Smart handling of call redirection based on the out of office message of the user

A method, comprising:

• receiving, from an input-output component, an out-of-office text message from a user;
• parsing the out-of-office text message to identify a candidate delegate therein;
• matching, in a data storage, a record structure comprising a first record associating a delegate telephony address with the candidate delegate and, upon the matching, identifying the candidate delegate as the delegate;
• accessing, in the data storage, a record structure comprising a second record associating a user telephony address with the user;
• formatting an out-of-office telephony message and further comprising indicia of the delegate and indicia of the telephony address of the delegate;
• and
• configuring a telephony device to present the out-of-office telephony message to a caller of a call destined for the user telephony device.

A system, comprising:

• means to receive, from an input-output component, an out-of-office text message from a user;
• means to parse the out-of-office text message to identify a candidate delegate therein;
• means to match, in the data storage, a record structure comprising a first record associating a delegate telephony address with the candidate delegate and, upon the matching, identify the candidate delegate as the delegate;
• means to access, in a data storage, a record structure comprising a second record associating a user telephony address with the user;
• means to format an out-of-office telephony message and further comprising indicia of the delegate and indicia of the telephony address of the delegate;
• and
• means to configure a telephony device to present the out-of-office telephony message to a caller of a call destined for the user telephony device.