Method for informing a telecommunications subscriber abroad
AssigneeDeutsche Telekom AG
InventorJOHANNES OPITZ
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Abstract
A method for informing a telecommunications subscriber in a foreign country of at least one item of information. The telecommunications subscriber is assigned to a telecommunications provider in a home country via a customer relationship. The home country has a first time zone. The foreign country has a second time zone. The at least one item of information comprises the first time zone and the second time zone and is transmitted to the telecommunications subscriber when a mailbox provided by the telecommunications provider is used. The method includes transmitting the at least one item of information to the telecommunications subscriber via a voice message, announcing the voice message via an automatic voice message, and then playing back a call stored in the mailbox.
Claims8
A method for informing a telecommunications subscriber in a foreign country of at least one item of information, wherein,
- the telecommunications subscriber is assigned to a telecommunications provider in a home country via a customer relationship,
- the home country has a first time zone,
- the foreign country has a second time zone, and
- the at least one item of information comprises the first time zone and the second time zone and is transmitted to the telecommunications subscriber when a mailbox provided by the telecommunications provider is used,
- the method comprising:
- transmitting the at least one item of information to the telecommunications subscriber via a voice message;
- announcing the voice message via an automatic voice message;
- and then
- playing back a call stored in the mailbox.
A telecommunications system comprising a server belonging to a telecommunications provider for carrying out a method for informing a telecommunications subscriber in a foreign country, the telecommunications subscriber being assigned to the telecommunications provider in a home country via a customer relationship, the home country having a first time zone and the foreign country having a second time zone, the server being configured:
- to transmit, via a voice message, the at least one item of information relating to the first time zone and the second time zone to the telecommunications subscriber when a mailbox provided by the telecommunications provider is used;
- to announce the voice message via an automatic voice message;
- and then
- to play back a call stored in the mailbox.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.