Selectable voicemail greetings
AssigneeComverse, Inc.
InventorEran Elias
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Abstract
A user client for a communication device having several possible states and associated with a remotely located voicemail system. The user client includes a communication module for communicating with the remotely located voicemail system according to a current state of the communication device so as to enable selection of a greeting for output as a voicemail reply from the remotely located voicemail system to a calling party according to the current state. One of the states is a real time recording state, which allows a user to delay forwarding the call to the voicemail system to record a real time greeting for immediate use.
Claims44
A user client for a communication device, said user client being able to assume a number of different states, said communication device operable to communicate with a remotely located media based network service, the user client comprising:
- a communication module for causing said communication device to communicate information representing a currently assumed one of said states to a remotely located network system so as to enable control thereof according to said currently assumed state.
A communication device comprising a user client, said user client being operable to configure said communication device into any one of a plurality of states and further to configure said communication device for communication with a remotely located voicemail system so as to apply settings to said voicemail system.
A server-based subscriber service system comprising:
- an output unit for outputting selected content, and
- a content selection unit, associated with said media output unit for using data representing a current state of a called party handset to select said content for output by said output unit.
A method of providing remote control to a server-based subscriber service comprising:
- using a media channel to receive media content for use in said subscriber service,
- using a data channel to receive data concerning said media content, and
- using said received data to select, from said received media content, a content item for use in said subscriber service.
A handset and server based greeting system comprising:
- a user handset, and
- a server based greeting system located remotely from said handset over a communication network,
- wherein said server based greeting system comprises:
- a memory for storing a plurality of greetings associated with a given user handset and;
- a selector for selecting one of said greetings as a current greeting for playing to a rejected call forwarded from said handset;
- and wherein said handset comprises a message communication module for communicating to said server based greeting system an indicator for instructing said selector to select a given greeting as said current greeting.
A handset and server based greeting system comprising:
- a user handset, and a server based greeting system located remotely from said handset over a communication network, and wherein said server based greeting system comprises a memory for storing at least one greeting associated with a given user handset and wherein said handset comprises a message communication module for communicating to said server based greeting system:
- 1) a rejection of a current incoming call and
- 2) an indicator for instructing said selector to select a greeting presently being recorded at said handset as said current message, thereby to allow a realtime recorded greeting to be played as a voicemail greeting to said current incoming call.
A user client and server based greeting system comprising:
- a user client for a user handset, and
- s server based greeting system located remotely from said handset over a communication network,
- wherein said server based greeting system comprises:
- a memory for storing a plurality of greetings associated with a given user handset and;
- a selector for selecting one of said greetings as a current greeting for playing to a rejected call forwarded from said handset;
- and wherein said user client comprises a message communication module for communicating to said server based greeting system an indicator for instructing said selector to select a given greeting as said current greeting.
A user client and server based greeting system comprising:
- a user client for a user handset, and a server based greeting system located remotely from said handset over a communication network, and wherein said server based greeting system comprises a memory for storing at least one greeting associated with a given user handset and wherein said user client comprises a message communication module for communicating to said server based greeting system:
- 1) a rejection of a current incoming call and
- 2) an indicator for instructing said selector to select a greeting presently being recorded at said handset as said current message, thereby to allow a realtime recorded greeting to be played as a voicemail greeting to said current incoming call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.