Visual voicemail provisioning and notification

A computing device-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, from a plurality of voicemail servers, one or more changes to one or more voice mailboxes associated with a user;
• generating a voicemail notification message that includes status information associated with the plurality of voicemail servers;
• and
• providing the voicemail notification message to a plurality of user devices associated with the user, where each of the plurality of user devices compares the status information provided in the voicemail notification message with status information stored in each of the plurality of user devices, and determines if a new voicemail associated with the user exists based on the comparison.

A device, comprising:

• a memory to store a plurality of instructions;
• and
• a processor to execute instructions in the memory to:
• receive, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application,
• determine, based on the request, whether a user associated with the user device is a new user of the VVM application,
• connect the user device to a self provisioning server when the user is determined to be a new user of the VVM application,
• receive, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with the user,
• provide, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, and
• permit the user to access the VVM application.

A system, comprising:

• a visual voicemail (VVM) server configured to:
• receive, from a user device, a request to use a VVM application,
• determine, based on the request, whether a user associated with the user device is a new user of the VVM application, and
• connect the user device to a self provisioning server when the user is determined to be a new user of the VVM application;
• the self provisioning server being configured to:
• offer, to the user of the user device, one or more VVM subscription plans,
• receive, from the user device, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with the user, and
• confirm the selected VVM subscription plan;
• and
• the VVM server being further configured to:
• provide, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, and
• permit the user to access the VVM application.