Visual Voicemail Method for Managing Deleted Messages
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsMichael Robert Zubas, Brian Rainer, William J. Sigmund
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Abstract
A method for managing visual voicemail messages includes displaying a list of voicemail messages on a telecommunications handset, receiving user commands for operating on the voicemail messages including a delete message command and in response to a delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder. A Deleted Message Age Indicator function processes to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform.
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A method for managing visual voicemail messages, comprising:
- receiving user commands for operating on visual voicemail messages including a delete message command;
- in response to the delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder;
- and
- processing by a Deleted Message Age Indicator function in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on the delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value.
A computer readable medium encoded with computer program instructions for managing visual voicemail messages, the computer program instructions comprising:
- receiving user commands for operating on visual voicemail messages including a delete message command;
- in response to the delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder;
- and
- processing by a Deleted Message Age Indicator function in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on the delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value.
A visual voicemail message management system, comprising:
- a server including a processor and a memory, wherein the processor operates a visual voicemail management platform;
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- a telecommunications handset, the telecommunications handset comprising:
- an interactive display for displaying a list of voicemail messages stored in the handset that allows a handset user to input commands for operating on the displayed voicemail messages;
- a memory for storing voicemail messages;
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- a processor for responding to the commands and operating on voicemail messages;
- wherein the visual voicemail management system operates a Deleted Message Age Indicator function that monitors an age of voicemail messages stored in the handset memory and permanently deletes those voicemail messages whose age equals a global Delete Time value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.