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.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining a deleted message age indicator of a voicemail message based on a timestamp of a delete message command related to the voicemail message;
- determining whether the deleted message age indicator of the voicemail message has reached a global delete time value;
- and
- permanently deleting the voicemail message in response to determining that the deleted message age indicator of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a deleted message age indicator of a voicemail message based on a timestamp of a delete message command related to the voicemail message;
- determining whether the deleted message age indicator of the voicemail message has reached a global delete time value;
- and
- permanently deleting the voicemail message in response to determining that the deleted message age indicator of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value.
A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a deleted message age indicator of a voicemail message based on a timestamp of a delete message command related to the voicemail message;
- determining whether the deleted message age indicator of the voicemail message has reached a global delete time value;
- and
- permanently deleting the voicemail message in response to determining that the deleted message age indicator of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.