Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Indication or notification of message
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Tsang, Fan (Department: 2645)
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Indication or notification of message
C379S088250, C455S412200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07027567
ABSTRACT:
This invention is directed to a system and method for providing a status notification and reply for a message in a communications network. An embodiment of this invention is a voicemail system, which provides a caller in a telecommunications network with the option of requesting a status notification and reply for a voicemail message when the recording of the message is complete. By requesting status notification and reply, the caller is indicating that the voicemail system should track any actions related to the message that occur within the voicemail system. The caller also specifies a destination identifier, which includes formatting and addressing information that the voicemail system uses for subsequent notification and for communicating any reply to the message. As actions are taken in relation to the message, the voicemail system creates disposition identifiers and associates these identifiers with the message. When a triggering event occurs, such as the recipient deleting the message, the voicemail system retrieves the disposition identifiers to generate the status notification and sends the status notification in the format and to the address specified by the destination identifier. If the recipient replies to the message, the voicemail system also communicates the reply in the format and to the address specified by the destination identifier.
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Knoerle Joseph M.
LaPierre Stephen R.
Meadows Vernon
Scott David A.
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
Cantor & Colburn LLP
Gauthier Gerald
Tsang Fan
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