to the call request, assesses the database and dials a call for connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239507 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Voicemail Services - A method for operating a mobile device to set a voicemail greeting includes providing the mobile device with a memory for storing a visual voicemail (VVM) application, an I/O interface, and a microphone for receiving an audio input. The method further includes: receiving a selection for an option to record the voicemail greeting, receiving the audio input, recording the audio input as the voicemail greeting for a voicemail account associated with the mobile device, storing the recorded voicemail greeting in the memory, and generating a request that includes the recorded voicemail greeting, a network address for a VVM system, and instructions to set the voicemail greeting as an active voicemail greeting for the voicemail account. The method further includes transmitting the request to the VVM system and receiving a response from the VVM system that includes an indication of whether the voicemail greeting was set as the active voicemail greeting. | 09-24-2009 |
20090253412 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Voicemail Services - A method for managing accessibility to a visual voicemail (VVM) service from a mobile device includes detecting that a first SIM has been inserted into a slot interface of the mobile device and establishing a data session with a VVM system to create a first VVM account. The first VVM account is configured to receive and store voicemail messages directed to a subscriber identified by the first SIM. The method further includes the mobile device receiving a voicemail message from the VVM system and storing the voicemail message in a memory. The method further includes the mobile device detecting the first SIM being removed and a second SIM being inserted into the slot interface. Upon insertion of the second SIM, the mobile device prevents access to the voicemail message associated with the first VVM account and communicative access to the first VVM account. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253413 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Voicemail Services - A method for managing incoming voicemail messages at a visual voicemail (VVM) system can include receiving a new voicemail message for a voicemail account associated with a mobile device, generating a deposit notification message at the VVM system in response to receiving the new voicemail message, sending the notification message to the mobile device, and receiving a request for voicemail message header information from the mobile device. The method can further include sending the voicemail message header information to the mobile device. The mobile device uses the voicemail message header information to determine a status for each voicemail message presently stored on the mobile device to identify the new voicemail message. The method can further include the VVM system receiving a request for the new voicemail message, and sending the new voicemail message to the mobile device for storage and playback on the mobile device. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258634 | NUMERIC BASED ADDRESSING FOR ENHANCED TELEPHONY AND MULTIMEDIA SERVICES - An end user device includes an application processor, a baseband processor, and a radio transceiver, storage accessible to the application processor, and computer executable instructions, embedded in the storage, for a user agent application. The user agent application includes instructions for transmitting a directory server inquiry in response to entry of a numeric sequence followed by a data termination sequence, wherein the directory server inquiry is indicative of the numeric sequence and the numeric sequence is associated with a targeted entity. The instructions further include instructions for receiving information indicative of at least one service associated with the targeted entity in response to the directory server inquiry and generating a display indicating the associated service or services when the mobile device includes a suitable display. | 10-15-2009 |
20090258635 | Outgoing Call Handling System and Method - A cellular system for handling outgoing calls from a mobile station ( | 10-15-2009 |
20090264107 | PRE-RECORDED VOICE RESPONSES FOR PORTABLE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES - A portable communication device may be used so that, in place of speaking into the portable communication device during a telephone call, users may initiate playback of pre-recorded messages to the party with whom the user is communicating. In one implementation, a device may receive, during a telephone call between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party. The pre-recorded message may be an audible message that was pre-recorded by the first party. The device may transmit the pre-recorded message to the second party in response to the command. | 10-22-2009 |
20090264108 | ANSWERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A MOBILE PHONE - An answering system of a mobile phone is disclosed. The system comprises: a setting module configured for setting an allowable ringing time period and an allowable recording time period for the mobile phone; a calculagraph configured for counting a ringing time when the mobile phone receives an incoming call; a processing module configured for prompting for an option selection input if the ringing time has reached the allowable ringing time period; and the processing module further configured for playing a voice message stored in a storage system of the mobile phone or recording a new voice message. A related method is also disclosed. | 10-22-2009 |
20090286515 | MESSAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A unified messaging interface and associated methods may enable mobile communication device users to initiate the creation of a message for a recipient without being required to explicitly specify the type of message that is to be created. The mobile communication device supports multiple message types, such as audio, text/SMS, picture and video messages. The user begins providing message content to the communication device by, for example, speaking, entering text, clicking a shutter of a camera or initiating the recording of video. The unified messaging interface detects the nature of the content and automatically creates a corresponding message type. Alternately, the device may create a reply message type depending on the reply address of the original message, and may transcribe the audio to text if the original message uses a text format. The one-click action is an operation performed on the device that can be instantiated as a single button-press on the keypad; selection of a single soft key by depressing a button on the keypad or touching the screen of the device; or issuance of a single voice command. | 11-19-2009 |
20090318119 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH VOICE MAIL ACCESS AND CALL BY SPELLING FUNCTIONALITY - A method of initiating a communication from a mobile communication device includes receiving a plurality of spoken letters corresponding to a spelling of at least a portion of a contact name and identifying a contact and associated contact information from a database associated with a mobile communication device in response to the spoken letters. A communication to the contact is initiated from the mobile communication device using the associated contact information. A method of presenting voicemail to a user establishes communication with a mobile communication device. A first voicemail box is checked for messages, the first voicemail box being associated with the mobile communication device. A second voicemail box is checked for messages, the second voicemail box being associated with a second communication device. At least one voicemail message received from at least one of the first and second voicemail boxes is presented to a user via a single interface. | 12-24-2009 |
20090325544 | METHOD FOR SCREENING AND RETRIEVING UNANSWERED MOBILE CALLS THAT FORWARD TO VOICE MAIL - A system and method for screening and retrieving unanswered mobile calls that are forwarded to voicemail systems is disclosed. The method includes connecting a call between a caller and a subscribers wireless phone and opening a connection between the caller and the subscribers wireless phone's voicemail system where the voicemail system is configured to facilitate a recording. The method continues with providing a line with a transmission path and a reception path between the subscriber and the voicemail system and offering a plurality of selectable options including allowing the subscriber to listen to the recording in real time. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003970 | INFORMATION TRANSFER CONTROL APPARATUS AND INFORMATION TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CONTENT - An information transfer control apparatus includes a storage unit storing an ID generating function for each distribution process group having at least one distribution process representing information transfer between plural communication terminals; an assigning unit assigning identification information to the distribution process using the ID generating function; a determining unit determining the distribution process group, the ID generating function, and the identification information associated with a request in response to receiving, from a first one of the communication terminals, the request for the information transfer from the first one of the communication terminals to a second one of the communication terminals and determining whether to allow information distribution; and a generating unit generating new identification information based on the determined ID generating function and sending a digital item containing the new identification information to the second one of the communication terminals when the determining unit allows the information distribution. | 01-07-2010 |
20100029250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING MESSAGES TO COMMUNICATION DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH A USER - An embodiment of a method for message routing includes receiving a message addressed to a user of a first user communication device, and determining whether the user has accessed the message within a predetermined time period. The method further includes routing the message to a second user communication device associated with the user if the user has not accessed the message within the predetermined time period. Some embodiments further include converting the message from a first format into a second format before routing the message to the second user communication device. Some embodiments further include determining a caller identity associated with the calling device, determining a routing policy associated with the caller identity, and determining the second user communication device from among a plurality of user communication devices based upon the routing policy. | 02-04-2010 |
20100029251 | Method and System for Facilitating Voice Mail Service in a Communication Network Through Data-Publication by a Signaling Server - A mechanism is disclosed for facilitating the performance of communication services in a communication network. An enhanced proxy server receives and proxies to a voice mail server a message indicative of a call attempt from an originating party to a terminating party. Further, the enhanced proxy server extracts an outgoing voice mail message from a data store and makes the outgoing voice mail message available for the voice mail server to play to the originating party in a session established between the voice mail server and the originating party in response to the signaling message. | 02-04-2010 |
20100035583 | MANAGING WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS UPON UNINTENTIONAL DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE - Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for managing unintentional disconnection of a communication device. A system detects a first device to a transmission has been unintentionally disconnected from an ongoing communication with a second communication device. The connected second device is signaled regarding the disconnection. Recording of a disconnection voicemail message for the disconnected first communication device is enabled before disconnecting the second communication device. The second device may set an expiration time on the disconnection voicemail message. Upon resumption of service, the disconnected first device is informed of a new voicemail message left by the second device during the disconnection. A disconnection-specific voicemail greeting may be recorded by a user of the disconnected first device's system for use when a disconnection occurs. The disconnection-specific voicemail greeting is played to the connected second device when disconnection occurs. | 02-11-2010 |
20100035584 | Managing Voicemail Greeting Based On Location of Wireless Communication Device - Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for managing voicemail greetings on a wireless communication device based on the device's location. A user records location-specific voicemail greetings on the user's wireless communication device, and associates the greetings with specific locations. When an authorized caller calls the user's wireless communication device, the location of the user's wireless communication device is detected, and location information of the user's device is sent to a call switching component. The call switching component presents the caller with the voicemail greeting associated with the location of the user's wireless communication device. The date and time the user's wireless communication device entered the location can be provided via a timestamp and presented to the caller along with the location-specific voicemail greeting, to enable the caller to determine when the user may be available to communicate, based on the combination of the information in the greeting and the timestamp information. | 02-11-2010 |
20100035585 | Managing Voicemail Messages Based On Location of Caller's Wireless Communication Device - Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for processing voicemail messages to a user's wireless communication device based on a location of a caller's wireless communication device. Call answering protocols are assigned for implementation based on the location of the caller's wireless communication device at a time a call is received from the caller's device. Call answering protocol entries are received via a wireless communication device. When a call is received, a location of the caller's wireless communication device is detected. Location information regarding the caller's wireless communication device is received at a call switching component. The call is processed at the call switching component based on the call answering protocol for handling a caller's call received from the location of the caller's wireless communication device. | 02-11-2010 |
20100035586 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF SUBSCRIBER DATA, SUCH AS DATA FOR SUBSCRIBERS OF MOBILE DEVICE SERVICES - A system for registering a mobile device located in a network outside a device's home network is described. In some examples, the system receives a message including contents associated with a location of the mobile device, and extracts the contents of the received message. The system matches the extracted contents to one or more rules associated with an adjustment of subscriber data within a registration database for the home network, adjusts the data, and registers the mobile device having the adjusted data. | 02-11-2010 |
20100048180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICEMAIL SERVICE MOBILITY - A method for utilizing a common voicemail box for a fixed-mobile convergence device includes automatically providing a confirmation message from a mobile client to an enterprise system in response to an enterprise call from the enterprise system being answered by a user at the mobile client. An incoming call from a calling party is connected with the mobile client in response to the confirmation message being received by the enterprise system to indicate that the enterprise call has been answered by the user at the mobile client. The incoming call is connected to a voicemail box associated with the mobile client (e.g., enterprise voicemail) in response to determining that the user did not answer the incoming call at the mobile client. | 02-25-2010 |
20100048181 | Telephone And Method For Routing A Telephone Call In A Telecommunications Network - A telephone and a method for routing a telephone call using the telephone is provided. The telephone includes a microprocessor and a transceiver coupled to the microprocessor. The telephone further includes a voice recognition unit coupled to the microprocessor. The unit is further configured to determine when the user is speaking proximate the unit and to generate a match signal when the user is speaking. The microprocessor is configured to generate a command signal to induce the transceiver to transmit a voice mailbox routing signal to a telephone switching center upon receipt of the match signal from the unit. | 02-25-2010 |
20100056113 | Location-Aware Voicemail - Location-aware voicemail that utilizes location information is described herein. When a voicemail service is initiated, location information may be used to provide additional information and functionality. In one example, location information about the caller that left a voicemail may be affixed to a voicemail message. When a recipient of the voicemail checks for voicemail messages, the recipient may be presented with various displays that utilize the location of the caller. In another example, location information about the intended recipient of a voicemail may be used by the caller to determine if the caller continues to desire to leave a voicemail. Privacy settings may be used to limit the amount of location information presented. Further, the location information may be used to provide for filters to sort one or more voicemails according to a location. | 03-04-2010 |
20100062748 | Apparatus, Method, Device And Computer Program Product For Communicating Medicine Identity, Dosage And Intake Instruction - A device, method, and computer software product are provided for communicating medicine dosage and intake instructions to a user by labeling a medicine container with a tag containing a unique identifier, associating the unique identifier with an audio file comprising instructions related to medicine usage, and delivering the audio file to a electromagnetic wave-enabled device. The electromagnetic wave-enable device, such as a mobile telephone or PDA, via a service, plays an audio file associated with the unique identifier when the RFID tag is read by said device. | 03-11-2010 |
20100075640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AUDIO AND VISUAL MESSAGING - The present invention provides a communication system for integrating audio and visual messaging. The communication system includes a mobile communication device for receiving visual messages and for transmitting voice messages to a recipient, a base station system in communication with the mobile communication device, an electronic mail gateway for delivering visual messages to the base station system for transmission to the mobile communication device, and an integrated mail gateway for receiving from the base station a voice message and addressing information that were both transmitted from the mobile communication device. The integrated mail gateway is programmed to create an e-mail message comprising the voice message. The integrated mail gateway is also programmed to use the addressing information to address the e-mail message, and to send the addressed e-mail message to the recipient. | 03-25-2010 |
20100099386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO VOICE MAIL - A marine radio comprises a memory for storing a message, in particular, a voice mail message, suitable for transmission to a second marine radio, a communication device for transmitting and receiving radio communications and a controller coupled to the memory and communication device. The controller is operable to cause the communication device to poll the second marine radio (e.g., by initiating a DSC individual call). When in range, the second marine radio may receive and acknowledge the poll. Upon receiving acknowledgement from the second marine radio, the controller causes the communication device to transmit the stored message to the second marine radio | 04-22-2010 |
20100151834 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING A VISUAL VOICE MAIL SYSTEM BY REDUCING THE USE OF COMMUNICATION RESOURCES - A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may receive, from a server, one or more notification messages indicating an occurrence of one or more voice mail events via a network. The system and method may then transmit, to the server, one or more session initiation messages in response to the receipt of the one or more notification messages via the network. Further, the system and method may retrieve, from the server, voice mail data associated with the one or more voice mail events via a communication session. | 06-17-2010 |
20100151835 | MESSAGE FORWARDING AND RETRIEVAL WITH A SINGLE MESSAGING SERVICE - Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system of integrating a user's voice mail onto a single voice messaging service, e.g., a Unified Messaging (UM) service, such that a client may access this single source for voice mail retrieval, even where such voice mails are from a variety of sources, e.g., work, mobile phone, etc. A user, or the user's mobile operator, need only agree to accept the service, and the registration and configuration requirements for providing the service and forwarding calls to the service are automatically configured. The user's existing “speed dial” key or other setting for retrieving voice mail may also be automatically configured to the access number(s) for the service. Configurations may monitor the status of the service and update access and/or forwarding numbers. Voice mail forwarding and settings may also be automatically reverted back to the user's original service. | 06-17-2010 |
20100151836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING MAIL ACCEPTANCE INFORMATION BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITION - Provided is a voice recognition based acceptance information acquiring method and system. The system includes an acquiring module generating voice acceptance information by acquiring acceptance information corresponding to the mail by a user's voice; a converting module for extracting address information corresponding to a destination address of the mail from the voice acceptance information, and converting the extracted address information into voice address information; a matching module for generating computerized acceptance information by matching the voice address information and stored address information; a checking module for checking whether the computerized acceptance information corresponds to the user's voice information; and a receiving module for receiving an acceptance number corresponding to the computerized acceptance information. | 06-17-2010 |
20100159888 | Voicemail Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks - A voicemail system ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100159889 | Voicemail Archival and Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks and Devices - A voicemail system ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100159890 | Video Greetings for Voicemail Systems - A method for operating a voicemail system ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100159891 | Enhanced Messaging With Language Translation Feature | 06-24-2010 |
20100159892 | VISUAL MANIPULATION OF AUDIO - A mobile communication device displays, via a display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and receives selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device. The device also enlarges a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform, and displays, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform. The device further enables the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and provides, via a speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159893 | User-Controlled Routing of Phone Calls to Voicemail - In accordance with one or more aspects, a notification of an incoming phone call is received from a phone system. An indication of the incoming phone call is presented to a user, and the user can control the incoming phone call in different manners. The user can request to delay routing the incoming phone call to voicemail, to route the incoming phone call to voicemail without further delay, and to stop ringing of one or more phone handsets of the phone system. One or more of these control requests can be input by the user via a mobile phone and/or a television system. | 06-24-2010 |
20100167699 | Systems and Methods for Consolidating Wireline and Wireless Voicemail Boxes - Voicemail systems ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100167700 | DYNAMIC MESSAGING ROUTING AND AUDIO-TO-TEXT LINKING FOR VISUAL VOICEMAIL - An improved visual voicemail system is provided. When a call is made to a wireless telephone device and a voicemail message is deposited for the called party, the voicemail message is transcribed to generate a text version of the deposited voicemail message. The transcribed voicemail message is sent to the called mobile telephone device to allow the user to read the text version of the voicemail message. Embedded with transcribed text voicemail message is a link that maps to a unique telephone number that is assigned to the original audio voicemail message from the text voicemail message was transcribed. If the called party selects the link, the called party's mobile telephone device or other receiving computing device places a call to the storage location of the original audio version of the voicemail message to listen to the audio version of the voicemail message. | 07-01-2010 |
20100222030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AN AUDIO MESSAGE BY MOBILE PHONE DURING COMMUNICATION - A system and method is used for transmitting an audio message by mobile phones during communication with a remote terminal. The system includes a detecting module, a storage module, a voice processing module, and an output control module. The detecting module detects whether the mobile phone is communicating with the remote terminal, and transmits a busy signal to the storage module when the mobile phone is communicating with the remote terminal. The storage module stores a plurality of digital voice signals, and transmits the corresponding digital voice signal to the voice processing module when receives the busy signal. The voice processing module converts the corresponding digital voice signal to audible voice message, and transmits the audible voice message to an output control module. The output control module transmits the audible voice message from the voice processing module to the remote terminal together with communicating voice message. | 09-02-2010 |
20100248694 | Mail handling apparatus and method for handling e-mail - An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus transfers, from a cellular phone to the hands-free apparatus, information regarding all the e-mails received from a communication network and stored in the cellular phone, right after the connection of a Bluetooth (BT) communication channel between the cellular phone and the hands-free apparatus. Thus, received e-mails that are received by the cellular phone from the communication network during a BT communication channel disconnection time can be synchronized between the cellular phone and the in-vehicle hands-free apparatus, thereby allowing the user to handle, on the hands-free apparatus, the received e-mails that have been received by the cellular phone while the BT communication channel is absent between the cellular phone and the hands-free apparatus. | 09-30-2010 |
20100261457 | Broadcasting pre-recorded content directly into subscribers' cellular voice-mail box - A broadcasting approach wherein pre-recorded content is directly transferred to voice-mail box of subscribers. The content distributed as messages to subscribers are segregated by category, and subscribers can select the category of content they want. Content can be messages in audio form or video form, etc. The audio messages are in MP3 or similar format. The video messages are in AVI, MPEG or similar formats. The content is stored in a content repository. A subscriber database is maintained with cellular phone numbers and the types of content preferred by subscribers. A mechanism that matches the type of content that is appropriate for a subscriber with new content is used to directly select content that needs to be delivered. The present invention supports a process that delivers the content directly into the subscriber's voice mail box. | 10-14-2010 |
20100273458 | VOICE FILE NAME GENERATION FOR CAPTURED IMAGES - A wireless handset, electronic device, and method for associating a text-based file identifier with a captured image using a voice recognition module are presented. The wireless handset or electronic device includes a camera, a memory, a microphone, a processor and a means for associating the text-based file identifier with the image that was captured by the camera. The memory stores the plurality of images captured by the camera. The microphone receives a plurality of voice messages. The processor records the voice messages and converts the voice message to a text-based file identifier at approximately the same time as when the image was captured by the camera. | 10-28-2010 |
20100279663 | Direct Voicemailing - Various exemplary user interfaces, methods, and computer program products describe directly sending a voicemail message to a voicemail box of a receiving telecommunications device without first initiating a synchronous voice communication to the receiving telecommunications device. A sending telecommunications device can record the voicemail message for sending the voicemail message or for subsequent transmission. In some implementations, the voicemail server sends or subsequently transmits based on whether the sending telecommunications device is capable of engaging in an asynchronous communication session. | 11-04-2010 |
20100285779 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPATCH SERVICE - A communication system and method for dispatch service is suitable for RF communication system of a group, wherein the mobile device receives dispatch services of paging message on the first channel, then executes quick reply function via 2-Way Radio or GSM network, so as to transmit text or voice message to the dispatch center; the mobile device also comprises a channel scanning function and a double frequency scanning function, of which the channel scanning function is used to monitor and select a second channel and write into the device, and then the double frequency scanning function is executed to transmit message on the second channel | 11-11-2010 |
20100297984 | Voice mailbox configuration methods and apparatus for mobile communication devices - In one illustrative example disclosed, a mobile communication device includes a user interface, a processor, and a wireless transmitter. The user interface includes, among other things, a visual display which is part of a graphical user interface (GUI). For configuring a voice mailbox at a remote voicemail system, the GUI visually displays a user input prompt for voice mailbox configuration information which corresponds to an audible user input prompt provided by the voicemail system. The user input prompt may be, for example, a prompt for a user password, an audible voicemail greeting, or an audible user name for the voice mailbox. Through the user interface, the voice mailbox configuration information is received by the processor in response to the user input prompt and transmitted to the voicemail system by the wireless transmitter. Advantageously, the mobile device provides a consistent user-friendly GUI for voice mailbox configuration as well as for its primary applications. | 11-25-2010 |
20100304719 | SETTING PHONE PROFILES USING CALENDAR AVAILABILITY STATUS - In one embodiment, availability times of a particular user may be obtained from an online calendar of that particular user, and based on a current time as applied to the availability times, a current availability status may be correspondingly determined. As such, a phone profile of the particular user may be set based on the current availability status and one or more phone profile policies, the phone profile policies defining phone-based parameters to be set according to particular availability statuses. | 12-02-2010 |
20100323669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERMITTING RECORDATION OF VOICE TRANSMISSIONS AMONG GROUP MEMBERS OF A COMMUNICATION GROUP OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system, method, and computer readable product for allowing a member of a mobile communications group, such as a push-to-talk (PTT) group, to receive indications from at least one other mobile communication device that a current conversation or talk spurt may be recorded. The member may further record or receive the recorded conversation or talk spurt, and store the recorded conversation or spurt in a local memory for later retrieval or automatic playback. | 12-23-2010 |
20110021178 | CLASSIFICATION OF VOICE MESSAGES BASED ON ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE AND USER-PROVISIONED TAGGING RULES - One or more tags are associated with a voice or multimedia message. These tags can be applied to the message based on one or more of an analysis of the message, rules, caller information, presence information, user input and GPS information. Based on the assigned and associated tags, one or more of message handling, classification and one or more actions can be automatically invoked to assist with management of messages. An interface is also provided that allows for the management of the assigned tags as well as the editing and creation of new tags and rules to assist with message management. | 01-27-2011 |
20110034152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING MOBILITY INFORMATION TO SELECT PROFILES IN NETWORK SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining mobility information associated with a remote device. The mobility information indicates whether the remote device is approximately stationary. The remote device interacts with a server. The method also includes determining if the mobility information indicates that the remote device is approximately stationary, and selecting a first profile of a plurality of profiles if the remote device is approximately stationary. If the remote device is not approximately stationary, a second profiled of the plurality of profiles is selected. | 02-10-2011 |
20110034153 | System and Method for Voice Messaging - A system and method for voice messaging the enables the modification of recorded voice messages and caller-specific conveniences. More particularly, the present invention pertains to identifying a caller and, thereby, enabling the caller to modify recorded voice messages and enabling a recipient to designate how calls from a particular caller should be handled, for example, by specifying a greeting message for a particular caller or by specifying the order in which voice messages are presented based upon the associated caller. | 02-10-2011 |
20110045804 | System and Method for Providing an Audio Voicemail and its Textual Transcription in a Mobile Device - A system and method are provided for providing, together, an audio voicemail and its transcription in a mobile device, wherein the audio voicemail and its transcription are linked together by a client engine running on the mobile device. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045805 | TERMINATED CALL CONTROL FOR ROAMING CELLULAR TELEPHONY - A method, system and gateway for control of calls unanswered by a roaming user roaming on a roaming network, comprises monitoring outward bound calls to roaming users, monitoring subsequent inward forwarding of those calls terminated without answering at said roaming users, and matching between the outward bound and inward forwarding. Matching confers control of processing of the terminated call in two ways. One is that it allows call details, typically lost over International networks, to be obtained regarding the terminated call. Secondly, it allows the originating call to be connected directly to the voicemail or other forwarding destination without involving any International connections. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING A MESSAGE DIGEST - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for transmitting a digest message. This can occur by aggregating emails (and other messages) in a mobile network and transmitting a digest message to a mobile device. This then can improve communications efficiency by reducing message traffic as well as reducing costs for the users. | 03-03-2011 |
20110081892 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE OF VOICE MAIL AND EMAIL IN A MIXED MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - A mixed media reality (MMR) system includes an MMR user, a MMR computer, a user printer that produces a printed document, a networked media server, an office portal, a service provider server, an electronic display that is electrically connected to a set-top box, a document scanner, a network, a capture device, a cellular infrastructure, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology, Bluetooth® technology, infrared (IR) technology, wired technology, and a geo location mechanism. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types, such as printed paper as a first medium and a digital photograph, digital movie, digital audio file, or web link as a second medium. Furthermore, the MMR system facilitates business methods that take advantage of the combination of a portable electronic device, voice mail or email, and a paper document. | 04-07-2011 |
20110098022 | Integrating Multimedia and Voicemail - Integrated multimedia voicemail systems and methods allow the creation of voicemail with associated multimedia content. A user can compose a voicemail and select or create multimedia content to be associated with the voicemail. A user can associate files, webpage addresses, applications, and user-created content with a voicemail. A user may operate an interface on a user device to select content and instruct a voicemail system to associate such content with a voicemail. The voicemail with integrated multimedia content may be an originating voicemail or a voicemail in response to another voicemail. | 04-28-2011 |
20110105089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING VOICEMAIL GREETINGS - A wireless handheld telephony device comprising a microprocessor, machine-readable memory, and machine-readable instructions configured to cause the device to: receive from a telecommunications server signals representing a request to establish with the device a communications session for an incoming voice call; using at least one of data coded within the received signals and data associated with at least one application executable by the device, determine whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied; based on the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied, select, from a plurality of voicemail data sets stored in memory resident on the device, a voicemail data set to be transmitted to the server; and transmit to the server signals representing the selected voicemail data set. | 05-05-2011 |
20110117889 | Methods for capacity limitation mitigation in a radio frequency device - Example embodiments provide a method and/or network element capable of mitigating one or more effects of operating at full capacity. According to an example embodiment, a network element may address load capacity by identifying that a first network element (e.g., a femto) is operating at a threshold capacity. If a communication from a second network element intended for the first network element is received, an operation is performed that informs the second network element of at least one of (i) that the first network element is operating at a threshold capacity and (ii) that the communication cannot be delivered to the first network element while the first network element is operating at a threshold capacity. | 05-19-2011 |
20110130122 | Method and Apparatus for Sending Voice Message in Mobile Network - To use the supplementary services of a conventional mobile communication service, such as Short Message Service (SMS) and Voice Mail System (VMS) service, there are problems in that an access method to each service must be known and several steps must be undergone. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for sending voice messages in a mobile communication network and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus that gain access to the service providing page of the wireless Internet in such a way as to input the telephone number of a counterpart and a wireless Internet access key, and send a voice message to the counterpart. | 06-02-2011 |
20110143721 | Visual Voicemail Unavailability Solution - A solution for notifying a user of alternate means of accessing voicemail data utilize a timer that can be set on a user device upon receipt of a message waiting indicator. When the timer expires, if no data communications connection has been established between the user device and a voicemail server, the user device can present alternate voicemail access instructions to the user. These instructions may be obtained from the message waiting indicator or may be stored on the user device. In another embodiment, a voicemail server sets a timer after sending a message waiting indicator to a user device. The voicemail server sends a message containing alternate voicemail access instructions if no connection has been established between the voicemail server and the user device upon expiration of the timer. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143722 | Integrated Visual Voicemail Communications - A single visual voicemail communications session is established and used to provide various content to a visual voicemail client on a wireless device. Rather than requiring the establishment of multiple communications session in order to obtain messaging, multimedia, and other content types associated with a voicemail at a wireless device, all such content is obtained or accessed by a voicemail server and transmitted to the wireless device. The wireless device can provide visual voicemail client data to a voicemail server, enabling the voicemail server to modify content as needed so that it is compatible with the wireless device. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143723 | AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF VISUAL VOICEMAIL - A visual voicemail may be automatically transmitted to a receiving mobile device after the visual voicemail fails to reach the receiving mobile device during an initial delivery attempt. For example, a visual voicemail delivery system may receive an indication of an incoming voicemail, and a visual voicemail associated with the incoming voicemail may be generated. The system may maintain the delivery status of the visual voicemail. For example, if the receiving mobile device retrieves the visual voicemail from the system via a communication session, the system may mark the visual voicemail as delivered. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the system may determine whether the visual voicemail has been delivered to the mobile device. If the system determines that the visual voicemail has not been delivered to the mobile device, the system may automatically transmit visual voicemail to the mobile device. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143724 | Alternate Voicemail Deposit Notification for Roaming Mobile Devices - Systems and methods allow a roaming mobile device to communicate with a visual voicemail (VVM) system to inform the VVM system of its roaming status. The VVM system then suspends VVM service for the voicemail account associated with the roaming mobile device and instructs a notification server to notify the roaming mobile device if a voicemail message is deposited into a voicemail box associated with the voicemail account. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143725 | VISUAL VOICEMAIL DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A visual voicemail message may be generated and/or rendered and provided to a mobile device in a format determined based on a characteristic. For example, an identifier of a mobile device may be received. Upon receipt of the mobile device identifier, a characteristic such as a type, a brand, a model, a firmware version, or the like that may indicate a particular format and/or message type capable of being received and/or displayed by the mobile device may be determined. A visual voicemail message may then be generated and/or rendered in the particular format and provided to the mobile device. | 06-16-2011 |
20110159852 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORDLESS PHONE AND OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided that combine a software application framework within a variety of consumer communication devices to provide enhanced functionality. The enhanced functionality devices can then be controlled and integrated into an Internet based application and delivery service, connected by various networking technologies including, e.g., broadband communication systems. Centralized and distributed services allow a user to modify a variety of parameters that will ultimately control how information is delivered. The solution can also be controlled by service providers as a method for integrating their existing application infrastructure and potentially new applications within an overall broadband communication service. | 06-30-2011 |
20110177796 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MESSAGING USING VOICEMAIL - Methods and apparatus for providing voicemail services to callers of wireless devices may include providing customized outgoing messages to callers based upon the caller's identification. A subscriber to the voicemail service may select one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to receive a customized outgoing message while the remaining callers receive a general outgoing message. The methods and apparatus may further include distributing voicemail messages from a subscriber's voicemail accounts to one or more social networking sites. The subscriber to the voicemail services may share one or more received voicemail messages via one or more social networking accounts associated with the subscriber. | 07-21-2011 |
20110183650 | REGULATING ALERTS GENERATED BY COMMUNICATION TERMINALS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED MOVEMENT - Various computer-implemented methods and associated mobile communication terminals are provided that regulate the generation of user alerts responsive to received messages so that the alerts may be generated/regenerated when the terminal is moved by a user. A mobile communication terminal may include a movement sensing circuit, a RF transceiver circuit, and a computer circuit. The movement sensing circuit may be configured to generate a movement signal indicating movement of the mobile communication terminal. The RF transceiver circuit may be configured to communicate through a wireless air interface. The computer circuit may be configured to respond to receipt of a defined message through the RF transceiver circuit while the movement signal indicates that the terminal has remained stationary for at least a threshold time by setting an alert logic indicator, and configured to respond to sensed movement of the terminal while the alert logic indicator is set by generating a user alert from the terminal to a user | 07-28-2011 |
20110195694 | Desktop mobile information provider - A system, method, and desktop mobile information provider for unifying mobile devices with provisioned endpoints. In one illustrative embodiment, a user's mobile device can receive a mobile event. The mobile device can then transmit the mobile event to either a private branch exchange directly or through a unified communications server. The mobile event can then be displayed to the user's private branch exchange provisioned endpoint, and in one embodiment, the provisioned endpoint being a private branch exchange desk phone. The mobile event can be displayed to the provisioned endpoint using text, light emitting diodes for message waiting indicators, audible tones, or graphics if the desk phone supports it. The provisioned endpoint can provide a response mechanism when a mobile event is received. Often, the mobile event can be a live call whereby the user at their provisioned endpoint can respond to the call without the use of the mobile device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110207436 | TARGETED NOTIFICATION OF CONTENT AVAILABILITY TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for publishing information to a community of users is disclosed. Published information is inclusive of, for example, calendar data, blog data and photographs. Communities may be defined by PIM data or automatically generated by a data aggregation server in response to a user-defined rubric. Published information may be provided to a recipient or in conjunction with a notification delivered to the recipient. Published data may be subject to certain read/write limitations. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207437 | System and Method for Enhanced Message Notification - Enhanced message notification is provided by an enhanced notification function element and a subscriber preference profile database. The enhanced notification function element queries the subscriber preference profile database to obtain subscriber communication terminal capabilities information, which it uses to select a message notification technology. The enhanced notification function element may then format an enhanced notification that is delivered to a communication terminal through a delivery system architecture appropriate for the selected message notification technology. The enhanced notification may contain: a message type indicator; an identifier of the party leaving the message; a date and time that the message was deposited; multimedia objects; and other enhanced information. The enhanced notification function element may also query a terminal roaming status database in order to determine if the enhanced message should be sent when the terminal is roaming. The enhanced notification function element ma also provide content adaptation for the enhanced notification. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212709 | ANONYMOUS CALL BLOCKING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Wireless networks and methods are disclosed that provide for anonymous call blocking in wireless networks. A wireless network of the invention includes an MSC system and an HLR system. When a calling party initiates a call to a called party, the MSC system receives the call and generates a call setup message for the call. The call is anonymous, so the call setup message does not include caller ID information for the calling party. The MSC system receiving the call transmits the call setup message to the HLR system. The HLR system determines if the call setup message includes caller ID information, and determines if the called party subscribes to anonymous call blocking. Responsive to determining that there is no caller ID information in the call setup message and that the called party subscribes to anonymous call blocking, the HLR system instructs the MSC system to block the call. | 09-01-2011 |
20110217956 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, SCREEN INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus has a storage part to store a plurality of screen information, including incoming call screen information, a display part to display the screen information, and an output control part to output to an outside of the electronic apparatus arbitrary screen information that is to be output to the outside, of the screen information stored in the storage part, and to display the arbitrary screen information on the display part, when an external output function is set to an ON state. The output control part continues outputting the arbitrary screen information to the outside and displays on the display part the incoming screen information stored in the storage part, when an incoming call is received in a state where the external output function is set to the ON state. | 09-08-2011 |
20110230170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO A TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE - The present invention provides systems and method for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device. The device receives a notification alerting a user of the device that information is available to be obtained and, in some embodiments, providing a short description of the information. After receiving the notification at the device, the user can then use the device to obtain or otherwise act on the information at a time and at a place convenient to the user. | 09-22-2011 |
20110244833 | Telephone Service Logic and Control - In the preferred computer system, the user is provided with a separate Internet-accessible entity referred to here as the “personal page.” A personal page, preferably, includes memory for storing information related to the user. For example, on his/her personal page the user indicates what he/she wishes to purchase, possibly along with other criteria associated with the purchase, such as, for example, a time that the purchase should take The user is provided with the ability to create personalized bidding rules that vendors that offer goods and services must respect. Vendors have the ability to specify similar criteria, which describe the goods and/or services they offer. Vendors can indicate, for example, the prices of their goods, times and places that their services are available, etc. Preferably, these specifications, called “vendor scripts,” are embodied in active software/data entities (agents) that traverse sites on the Internet visiting sites hosting users' personal pages. Thus, preferably, vendor software/data agents (comprising vendor scripts) are the mobile, active elements in the system and purchasing requirements are stationary and more passive in comparison. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244834 | Method and Apparatus for Intelligently Composing a Multimedia Message for a Mobile Radio System - The invention presently proposed relates to a method and an apparatus for intelligently composing a multimedia message for a mobile radio system. In this method, a digital voice message is received from a digital answering service, a blank multimedia message is generated and the received multimedia message is added, the available amount of data remaining in the multimedia message is calculated, the digital voice message is analyzed, and a suitable multimedia content is selected in dependence on the remaining available amount of data in the multimedia message and the analysis result, and finally the multimedia content thus selected is added to the multimedia message including the received digital voice message. | 10-06-2011 |
20110263228 | PRE-RECORDED VOICE RESPONSES FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A portable communication device may be used so that, in place of speaking into the portable communication device during a telephone call, users may initiate playback of pre-recorded messages to the party with whom the user is communicating. In one implementation, a device may receive, during a telephone call between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party. The pre-recorded message may be an audible message that was pre-recorded by the first party. The device may transmit the pre-recorded message to the second party in response to the command. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263229 | CLIENT DEVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING A CALL - A telecommunication method, server and system that route an outbound telephone communication initiated by a wireless remote device through an enterprise communication network. The system also routes an incoming call to a device associated with an enterprise communication network to a plurality of telephony devices including wireless devices and other remote devices. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269432 | LOCAL VOICEMAIL FOR MOBILE DEVICES - This document describes various techniques for implementing local voicemail on a mobile device. These techniques may include enabling the mobile device to answer a voice call, record audio of the voice call to provide a voicemail file, and store the voicemail file to local computer-readable media. A locally stored voicemail file may be associated with relevant data, exposed via the associated data for local processing, and/or manipulated through a user interface of the mobile device. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269433 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL PROVIDING MEMO FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal including a controller configured to activate both a speakerphone function and an additional function on the terminal when a functional key corresponding to the additional function is selected during an existing call, and an input unit configured to input information related to the additional function during the existing call. | 11-03-2011 |
20110275351 | MOBILE VOICEMAIL APPLICATION - An arrangement is provided for detecting that a called party is not (or is not able) to accept an incoming call, such that a voicemail application should be initiated. In response to this detection, a premium voicemail service is initiated, for example by a SIP server that does not typically form part of the mobile operator of the called party. The premium voicemail service selects one of a number of available voicemail services, typically dependent on the identity of the called party and/or the calling party and provides that voicemail service. The voicemail service(s) offered by the premium voicemail service are user-definable. For example, the user may be able to purchase a particular voicemail service, modify and existing voicemail service and/or design a voicemail service. | 11-10-2011 |
20110281561 | Method and apparatus for call handling - There is provided a system and method of call handling comprising a first communications device having an acceptor of call purpose from a first party for a call, a communications channel including a conveyor of call purpose and a second communications device coupled to the first communications device via the communications channel and having a presenter of call purpose to a second party. | 11-17-2011 |
20110294472 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND OPERATING THE SAME - A communications device for use on a communications network comprising: at least two communications profiles, each communications profile being associated with a geographic region within which the communications device is to be used processing means arranged to allow an active communications profile to be selected from the at least two communications profiles. | 12-01-2011 |
20110300833 | INTELLIGENT TEXT MESSAGE-TO-SPEECH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL VOICE MAIL - A visual voicemail system can convert visual voicemail message content to an alternate format based on the location of the recipient device, whether and how the recipient device is in motion, a priority of the message content, user preferences, or other criteria. Alternately, a recipient wireless device may also convert content to an alternate format based on the similar criteria. Content may be presented automatically to a user on recipient device based on such criteria. Content may be converted from audio to text, text to audio, or from any format to any other format. Location, motion data, user preferences, etc. may be obtained from a location based service system, a recipient wireless device, or any other source. | 12-08-2011 |
20120009904 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Determining a Location of a Tracked Device After a Device or Network Failure - Systems, methods, and computer program products are for receiving a tracking failure notification including a device identifier of a tracked device that is unavailable because of a failure condition, determining the failure condition as being one of a network failure and a tracked device failure, retrieving known location data of the tracked device including a last known location of the tracked device, determining a potential location of the tracked device, and notifying an entity of the failure condition, the device identifier, and the potential location. | 01-12-2012 |
20120028616 | Terminal in digital trunking communication system and method for realizing fast answer thereof - A method for realizing a fast answer of a terminal in a digital trunking communication system comprises: after receiving a channel assignment message signalling from a system side, a main control device of the terminal establishes a service channel, determines a call type, and executes a voice mode flow when the call is a normal voice call, or sends a service interface display message to a control chip of the terminal when the call is a trunking call; and the control chip, according to the service interface display message sent by the main control device, displays a service interface and begins to answer voice information. A terminal in the digital trunking communication system is further provided, which comprises a main control device and a control chip. The terminal in the digital trunking communication system and method for realizing the fast answer thereof adapt to the requirements for a fast access and display of the terminal in the digital trunking communication system and better meet the requirements of the digital trunking users. | 02-02-2012 |
20120071137 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING, MANAGING, AND PRESENTING VOICE GREETINGS - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method and system for recording, organizing, and presenting one or more voice greetings is disclosed. The method or system can be implemented using software running on any of a variety of computing devices. The method and system can facilitate the recording and organizing of one or more voice greetings and can determine when and to whom a greeting can be presented, based on at least one of date, time, and identity of a contact. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071138 | Systems and Methods for Providing Context-Based Voicemail - Voicemail systems and methods for managing voicemail systems are provided herein. The subject voicemail systems provide a plurality voicemail greeting, each of which are associated with a context tag. The context tag can be, for example, a location, a device parameter, an account parameter, a network parameter, or any other contextual information. Upon receipt of a change in a context tag, the voicemail system determines a new voicemail greeting associated with the new context tag and sets the new voicemail greeting to the active voicemail greeting. | 03-22-2012 |
20120083249 | VISUAL MANIPULATION OF AUDIO - A mobile communication device displays, via a display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and receives selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device. The device also enlarges a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform, and displays, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform. The device further enables the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and provides, via a speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform. | 04-05-2012 |
20120115444 | Hybrid Communications Mailbox - Hybrid communications voicemail systems and methods are disclosed. A wireline telephone number may be operatively associated with a wireless telephone voicemail box such that calls placed to the wireline telephone number and subsequently routed to voicemail may be routed to the wireless telephone voicemail box. Thus, the user of both wireline and wireless telephones may check voicemail messages at a single wireless voicemail box. Parents or supervisors may check voicemail messages or converted text messages deposited for children or employees at the single wireless voicemail box. A wireless telephone user may allow calls to be routed to his/her wireless telephone from his/her wireline telephone if he/she cannot be reached at the wireline telephone or as designated by the user. | 05-10-2012 |
20120142318 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING THE PRESENCE AND AVAILABILITY OF CELLULAR PHONES - The invention provides a method and system for determining the presence and availability of cellular phones, to maximize the number of completed calls. A web server monitors the cell-phone availability status of subscribing users. A software application periodically updates the server with the subscribing user's cellular phone availability status. Upon user request for performing a phone call between cellular phones, the server determines whether the destination cellular phone is a registered user, is present and is available; and performs a cellular phone call only if the destination is available. If the destination is not present or is unavailable, the user may select an action to take. The invention lowers the overload on the network, and only allows initiation only of calls that can be completed. Additionally, the method and system may be used to create a social or business network between available and adjacently located individuals having similar needs. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149343 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STAGING A MOBILE DEVICE THROUGH A VOICE STAGING SERVER - A system for staging a mobile device is described. The system includes a mobility services platform (MSP) server for generating a staging profile. A voice staging server is coupled to the MSP server through a network. The voice staging server selects the staging profile. The mobile device is configured to connect to the voice staging server. The voice staging server transmits audio data representing the staging profile to the mobile device. The mobile device decodes the audio data to apply the staging profile to the mobile device. | 06-14-2012 |
20120157061 | COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE BROKER FOR PREVENTING VOICEMAIL TROMBONING IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A set of techniques are described for preventing the problem of voicemail tromboning. The techniques can be implemented with a service broker or other intermediate entity having a connection to a telecommunications network. The service broker can receive an incoming call from a switch in a home network of the subscriber. The service broker can then determine that a recipient device of the incoming call is roaming in a visited network. If it is determined that the subscriber is roaming, the service broker can contact a remote switch in the visited network and instruct the remote switch in the visited network to disable late call forwarding prior to relaying the incoming call message to the remote switch. The service broker can then be responsible for contacting the voicemail server in the home network of the subscriber so that the subscriber can still have access to voicemail. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164988 | Local Point of Presence - Systems and techniques for providing a telecommunications service by receiving a request for a telecommunications service from a wireless client, providing a local exchange point of presence to the wireless client in response to the request, and providing the telecommunications service to the wireless client through the local exchange point of presence. The local exchange point of presence may be based on the geographic location of the wireless client. | 06-28-2012 |
20120172008 | MOBILE-ORIGINATED VOICEMAIL MESSAGES WITH LOCATION METADATA - A voicemail message system may process voicemail messages sent by mobile communication devices. A network interface may receive the voicemail messages over a network communication system. Each voicemail message may include metadata relating to the voicemail message containing location information indicative of the location of the mobile communication device at approximately the time the message is sent by the mobile communication device. A voicemail message processing system may cause each message which is received by the network interface to be stored in a message storage system, along with its location information. Related mobile communication devices, telephone switches, and recipient phone call devices are also described. | 07-05-2012 |
20120178424 | CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF VOICEMAIL GREETINGS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Methods, graphical user interfaces and devices for creation and management of voicemail greetings are disclosed. A user of a mobile communication device can create and manage multiple voicemail greetings. In one aspect, a user of a mobile communication device can create customized voicemails. The customized voicemails can be assigned to specific contacts (or groups of contacts) known to the mobile communication device. The customized voicemail greetings can also have controlled expiration dates. In another aspect, customized voicemails can be assigned to incoming calls in real-time. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178425 | CLIENT DEVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING A CALL - A telecommunication method, server and system that route an outbound telephone communication initiated by a wireless remote device through an enterprise communication network. The system also routes an incoming call to a device associated with an enterprise communication network to a plurality of telephony devices including wireless devices and other remote devices. | 07-12-2012 |
20120190344 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING VOICE MESSAGE OF THE TEXT PAGER - An apparatus for receiving voice message of the text pager, the pager are used to receive text messages from sender, particularly to the pager was installed an audio processing modules and for listen to the voice message over the target channel. The pager will burn into a plurality of private channels that to forming a channels list inside thereof, provide for user can obtain an target channel from the channels list which use method of manually select or channel scan, which to listen to the analog/digital voice message associated with the dispatch events. | 07-26-2012 |
20120238248 | VERIFYING CALENDAR INFORMATION THROUGH PROXIMATE DEVICE DETECTION - A device stores a context aware application, and a calendar application that further stores data related to a scheduled meeting. The device receives local connectivity identification (LCID) information from one or more other devices that are proximate to the device. The device determines a likelihood that a user of the device is present at the scheduled meeting based on data related to the received LCID information from the one or more other devices that are proximate to the device. The device selectively executes a function associated with a context aware application based on the likelihood that the user is present at the scheduled meeting. | 09-20-2012 |
20120238249 | Visual Voicemail Unavailability Solution - A solution for notifying a user of alternate means of accessing voicemail data utilize a timer that can be set on a user device upon receipt of a message waiting indicator. When the timer expires, if no data communications connection has been established between the user device and a voicemail server, the user device can present alternate voicemail access instructions to the user. These instructions may be obtained from the message waiting indicator or may be stored on the user device. In another embodiment, a voicemail server sets a timer after sending a message waiting indicator to a user device. The voicemail server sends a message containing alternate voicemail access instructions if no connection has been established between the voicemail server and the user device upon expiration of the timer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120252417 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING USER EQUIPMENT WITH VOICE MESSAGES - A third UE calls the second UE, however, the second UE is on a call with a first UE, then the call controlling device provides a voice message from said third user equipment as a background voice message to the second user equipment while keeping the call between the first user equipment and the second user equipment. The “background” in the background voice message is relative to the original call, and does not have any other special meanings. Since the original call between the first UE and the second UE is not affected, for the second UE, or a second user that uses the second UE, the voice message from the third UE is a background voice message. | 10-04-2012 |
20120264404 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RECIPIENT CONTROLLED COMMUNICATIONS - A communication system is provided in which users associate handling data identifying how messages are to be processed with contact data. Handling data for the identified contacts in the contact data is then dispatched to those contacts. Subsequently when messages are dispatched from the locations identified by the contact data a sender of a message selects handling data to be associated with a message being dispatched. Upon receipt of a message associated with handling data the message is then processed in the manner identified by the handling data. | 10-18-2012 |
20120302215 | Method and Call Controller for Screening Calls Using a Voicemail System on Command of the Called Party - A method is described for screening calls using a voice-mail system in a communication network ( | 11-29-2012 |
20120309361 | Method and System for Personalizing Unavailability Messages - The present invention relates in a general manner to the generation of unavailability messages (MESS.TXT, MESS.VOC) upon a failure to establish a communication. Thus, in a method of communication comprising, on the sending of a call from a calling user (B) to a called user (A), there are provided the following steps: determining (E | 12-06-2012 |
20120309362 | Outgoing Telephone Call Indication - A mobile phone has a mobile phone housing in which are integrated an actuator and a telephone module. The actuator can vibrate the housing to give a haptic or tactile alert to the user. The actuator is to vibrate in accordance with an input signal. The telephone module activates the input signal during the making of an outgoing call to a destination phone, so that the housing vibrates to alert the user while the destination phone is ringing. In another embodiment, the telephone module signals a display screen integrated in the housing, to show a graphic indicative of the outgoing call. In addition, the telephone module activates the input signal for the backlight of the display screen during the making of the outgoing call, so that the backlight flashes the display screen while the destination phone is ringing. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 12-06-2012 |
20120322421 | System and Method for Permitting Recordation of Voice Transmissions Among Group Members of a Communication Group of Wireless Communication Devices - The disclosure is directed to recording voice data transmissions between mobile communication devices. An embodiment of the disclosure receives, at a first mobile communication device, an indication that a subsequent voice transmission segment may or may not be recorded by at least one other mobile communication device, and transmits, from the first mobile communication device, an indication to said at least one other mobile communication device that the subsequent voice transmission segment may or may not be recorded. Another embodiment receives an indication from at least one other mobile communication device that a subsequent voice transmission segment may or may not be recorded by said mobile communication device, and if the received indication indicates that the subsequent voice transmission segment may be recorded, records at least a portion of the subsequent voice transmission segment, and stores the recorded portion in a memory associated with said mobile communication device. | 12-20-2012 |
20130005308 | Notifying Roaming Subscriber of Missed Call - In a first node of a home network, such as a GMSC, on receiving a request message ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130012172 | PERSONAL CALL CENTER - A method of facilitating telephone calls for a mobile communication device associated with a user of a personal call center. A list of contact numbers are received, each contact number corresponding to a call to be made for the mobile communication device on behalf of the user of the call center. Based on a schedule associated with the user of the call center, it is determined whether the user is available for calls to be made. If the user is available for calls to be made, a call to a recipient from the list of contact numbers is initiated and the call is connected to the mobile communication device. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012173 | Enhanced Messaging with Language Translation Feature - A method for creating and managing a distribution list can include creating a distribution list at a voicemail system. The distribution list can include at least one recipient and at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients. The method can further include selecting the created distribution list and recording an audio message to be sent to the at least one recipient. Translating the audio message into the at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients thereby creating at least one translated audio message and sending the at least one translated audio message to the at least one recipient. | 01-10-2013 |
20130023243 | SENDING MESSAGES FROM A COMPUTING DEVICE - Systems include configuring a first mobile device to enable communication between the first mobile device and one or more processing devices; receiving a message from a computing device that is directed to a second mobile device, where the message is a text message or a voice message, and where the computing device is different from the first mobile device; and routing the message to the first mobile device for transmission to the second mobile device from the first mobile device. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023244 | METHOD, NETWORK ENTITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HANDLING SUBSCRIPTION DATA IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method is provided for handling subscription data in a telecommunications network having first, second, and third network entities, the first network entity providing the functions of at least one of a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) and a Home Location Register (HLR), the second network entity providing the functions of at least one of a Visitor Location Register (VLR) and a Mobile Management Entity (MME), and the third network entity providing routing functionality. The method includes: storing first subscription data; receiving, by the third network entity, a first message with regard to the subscriber; and sending, by the third network entity, a second message to the first network entity. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023245 | Video Cell Phone Messenger - video cell phone messenger that provides caller ID streaming with sound and/or video, and provides a virtual greeting that users get when a call or text. | 01-24-2013 |
20130029644 | Voicemail management system for mobile phone voicemail - A voicemail management system for mobile phone voicemail VM includes management operations for deleting a VM stored in a VM database of a VM recipient (M | 01-31-2013 |
20130035074 | SYSTEM FOR THE RECORDING AND RETRIEVAL OF VOICE MESSAGES - System for the recording and retrieval of voice messages provided to be arranged in the passenger compartment of an automobile vehicle that includes a control interface, a display screen that displays a list of a plurality of (N) columns for classification of the voice messages according to the subject of their content, each column being selectable by the control interface, a voice message recording device that is controlled by the control interface and makes it possible to record a voice message while associating it with a selected column, a sound emitting device that is controlled by the control interface and makes it possible to emit the voice message or messages recorded in the selected column, and a communications device. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035075 | OFFLINE VOICEMAIL - A method for accessing offline voicemail messages within a mobile messaging application may be provided. First, a voice mail message may be received and the voicemail message may be transcribed to text. Next, the voicemail message and the text transcription may be stored. The recipient may then be presented with a list of voicemail messages and the voicemail message may be retrieved in response to the recipient. The recipient may read or listen to the voicemail message or both. The recipient may also annotate the voicemail message. | 02-07-2013 |
20130040611 | A Method and System for Enabling A User to Configure Custom Voice Alarms/Events for Mobile Communication Devices - In one embodiment, a method comprising receiving at a mobile device plural user inputs entered at a user interface of the mobile device, the inputs comprising a text message or a recorded voice message of a user that indicates a manner of generating a custom voice alarm; sending a request to a server device based on the user inputs, the request configured to cause the server device to convert the request into the custom voice alarm; receiving the custom voice alarm at the mobile device; and triggering activation of the custom voice alarm at the mobile device based on user selection of a triggering event. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION ACROSS ELECTRONIC MAIL USERS AND FEATURE PHONE USERS - Method and system for group communication across electronic mail users and feature phone users. A method for receiving electronic mails on a feature phone includes receiving a text message on the feature phone in response to a first electronic mail. The method also includes calling a telephonic number embedded in the text message to listen to an audio clip of the first electronic mail and providing a voice input as a response to the first electronic mail. The system includes a feature phone that receives a plurality of electronic mails. The system also includes one or more electronic devices, and a communication interface in electronic communication with the feature phone and the one or more electronic devices. The system further includes a memory that stores instructions, and a processor responsive to the instructions to receive a text message in response to an electronic mail transmitted by an electronic mail user. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040613 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SEND VOICE MESSAGES - Methods and apparatus to send voice messages are disclosed. One example method includes receiving a selection of a service from a plurality of services; determining whether the selected service supports sending a voice message; recording the voice message using a mobile communication device; sending the voice message from the mobile communication device using the selected service if the selected service supports sending the voice message. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040614 | Voicemail Forwarding Functionality For Communications Networks - A voicemail system includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system and provided with functionality based upon a user's preferences, for example. The voicemail system can include functionality to allow a user to convert a voicemail message to a desired format and forward voicemail message, for example as a file, to one or more designated destinations. Methods for forwarding one or messages are also disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130045718 | Access Level Control Method And Related Service System - An access level control method for an EVVM client in a service system is disclosed. The access level control method comprises applying a plurality of access levels on a message corresponding to a plurality of recipients; and forwarding the message to the plurality of recipients. | 02-21-2013 |
20130045719 | MESSAGE FORWARDING AND RETRIEVAL WITH A SINGLE MESSAGING SERVICE - Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system of integrating a user's voice mail onto a single voice messaging service, e.g., a Unified Messaging (UM) service, such that a client may access this single source for voice mail retrieval, even where such voice mails are from a variety of sources, e.g., work, mobile phone, etc. A user, or the user's mobile operator, need only agree to accept the service, and the registration and configuration requirements for providing the service and forwarding calls to the service are automatically configured. The user's existing “speed dial” key or other setting for retrieving voice mail may also be automatically configured to the access number(s) for the service. Configurations may monitor the status of the service and update access and/or forwarding numbers. Voice mail forwarding and settings may also be automatically reverted back to the user's original service. | 02-21-2013 |
20130065561 | VOICEMAIL HANDLING FOR CONVERGENCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method includes receiving, at a computing device, a call originally directed to a mobile device, and forwarding the call to at least one other device. The method further includes determining that the forwarded call is not answered by the at least one other device and forwarding two versions of the call to the mobile device, such that one of the two versions of the call is automatically directed toward a voicemail account associated with the mobile device. The other of the two versions of the call is then canceled. | 03-14-2013 |
20130072165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DO-NOT-DISTURB - A system and method for incremental do-not-disturb. User input is received to activate the incremental do-not-disturb on a telephone. The incremental do-not-disturb is activated for a time period in response to receiving the user input to activate the incremental do-not-disturb. Incoming calls are diverted during the time period in response to activating the incremental do-not-disturb. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072166 | System and Apparatus for Managing Calls - A system and apparatus for managing calls to voice mail is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail system having a controller element that receives a call redirected away from a targeted communication device without providing the targeted communication device notice of the call responsive to a voicemail redirection request supplied by signaling information associated with the call. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130095799 | Voicemail System with Quality Assurance - In one embodiment, a method for ensuring quality of a media message is provided. The method includes receiving information for a media message. At least a portion of the media is analyzed to determine a media quality for the media message. The method then determines if the media quality is acceptable. If the media quality is not acceptable, then an alert may be sent regarding the media quality of the media message. For example, a caller may be prompted to re-record a media message. | 04-18-2013 |
20130122871 | System And Method For Augmenting Features Of Visual Voice Mail - A method for delivery of a voice mail message to a recipient. The method includes determining content of the voice mail message, identifying a recipient of the voice mail message based on the determining step, converting the voice mail message to a format for delivery based on the identifying step, and delivering the converted voice mail message to the recipient. The method further includes identifying a voice mail box of the recipient and caching voice mail box information at a voice mail server. | 05-16-2013 |
20130137404 | Method of responding to incoming calls and messages while driving - A method of responding to incoming calls while driving includes establishing a connection between an electronic device and a mobile phone to enable the electronic device to receive calls through the mobile phone. The electronic device receives position signals, calculates a speed at which the electronic device is moving, and thereby calculates a driving speed. The electronic device determines whether the driving speed is greater than a speed threshold when the mobile phone has an incoming call. The electronic device presents the user of the electronic device with an option to answer the incoming call when the driving speed is less than the speed threshold, and the electronic device presents the user with the option to answer the incoming call when the driving speed is greater than the speed threshold and when a phone number associated with the incoming call is present in a list of important contact numbers. | 05-30-2013 |
20130150003 | Systems and Methods for Providing Context-Based Voicemail - Voicemail systems and methods for managing voicemail systems are provided herein. The subject voicemail systems provide a plurality voicemail greeting, each of which are associated with a context tag. The context tag can be, for example, a location, a device parameter, an account parameter, a network parameter, or any other contextual information. Upon receipt of a change in a context tag, the voicemail system determines a new voicemail greeting associated with the new context tag and sets the new voicemail greeting to the active voicemail greeting. | 06-13-2013 |
20130157626 | Generating Conversation Threads for a Unified Messaging System - Methods and systems directed to assigning individual messages and call log data into an aggregated conversation thread on both client and server devices for a user interface having a conversations view including all the communications a given users has with his or her contacts across multiple communication means and protocols. Messages between a user and a particular contact are threaded together, regardless of their format or protocol in order to provide the user with a quick history of all communications with his or her contacts. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157627 | Generating Conversation Threads for a Unified Messaging System - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a communication sent from a first user to one or more second users; searching multiple communication threads for a specific thread associated with both the first and second users; and if the specific communication thread is located, then adding the communication to the thread; and for each second user, sending the communication to the second user using a communication protocol selected determined to be appropriate. | 06-20-2013 |
20130183942 | Voicemail Systems and Methods - Systems, methods and computer readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first data processing system, data representing an expiration time of a voicemail left for a user of the first data processing system and storing the data representing the expiration time for later use by the first data processing system. Systems, media, and other methods are also described. | 07-18-2013 |
20130196636 | Interactive Personalized E-Experience System And Method For Visual Voice Mail - In-person shopping at brick-and-mortar locations can be facilitated using visual voicemail systems. A user device can be detected upon entry or proximity to a retail location and a greeting visual voicemail message can be transmitted to the user device. User data may be integrated into the greeting message. The greeting message can also include options for a user to activate that allow the integration of the virtual and physical shopping experience. Options can include requests for sales associate help, product information or location, associated service plans or accessories, etc. Multiple remote resources can be coordinated to service a user's requests via a visual voicemail system while the user is shopping in the retail location. | 08-01-2013 |
20130210393 | System Having Location Based Proximity Features and Methods Thereof - A system having location based proximity features and methods thereof are described. A voicemail system can be accessed for a pre-recorded voicemail. When targets are within range they can get the message. The system can provide a callback feature allowing an originating device to be contacted when a device is detected within range of the defined location. The system can provide location based calling features. Participants within a geographic area can answer a call located within a range of the defined location. Conditional callbacks within a geographic area can be used for querying a group of selected parties within a location. The participants can decide to accept the call based on conditions placed by the caller. Ring groups for those participants can be established. Participants within a geographic area can be forwarded a call. Intelligent decision facilities can be part of determining whether to forward the call. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LIVE VOICEMAIL TO A MOBILE HANDSET - The exemplary live voicemail functionality offers a user of a mobile station the ability to listen to a voicemail message, as the message is being recorded in a voicemail platform. The mobile communication network serving the user directs an incoming call intended for the mobile station to the voicemail platform, which records the audio for the incoming message. The network infrastructure also duplicates the audio and directs the duplicate audio to the mobile station for monitoring of the incoming message by the user, as the platform is recording the voicemail message. | 08-22-2013 |
20130225134 | SMART-PHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FOR HANDLING INCOMING CALLS - An electronic device capable of receiving and sending calls is configured with at least two modes. When a call is received by a device in a normal mode, the device displays information and presents selectable options for handling the received call. When the device is in a restricted or meeting mode, the device provides authorized callers with the option of prompting the called party to immediately answer the call or to record a message for later retrieval or take other appropriate action. Settings associated with the normal mode and settings associated with the meeting mode are adjustable. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231092 | Integrating Multimedia and Voicemail - Integrated multimedia voicemail systems and methods allow the creation of voicemail with associated multimedia content. A user can compose a voicemail and select or create multimedia content to be associated with the voicemail. A user can associate files, webpage addresses, applications, and user-created content with a voicemail. A user may operate an interface on a user device to select content and instruct a voicemail system to associate such content with a voicemail. The voicemail with integrated multimedia content may be an originating voicemail or a voicemail in response to another voicemail. | 09-05-2013 |
20130252589 | Enhanced Messaging with Language Translation Feature - A method for creating and managing a distribution list can include creating a distribution list at a voicemail system. The distribution list can include at least one recipient and at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients. The method can further include selecting the created distribution list and recording an audio message to be sent to the at least one recipient. Translating the audio message into the at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients thereby creating at least one translated audio message and sending the at least one translated audio message to the at least one recipient. | 09-26-2013 |
20130260724 | Method and Apparatus for Connecting a Caller Previously Diverted to Voicemail - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for enabling communication between a first party and a second party. The method and apparatus determine that the second party is calling the first party while the first party is leaving a message on the voicemail of the second party. The message is then aborted and the first party is connected to the second party. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACKNOWLEDGING INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for acknowledging an incoming communication. An incoming communication request destined for a first communication device from a second communication device is received. The incoming communication request is forwarded to the first communication device. An acknowledgment indication is received from the first communications device that the incoming communication request has been received by a user of the first communication device. An acknowledgment communication associated with the acknowledgment indication is sent from the media server to the second communications device in response to receiving the acknowledgment indication. The acknowledgment communication is selectable from a number of acknowledgment communications including at least default communications and user entered communications. | 10-10-2013 |
20130310009 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MESSAGING USING VOICEMAIL - Methods and apparatus for providing voicemail services to callers of wireless devices may include providing customized outgoing messages to callers based upon the caller's identification. A subscriber to the voicemail service may select one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to receive a customized outgoing message while the remaining callers receive a general outgoing message. The methods and apparatus may further include distributing voicemail messages from a subscriber's voicemail accounts to one or more social networking sites. The subscriber to the voicemail services may share one or more received voicemail messages via one or more social networking accounts associated with the subscriber. | 11-21-2013 |
20130324092 | BUILT-IN MOBILE DEVICE CALL HANDLER AND ANSWERING MACHINE - A call handler and answering machine may be provided in a mobile device having phoning capabilities, and the call handler and answering machine is used to provide additional features related to phoning to the mobile device. Such features include advanced and customized call handling, customized greetings, advanced voice messaging handling, ability to listen in on voice messages and interrupt voice messages as they are being left, talk messaging, and the like. | 12-05-2013 |
20130331068 | Voicemail Archival and Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks and Devices - A voicemail system includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system and provided with functionality based upon, for example, preferences of a user. The voicemail system can include functionality to allow a user to archive a voicemail message, to convert a voicemail message to a desired format, and/or to forward a voicemail message or converted voicemail message file to one or more designated destinations. The voicemail system can operate on a communications network, at a communications device, or both. Methods for archiving, converting, and/or forwarding voicemail messages are also disclosed. | 12-12-2013 |
20130337780 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR VOICEMAIL SERVICE MOBILITY - A non-transitory computer readable medium can include instructions for performing a method. The method can include receiving, at a mobile client, an enterprise call from an enterprise system in response to an incoming call from a calling party to the enterprise system. The method can also include determining, at the mobile client, whether the enterprise call is anchored in the enterprise system. If the enterprise call is determined to be anchored in the enterprise system, a confirmation message can be provided from the mobile client to the enterprise system in response to the enterprise call being answered for voice communication at the mobile client. | 12-19-2013 |
20130344849 | CALL NOTIFICATION WITH RICH CALLER IDENTIFICATION - Communication systems and methods are described that include call notification with rich caller identification. Components of the communication systems are configured to receive a call for a user via an enterprise voice channel. A call request is automatically generated in response to event data of the received call. The call request includes caller data from enterprise databases or directories. The caller data provides identifying information of the caller to the user via the call request. The call request can include response options by which the user can participate in the call. The call request is routed to a target device of the user via a data channel of the host enterprise. The target device provides the user with multiple action or response options via the call request. The response options include for example accepting the call, delaying the call, forwarding the call, ignoring the call, and ignoring the caller. | 12-26-2013 |
20130344850 | System And Method For Transmitting Voice Messages To A Discussion Group - A system and method for transmitting voice messages to a discussion group is provided. Users signed-on to a voice message server are identified. Each signed-on user is associated with one or more discussion groups and a personal communication device. The voice message server receives a voice message from one of the signed-on users via the personal communication device associated with that signed-on user and a discussion group to which the voice message is to be sent. The voice message from the signed-on user is provided to the other signed-on users in the discussion group. | 12-26-2013 |
20140004833 | MOBILITY CALL MANAGEMENT | 01-02-2014 |
20140018045 | TRANSCRIPTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSCRIBING SPEECH - This invention provides a transcription device configured to convert an audio signal representing speech into corresponding text data. The transcription device is located on a calling party's telecommunications device or network, and, on receipt of a transcription request from a receiving party's telecommunications network, is configured to transcribe the audio signal and send the text data to the receiving party's telecommunications network. The transcription may therefore be performed locally (e.g. on a calling party's telecommunications device) before being transmitted to the receiving party's telecommunications network. The quality of the audio sample for transcribing is therefore much greater, and the accuracy of the transcription is therefore increased. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE VOICEMAIL DEPOSIT - Systems and methods for an offline voicemail recording system are provided. A voicemail server establishes a session with a caller responsive to detecting the unavailability of a callee. Session information is transmitted to the caller and the voicemail server then purposely terminates the session with the caller. The caller can record a voice or video message offline, without an active connection to the voicemail server, and later upload the recorded message. The voicemail server correlates the uploaded message with the previously terminated session and notifies the callee of the receipt of the message. | 01-16-2014 |
20140024347 | Wireless Device Driving Deactivation System and Support - A wireless device deactivation system is provided that charges the wireless device while securing the same within a lockable support, preventing physical access to the device while blocking notifications to the user when a phone call or incoming message is received. The device comprises a support having a connector that charges the wireless device and communicates therewith to lock the device screen and to deactivate notifications. When a message is received, unique senders will be given a message that the user is otherwise preoccupied and cannot receive the message. Similarly, when a phone call is received, the call is directed to a voice mail system for the sender to leave a message for later retrieval. The system receives power from the vehicle and includes a support base having electrical components to function with common wireless devices, whereby the device does not distract the driving user when attached to the system. | 01-23-2014 |
20140051402 | Mobile Device Messaging Application - A social networking mobile software application for particular mobile device which allow end users on their mobile devices to view profiles of themselves that contain images and/or videos while simultaneously hearing and audio description of their ad via wireless connection to the internet and/or cellular provider data network using streaming or intact multimedia file. | 02-20-2014 |
20140057607 | VOICE MAIL ALERTS AND ACCESS FROM MULTIPLE DEVICES USING A JOINT SERVICES ACCOUNT - A first network device is configured to receive a message that identifies a relationship between a wireless user device and a client device. The relationship allows voice mail information, associated with voice mail messages for the wireless user device, to be sent to the client device. The first network device is configured to receive voice mail information associated with a voice mail message for the wireless user device, determine to send the voice mail information to the client device, based on the information identifying the relationship between the wireless user device and the client device; and send the voice mail information to the client device. | 02-27-2014 |
20140066025 | PREDICTIVE MESSAGING SERVICE FOR ACTIVE VOICE CALLS - Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are for a predictive messaging service for active voice calls. A method for predictive messaging may include receiving, at a predictive messaging system, incoming audio associated with an active voice call, converting the audio into text, analyzing the text to predict a message that a user participating in the active voice call is expected to send, creating the message, and sending the message to a network element for delivery to a destination. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066026 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - When a first user is leaving a voicemail while a second user is attempting to call the first user back, the first user is given the option to ignore the second caller, delete the voicemail and connect with the second user, or hold while the second user reviews the voicemail. The voicemail may or may not be complete. This may avoid the need for the first user to repeat the information contained in the voicemail. In one embodiment, the voicemail message is played on the second user's device as a ring-back tone. | 03-06-2014 |
20140080455 | Devices and Methods for Creating a Snippet From a Media File - A media control profile is described herein. The media control profile provides a number of selectable pre-defined and/or user-defined settings to manipulate the functionality of a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment mobile device. Three basic modes of operation, namely a telecommunications-only device mode, an entertainment-only device mode, and a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment device mode are provided. Setting associated with one or more of these basic modes are combined to form a media control profile for the hybrid mobile device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140087700 | SENDING USER DEVICE STATUS INFORMATION - A network device receives a message that identifies a relationship between a first user device and a second user device, the relationship permitting status information of the first user device to be sent to the second user device when the first user device is communicating with a third user device. The network device receives the status information relating to a communication involving the first user device. The network device determines to send the status information to the second user device, based on the information identifying the relationship stored by the network device; and the network device sends the status information for presentation on the second user device. | 03-27-2014 |
20140120884 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AUDIBLY PROVIDE MESSAGES IN A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and apparatus to audibly provide messages in a mobile device at described. An example method includes determining that audio of a voicemail includes a predetermined phrase and, in response to determining that the audio includes the predetermined phrase, audibly presenting the voicemail while the electronic device is set to at least one of a silent mode, a quiet mode, and a lock mode. | 05-01-2014 |
20140128038 | LOCAL VOICEMAIL FOR MOBILE DEVICES - This document describes various techniques for implementing local voicemail on a mobile device. These techniques may include enabling the mobile device to answer a voice call, record audio of the voice call to provide a voicemail file, and store the voicemail file to local computer-readable media. A locally stored voicemail file may be associated with relevant data, exposed via the associated data for local processing, and/or manipulated through a user interface of the mobile device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140128039 | System and Method for Storing and Managing Voicemails - One embodiment of a method of retrieving voicemail messages that were previously recorded for a user on a carrier voicemail system in a communication network includes storing user data related to voicemail retrieval for the user, storing carrier data related to voicemail retrieval from the carrier, connecting to the carrier voicemail system through the communication network, receiving audio signals through the communication network from an interactive voice response system of the carrier voicemail system, sending audio signals through the communication network to the carrier voicemail system to navigate the interactive voice response system based on predetermined response conditions, recording audio signals received from the voicemail system according to predetermined playback criteria and disconnecting from the voicemail system. | 05-08-2014 |
20140141753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MESSAGES - A system, method, and computer program product for managing different types of messages, such as, but not limited to, voicemails and text messages, is presented. For example, in one embodiment, the method includes identifying a sender associated with a message for a recipient; and grouping all messages from the sender under a directory associated with the sender, wherein the directory includes different types of messages received from the sender. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148133 | MARINE WIRELESS DEVICE AND RECORDED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A marine wireless device includes a calling unit, a response unit, a communication establishment unit, a call processor, a condition memory unit, and a recorded data processor. The calling unit sends call information requesting the start of communication. The response unit sends response information with respect to the call information sent by a communication partner. The communication establishment unit receives the response information from the communication partner and establishes communication with the communication partner. The call processor executes a voice call with the communication partner with whom the communication establishment unit has established communication. The call memory unit stores as recorded data a voice call executed by the call processor. The condition memory unit stores specific data processing conditions related to recorded data. The recorded data processor varies the processing related to recorded data according to the data processing conditions. | 05-29-2014 |
20140155040 | CALL RECORDING IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method of recording media transmitted to or from a first party communicating through one of a plurality of mobile telecommunications networks with a second party is described. Either the first party or the second party initiates a call with the other party. One of a set of call splitters distributed through the plurality of telecommunications networks is then determined to be a local call splitter to one of the parties. A connection is then established between the first party and the local call splitter to split the call into a recording part and a call part. The call part is routed between the first party and the second party via the call splitter to provide transmission of media between the first party and the second party, and the recording part is provided by the local call splitter to a recording service associated with the first party. Suitable apparatus is also described, as are methods for recording the calls of a subscriber to a central recording station using a network trigger set or a SIM application set to divert the call to a recording node. | 06-05-2014 |
20140199974 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN VOICEMAIL - An apparatus and method for transmitting a voicemail from a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes transmitting a voicemail header comprising predefined voicemail information, receiving a voicemail message content from a user of the mobile terminal, and transmitting the voicemail message content. | 07-17-2014 |
20140206321 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY REPLYING TO PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES - A method of automatically replying to incoming phone calls is provided. The method includes enabling automatic reply on a cellular phone of a user; generating a voice message for the automatic reply; associating the voice message with at least one phone number; detecting the at least one number when an incoming call from the at least one phone number is received at the cellular phone; and playing the voice message associated with the at least one number to a person making the incoming call from the at least one phone number without requiring manual input from the user of the cellular phone when the incoming call from the at least one phone number is being received. A method of automatically replying to incoming text messages is also provided. | 07-24-2014 |
20140213224 | MESSAGING TRANSLATION SERVICES - One embodiment of a method for translating a message can be broadly summarized by the following steps: generating an electronic message in an understood language of an originating party; receiving instructions to translate contents of the electronic message to another language; converting the electronic message to the another language in accordance with the instructions; and delivering the converted electronic message to the receiving party. Other methods and devices are also provided. | 07-31-2014 |
20140235213 | Terminal based interactive voice response system with information prioritization - The aim of the invention is to provide a terminal based interactive IVR system, where the IVR functionality is served by the terminal, which allows a user of the IVR system to create personal action tree for each individual caller or also caller group, where the action tree can be created and maintained via the terminal itself and also a remote configuration, storage and/or synchronization facility in the data communication network. Also the caller is allowed to enter the priority information to the transferable message. The terminal based interactive IVR system comprises a terminal, which is equipped with the keyboard, display, sound unit and memory unit, where to keep both the terminal based interactive IVR system, at least one action tree and the messages to be played to the caller. Also, the terminal comprises with the means to communicate with the remote configuration, storage and/or synchronization facility, which is also equipped with the means to create, modify, delete, synchronize, store and restore the terminal based interactive IVR action tree with the response data. The action trees describe the different actions of the IVR system based, taking also the caller assigned priority information into account. Further customized functionalities can be added to the system. | 08-21-2014 |
20140248859 | Voice-Messaging with Attachments - A network method for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which a caller may leave a voice-message that includes the identification of an attachment, which may include, as examples only, audio, video, text, programs, spreadsheets and graphic attachments. A video, text, spreadsheet or graphic attachment may be converted to an audible attachment to the voice-mail at the caller's or the voice-mail subscriber's request. Such entries may be made, after receiving an automated prompt for leaving an attachment identifier or conversion request, audibly or by using a keypad entry. A network method is also provided for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which the voice-mail service may detect an attachment to a voice-mail message and provide access to the attachment to the voice-mail message. | 09-04-2014 |
20140256297 | Speech to Message Processing - Voice message processors are configured to produce text representations of voice messages. The text representations can be compacted based on one or more abbreviation libraries or rule libraries. Abbreviation processing can be applied to produce a compact text representation based on display properties of a destination device or to enhance user perception. Text representation length can be reduced based on abbreviations in a standard abbreviation list, a user specific abbreviation list, or a combination of standard and custom lists. In some examples, text length is shortened based on stored rules. | 09-11-2014 |
20140273980 | VOICEMAIL MIGRATION - A subscriber's voicemail information is migrated from one voicemail system to another voicemail system. A telephone service activation server can send an instruction to a destination voicemail system to create a new voicemail account for the subscriber and a migration instruction to a migration server. The migration server can obtain voicemail information in the existing voicemail account from a source voicemail system and transmit the obtained voicemail information to the destination voicemail system where it can be stored in the subscriber's new voicemail account. | 09-18-2014 |
20140308928 | System and Method for Enhanced Do-Not-Disturb - A system and method for incremental do-not-disturb. User input is received to activate the incremental do-not-disturb on a telephone. The incremental do-not-disturb is activated for a time period in response to receiving the user input to activate the incremental do-not-disturb. Incoming calls are diverted during the time period in response to activating the incremental do-not-disturb. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308929 | ENHANCED COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR PREDICTING AND HANDLING COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTION - A method and apparatus for anticipating communication interruption. If, during an established call between two communication devices, a telecommunication device determines that a communication link to one of the devices will be interrupted, either temporarily or permanently, the device predicts the interruption in the communication link. The device may send a message, as pre-determined by at least one of the communication device, to the communication device of the predicted or pending call drop or interruption. After the interruption the previously established call is resumed. If a reconnection attempt is appropriate, then the device will attempt to reconnect to the dropped device. If a reconnection attempt is not appropriate, or if the reconnection attempt is unsuccessful, the non-dropped communication device is connected, as predetermined by either of the communication devices, to an appropriate connection, such as, to a voice mail. If the reconnection attempt is successful, the call between the two communication devices is re-established. | 10-16-2014 |
20140323098 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VOICE MESSAGES - A method of transmitting voice messages using a first electronic device includes receiving a phone number of a second electronic device using an input device of the first electronic device. A voice messages of a user is recorded, and based on the voice messages, an audio file is obtained by encoding the voice messages using voice encoding methods. A communication is established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device by dialing the phone number of the second electronic device. when the communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is established, audio communication signals of the audio file are acquired by encoding the audio file, and the audio communication signals are inserted into an input port of a voice communication channel of the first electronic device. The audio communication signals are transmitted to the second electronic device through the voice communication channel. | 10-30-2014 |
20140349621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - When a first user is leaving a voicemail while a second user is attempting to call the first user back, the first user is given the option to ignore the second caller, delete the voicemail and connect with the second user, or hold while the second user reviews the voicemail. The voicemail may or may not be complete. This may avoid the need for the first user to repeat the information contained in the voicemail. In one embodiment, the voicemail message is played on the second user's device as a ring-back tone. | 11-27-2014 |
20140357237 | CUMULATIVE VOICEMAIL MESSAGE MANAGEMENT - Configured called party-controlled voicemail reception preferences are obtained that allow a called party to control voicemail message recording by repeat callers that previously recorded an unheard voicemail message within a voice mailbox of the called party. An unanswered call to the called party by a caller is detected. A determination is made as to whether the voice mailbox of the called party includes an existing unheard previously-recorded voicemail message from the caller and that the caller is a repeat caller that is subject to the called party-controlled voicemail reception preferences. The voicemail message recording within the voice mailbox by the repeat caller is controlled using the configured called party-controlled voicemail reception preferences. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364090 | GATEWAY FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION - A process receives a text based request from a first communication device to communicate with a second communication device associated with a subscription identifier based upon a subscription service. The text based request includes the subscriber identifier. Further, the process determines an endpoint identifier associated with the subscription identifier based upon the subscription identifier. In addition, the process establishes voice communication between the first communication device and the second communication device associated with the subscription identifier. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364091 | MESSAGE FORWARDING AND RETRIEVAL WITH A SINGLE MESSAGING SERVICE - Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system of integrating a user's voice mail onto a single voice messaging service, e.g., a Unified Messaging (UM) service, such that a client may access this single source for voice mail retrieval, even where such voice mails are from a variety of sources, e.g., work, mobile phone, etc. A user, or the user's mobile operator, need only agree to accept the service, and the registration and configuration requirements for providing the service and forwarding calls to the service are automatically configured. The user's existing “speed dial” key or other setting for retrieving voice mail may also be automatically configured to the access number(s) for the service. Configurations may monitor the status of the service and update access and/or forwarding numbers. Voice mail forwarding and settings may also be automatically reverted back to the user's original service. | 12-11-2014 |
20140370855 | MULTI-MODE,WEARABLE, WIRELESS MICROPHONE - A microphone assembly that captures audio/voice recordings and wirelessly transmits them to different desired network destinations based on an operating mode specified by the user. The microphone assembly may comprise a non-graphical-display user interface tap detection circuit, through which a user of the microphone assembly controls operation of the microphone assembly. For example, the user may tap the user interface tap detection circuit, and different tap sequences may correspond to different operating modes for the microphone assembly. The microphone assembly may also comprise a clip for clipping the microphone assembly to a garment of the user. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOUD VOICEMAIL AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATION - In some embodiments, a method for providing answering service via an answering device comprises associating an answering service for a target telephone number of a user with the answering device; enabling the answering device to receive a call directed from a caller device to the target telephone number; storing an answering message; and configuring the answering device to send back the answering message to the caller device in response to receiving the call when a condition is satisfied. Moreover, in some embodiments, the condition is based on a date of the call or a time of the day of the call, a status of a business associated with the target telephone number, an origin of the call or a type of the caller device, or the condition is satisfied when the call is received at a specific occasion. | 12-18-2014 |
20150011191 | Voicemail Archival and Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks and Devices - A voicemail system includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system and provided with functionality based upon, for example, preferences of a user. The voicemail system can include functionality to allow a user to archive a voicemail message, to convert a voicemail message to a desired format, and/or to forward a voicemail message or converted voicemail message file to one or more designated destinations. The voicemail system can operate on a communications network, at a communications device, or both. Methods for archiving, converting, and/or forwarding voicemail messages are also disclosed. | 01-08-2015 |
20150024717 | METHOD OF A DATA CHANNEL TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM - The embodiments disclose a method of a data channel telephone network system including enrolling a user subscribing to a data channel telephone network system, installing a data channel telephone network application on user telephone handset, using the data channel telephone network application to record and store user selectable and configurable call processing rules on the network database, routing incoming and outgoing calls via a public switched telephone network to the data channel telephone network system using the user configured call processing rules and displaying choices the user can choose from to process how to handle an incoming call response using user configured call processing rules, user preset responses and data channel telephone network application automated features. | 01-22-2015 |
20150024718 | TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems for and methods of delivering telephone calls using the combination of a data channel and a voice channel are disclosed. A data channel connection with the telephone handset may provide pre-call information used to set up incoming and outgoing calls which are ultimately connected using a voice channel. Use of the pre-call information may permit the same handset to be associated with multiple secondary telephone numbers from which calls appear to have been made and to which calls appear to have been placed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150038122 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - Disclosed is a wireless communication system capable of easily reconnecting a mobile information terminal and a base unit when a user returns home and letting the user know missed incoming call information or the like. To this end, when being unable to receive a signal from the base unit, the mobile information terminal enters into a sleep state, and when a predetermined operation is performed, the mobile information terminal searches for the base unit, and when reconnecting to the base unit, the terminal displays information on an item transmitted from the base unit on an operation display section. Thus, even when the user returns home but forgets switching an operation mode, the mobile information terminal searches for the base unit as soon as the predetermined operation is performed, and can obtain necessary information from the base unit at home by a simple operation when the user desires the information. | 02-05-2015 |
20150065096 | OFFLINE VOICEMAIL - A method for accessing offline voicemail messages within a mobile messaging application may be provided. First, a voice mail message may be received and the voicemail message may be transcribed to text. Next, the voicemail message and the text transcription may be stored. The recipient may then be presented with a list of voicemail messages and the voicemail message may be retrieved in response to the recipient. The recipient may read or listen to the voicemail message or both. The recipient may also annotate the voicemail message. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072659 | System and Method for Processing a Voice Mail - Described is a system and method for processing a voice mail. The method comprises receiving a voice mail, converting the voice mail into a text message using a predefined speech-to-text conversion algorithm and transmitting the text message to a wireless computing device. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072660 | Visual Voicemail Method for Managing Deleted Messages - A method for managing visual voicemail messages includes displaying a list of voicemail messages on a telecommunications handset, receiving user commands for operating on the voicemail messages including a delete message command and in response to a delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder. A Deleted Message Age Indicator function processes to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform. | 03-12-2015 |
20150079947 | Emotion Express EMEX System and Method for Creating and Distributing Feelings Messages - Disclosed is a system and method for creating and distributing customized messages using a mobile communication device. The system comprises a mobile application, which retrieves a desired music file from a music files repository based on relationships for creating customized messages. A user can add a personalized voice message to at least one designated part of the at least one music file retrieved from a music files repository. The music file is a professionally recorded song by artists agreeing to unlimited duplication of the professionally recorded songs for the purpose of exposure and/or advertising of own skills. Each of the professionally recorded songs includes at least 20 to 30 seconds background music section where the user records the at least one personalized voice message. A content distribution network associated with the mobile communication device send the customized messages to a plurality of recipients selected by the user. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094033 | Voice message sending method and system, and converged message server and client - A voice message sending method is provided which includes that: a converged message client of a sender initiates a session invitation which carries voice message receiver information and indicates that the session is to send a voice message; a media transmission link is established between the converged message client of the sender and a converged message server of a receiver; the converged message client of the sender sends a voice message to the converged message server of the receiver through the media transmission link; and the converged message server of the receiver stores the voice message in the message storage server to which a receiver user attributed for the converged message client of the receiver to acquire the voice message. A voice message sending system, a converged message server and a converged message client are also accordingly provided. The present application enables a user to simultaneously enjoy a converged message service and a voice message, thereby providing excellent user experience. | 04-02-2015 |
20150119001 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Messages To Users In A Discussion Group - A computer-implemented system and method for providing messages to users in a discussion group are provided. Discussion groups are monitored and each discussion group is associated with a list of signed-on users. A request is received from a user to join one of the discussion groups. An identity of the user is verified. The user is then added to the requested discussion group as a signed-on user by adding an entry for the user on the list of the requested discussion group upon verification of the user identity. Messages received from one or more of the signed-on users in the requested discussion group are transmitted to at least one of the other signed-on users in the requested discussion group. | 04-30-2015 |
20150140972 | FILTERING AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A NON-REAL-TIME RECIPIENT - For filtering an audio signal for a non-real-time recipient, a signal module may detect communication of an audio signal to the non-real-time recipient. A management module may filter the audio signal with a high-latency audio filter. | 05-21-2015 |
20150319286 | Mobile terminal with a built-in voice message searching function and corresponding searching method - A mobile terminal with a built-in voice message searching function includes: a voice recording module configured to record a voice searching signal from a user and to send the voice searching signal to the pre-processing module for pre-processing, a pre-processing module configured to pre-process the voice searching signal, and to send the pre-processed signal to the matching module for signal matching, a matching module configured to extract a characteristic parameter of the pre-processed signal, to calculate a similarity of the extracted characteristic parameter with a characteristic parameter of a stored voice message, and to send the voice message with a similarity higher than or equal to a threshold to the result outputting module, and a result outputting module configured to display the voice message with the similarity higher than or equal to the threshold on a screen of the mobile terminal | 11-05-2015 |
20150319308 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations. | 11-05-2015 |
20150326993 | DYNAMIC CUSTOMIZATION OF PLUGGABLE SERVICE BY USERS - Downloadable pluggable services and methods of distributing the same are described. The downloadable pluggable services may correspond to communication services that can be downloaded to upgrade a communication system. The downloadable pluggable services may include a number of component parts that can be distributed among various servers in the communication system being upgraded along with instructions that enable the component parts to instruct each server in the communication system to operate in a coordinated fashion so as to provide the downloaded service. | 11-12-2015 |
20150334241 | Real-Time Monitoring/Interrupting of Voicemail Message Recording - The invention relates to a method of listening, in real-time and by message recipient, of voicemail messages being recorded. The method comprises receiving a request for establishment of a first connection with a calling party terminal. In response to this request, the method comprises sending a command for establishing this first connection between the calling party terminal and a storage entity, i. e., a voicemail server. This command comprises a parameter for triggering the establishment of a second connection. The method also comprises receiving via this second connection information being transmitted over the first connection, i. e., the message being recorded. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334242 | Apparatus and Method for Routing an Incoming Call - An apparatus and method for routing an incoming call includes the apparatus configured to perform a routing decision resulting in the incoming call being routed to the voicemail of a called user. The apparatus further creates a transcription of a voicemail message being recorded on the voicemail of the called user. This is done by applying a speech analysis process to the voicemail message as the voicemail message is being recorded. Information about a context of the incoming call is determined from the transcription and a second routing decision is performed based on the information. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341489 | PRIORITIZED ONGOING COMMUNICATION INTERRUPT - A method including receiving an interrupt originating associated with an interrupting entity during an ongoing communication between a user and a current entity, determining if the interrupting entity has a higher priority than the current entity, interrupting the user if the interrupting entity has a higher priority than the current entity, and not interrupting the user if the interrupting entity has a lower priority than the current entity. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341497 | Apparatus and Method for Categorizing Voicemail - The present disclosure relates to voicemail categorization and access. An apparatus, for example a PBX, is provided for categorizing voicemails. The apparatus is configured to store voicemail messages and to determine and store metadata associated with the voicemail messages. The apparatus allows searches of the stored voicemail messages to be performed using the associated metadata. A user interface may reside on a user device or be provided by the apparatus. The interface allows other user to search for voicemails using the metadata associated with them and subsequently displays information about the voicemails which match the search criteria. | 11-26-2015 |
20150350447 | UBIQUITOUS VOICE MESSAGING - Methods and apparatus for providing ubiquitous and configurable communications between users is provided. Ubiquity and other features are provided using a common identifier linking two or more users. In one embodiment, a common identifier is automatically provided when call forwarding is directed to a designated phone number. In another embodiment, a user can cause a common identifier to be created linking the user with a user of their choice by sending a text message to a designated address. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 12-03-2015 |
20150373178 | VISUAL VOICE MAIL APPLICATION VARIATIONS - A voicemail application includes a first stage having a first voicemail and at a first position, a second stage having a second voicemail and at a second position adjacent to the first position, and a third stage having a third voicemail and at a third position adjacent to the second position. The voicemail application also includes a playback control configured to cause playback of any voicemail associated with any stage at the first position. The voicemail application increases the surface area of a stage as that stage is brought to the first position while the surface area of the stage previously at the first position decreases. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381811 | INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH DETACHABLE INFORMATION MODULE - A unitary handheld portable module includes a keypad for entering data and a display for displaying data. A base module is configured to be coupled with and communicate through a telephone line and includes a keypad for dialing a telephone number and a display for displaying information. The portable and base modules are configured to have a mounted configuration in which the portable module is removably mounted on the base module and covers the base module's display, and the modules communicate with each other for the portable module's display to display information relating to operation of the base module. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381813 | Message Storage - A messaging application receives a sequence of user-consumable messages directed to at least one destination user. The messages are stored in non-volatile storage comprising one or more non-volatile storage devices, and the messages consist of a number of consumed messages having been consumed by the destination user, and a number of unconsumed messages not yet having been consumed by the user. An automatic message manager is configured to implement different respective retention policies for the consumed messages and the unconsumed messages. The retention policy for the consumed messages comprises automatically determining when the number of consumed messages exceeds a threshold for consumed messages, and in response automatically deleting at least one of the consumed messages from the non-volatile storage so as to bring the number of consumed messages back within the threshold for consumed messages. | 12-31-2015 |
20160028871 | VOICE MAIL TRANSCRIPTION - For voice mail transcription, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a communication device communicating an audio signal from the communication device to a voicemail system and transmitting data selected from the group consisting of text message data generated from the audio signal and voice training data to the voicemail system. | 01-28-2016 |
20160044152 | WINDOWS POSITION CONTROL FOR PHONE APPLICATIONS - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for a phone application are provided. More particularly, a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device can be determined. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface for a call log of a phone application can be retained after receiving a flick in an off-screen gesture area of the device. However, a second, child window is provided in a second screen in response to receiving the flick. The second, child window provides detail information about a phone call selected in the call log. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044175 | Preconfigured Sender Communication - Methods and systems are described for allowing a calling party to provide a provisional message for a called party. In one aspect, when the calling party places a call to the called party and does not receive an answer, the calling party may choose to have the provisional message delivered. | 02-11-2016 |
20160057586 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING MESSAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for transmitting a message. A method of operating an electronic device may include: determining by a processor whether a call with a counterpart electronic device is possible; and transmitting a call wish message through a communication network to the counterpart electronic device when the call is not possible based on a result of the determination. | 02-25-2016 |
20160072951 | Voice Transcription - Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses for voice data transcription are provided. Packets that include voice data may be received and for each time that a threshold amount of voice data is received, a segment of voice data may be created and transcribed to text. A message that includes the transcribed text may then be transmitted to an intended recipient of the voice data, to allow the intended recipient to view the message prior to transcription of the remaining segments of the voice data. Additionally, subsequent to transmission of the message, another message may be transmitted that includes text transcribed from a different segment of the voice data. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072952 | System and Method for Voice Messaging - A system and method for voice messaging the enables the modification of recorded voice messages and caller-specific conveniences. More particularly, the present invention pertains to identifying a caller and, thereby, enabling the caller to modify recorded voice messages and enabling a recipient to designate how calls from a particular caller should be handled, for example, by specifying a greeting message for a particular caller or by specifying the order in which voice messages are presented based upon the associated caller. | 03-10-2016 |
20160105548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINE SELECTION IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present disclosure provide embodiments of an apparatus and method for selecting a line from two or more lines on a communication device. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method, comprising: detecting initiation of an outgoing call from a communication device to a target party, the communication device having at least two lines; identifying the target party in contact information; determining which of the at least two lines is associated with the target party; in response to the detecting the initiation of the outgoing call, operating the communication device to make the outgoing call to the target party using the associated line. | 04-14-2016 |
20160127551 | Built-In Mobile Device Call Handler and Answering Machine - A call handler and answering machine may be provided in a mobile device having phoning capabilities, and the call handler and answering machine is used to provide additional features related to phoning to the mobile device. Such features include advanced and customized call handling, customized greetings, advanced voice messaging handling, ability to listen in on voice messages and interrupt voice messages as they are being left, talk messaging, and the like. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127558 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Distributing Messages By Discussion Group - A computer-implemented system and method for distributing messages by discussion group is provided. Discussion groups are monitored. An identity of a participant in each of two or more of the discussion groups is verified. Voice signals are received from the participant and speech from the participant is distinguished from ambient noise and third-party conversations in the voice signals. One of the discussion groups, specified by the participant to be associated with the voice stream, is identified. The speech is transmitted as a voice message to other participants in the identified discussion group. | 05-05-2016 |
20160134756 | System And Method For Callee-Caller Specific Greetings For Voice Mail - A method for customization of voice mail messaging. The method includes recording a plurality of voice mail messages, defining selection criteria for each of the plurality of voice mail messages, establishing a first call for which one of the plurality of voice mail messages will be selected, identifying parameters of the first call, matching the parameters with the selection criteria, selecting the one of the plurality of messages based on the matching step, and playing the selected message on the first call. | 05-12-2016 |
20160156674 | OPTIMIZING CALL BEARER PATH USING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL PROXY | 06-02-2016 |
20160156782 | Outgoing Media Message Management | 06-02-2016 |
20160165044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL AUTHENTICATION - A system and method of authenticating voice calls by recording the call and generating a transcript of the recorded call. The invention includes a recording unit configured to record audio communications taking place on a communications device, and storing the recorded call as an audio file. A transcription unit is configured to retrieve the audio file and convert it into a transcript that identifies each call participant and their associated dialogue in the correct sequence. Furthermore, the method includes contacting a third party service to initiate an authenticated call in which called parties are verified, and the call is recorded and transcribed. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE VOICEMAIL DEPOSIT - Systems and methods for an offline voicemail recording system are provided. A voicemail server establishes a session with a caller responsive to detecting the unavailability of a callee. Session information is transmitted to the caller and the voicemail server then purposely terminates the session with the caller. The caller can record a voice or video message offline, without an active connection to the voicemail server, and later upload the recorded message. The voicemail server correlates the uploaded message with the previously terminated session and notifies the callee of the receipt of the message. | 06-09-2016 |
20160182716 | COLLABORATIVE PHONE REPUTATION SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
20160182724 | Integrating Multimedia and Voicemail | 06-23-2016 |
20160183194 | USING AN INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR DIGITAL NETWORK MESSAGE HEADER TO CONVEY A BATTERY STATE | 06-23-2016 |
20160205244 | UPDATING DEVICE BEHAVIOR BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR | 07-14-2016 |
20160255201 | Integrated Visual Voicemail Communications | 09-01-2016 |
20160381226 | Voicemail Sentiment Detection and Notification - A computer-implemented method for managing voicemails includes receiving, at an intermediate server communicatively coupled to a mobile phone associated with a first phone number corresponding to a first contact group and a second phone number corresponding to a second contact group, a voicemail from a caller calling one of the first phone number and the second phone number. The sentiment of the voicemail can be identified using a method based on the number called. The voicemail and identified sentiment can be forwarded to the mobile device, and the mobile device can display an indication of the voicemail and the identified sentiment, for instance in a voicemail feed. | 12-29-2016 |