Method, apparatus and system for completing a call when a called party has not answered the call

A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for completing a call when a called party has not answered the call from a calling party comprising:

• a code segment adapted to detect a signal indicating that the called party has not answered the call;
• a code segment adapted to terminate the call;
• a code segment adapted to present a message to the calling party indicating that the called party has not answered the call and prompt the calling party to compose a multimedia message to be delivered to the called party;
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• a code segment adapted to send the multimedia message to a multimedia messaging service server for subsequent delivery to the called party whenever the calling party completes composition of the multimedia message.

A terminal capable of completing a call when a called party has not answered the call from a calling party comprising:

• means for detecting a signal indicating that the called party has not answered the call;
• means for terminating the call;
• means for presenting a message to the calling party indicating that the called party has not answered the call and prompting the calling party to compose a multimedia message to be delivered to the called party;
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• means for sending the multimedia message to a multimedia messaging service server for subsequent delivery to the called party whenever the calling party completes composition of the multimedia message.

A system for completing a call when a called party has not answered the call from a calling party comprising:

• a mobile switching center associated with the called party that detects a signal indicating that the called party has not answered the call, terminates the call, and sends the signal to a terminal operated by the calling party to invoke a message;
• a multimedia messaging service server;
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• the terminal communicably coupled to the mobile switching center and the multimedia messaging service server, wherein the terminal presents the message to the calling party and prompts the calling party to compose a multimedia message to be delivered to the called party, and sends the multimedia message to the multimedia messaging service server for subsequent delivery to the called party whenever the calling party completes composition of the multimedia message.

A system for completing a call when a called party has not answered the call from a calling party comprising:

• a mobile switching center associated with the called party that detects a signal indicating that the called party has not answered the call, terminates the call, and sends an invoke message to the multimedia messaging service server;
• a multimedia messaging service server communicably coupled to the mobile switching center, wherein the multimedia messaging service server sends a message to a terminal operated by the calling party indicating that the called party has not answered the call in response to the invoke message;
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• the terminal communicably coupled to the mobile switching center and the multimedia messaging service server, wherein the terminal presents the message to the calling party and prompts the calling party to compose a multimedia message to be delivered to the called party, and sends the multimedia message to the multimedia messaging service server for subsequent delivery to the called party whenever the calling party completes composition of the multimedia message.