Visual voice mail delivery mechanisms
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorVenson M. Shaw
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Abstract
Systems and methods for voice mail delivery may include receiving a voicemail by a device of a subscriber, determining if the subscriber is a member of a group of members, and, upon a determination that the subscriber is a member of the group, combining the voice mail message with a second voice mail message received by a member of the group other than the subscriber to generate a combined voice mail message.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving a voice mail message directed to a user of a mobile device;
- partitioning the voice mail message into a plurality of voice flows;
- determining a user-programmable delay indicating a time period of acceptance of voice mail delivery;
- determining, within the time period of acceptance, a network load;
- and
- delivering a first voice flow of the plurality of voice flows within the time period of acceptance based on the network load for load balancing, wherein load balancing occurs during the user-programmable delay.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a voice mail message directed to a user of a mobile device;
- partitioning the voice mail message into a plurality of voice flows;
- determining a user-programmable delay indicating a waiting period for voice mail delivery;
- holding the voice mail message until expiration of the user-programmable delay;
- delivering a first voice flow of the plurality of voice flows based on network traffic load balancing, wherein load balancing occurs during the user-programmable delay.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a voice mail message directed to a user of a mobile device, wherein the voice mail message is received outside of a user-programmable time period indicating acceptance of voice mail message delivery;
- partitioning the voice mail message into a plurality of voice flows;
- holding the voice mail message until the time period of acceptance;
- determining, within the time period of acceptance, a network load;
- delivering a first voice flow of the plurality of voice flows within the time period of acceptance based on the network load for load balancing, wherein load balancing occurs during the user-programmable time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.