Caller initiated undivert from voicemail

A call diversion system comprising:

• a call status monitoring module configured to monitor a status of a communications device while a caller is connected to voicemail, determine that the communications device which was previously unavailable is now available, provide an indicator to the caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available, prompt the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call;
• and based on a response to the prompting:
• a call management module is configured to:
• redirect the call from voicemail to the now available communications device
• continue the voicemail, or
• terminate the call.

A call diversion architecture comprising:

• means for monitoring a status of a communications device while a call is in voicemail;
• means for determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available;
• means for providing an indicator to a caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available;
• means for prompting the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call;
• and
• based on a response to the prompting:
• means for redirecting the call from voicemail to the now available communications device,
• means for continuing in voicemail, or
• means for terminating the call.

A call routing protocol comprising:

• determining a status of a callee communications device;
• routing a call to voicemail when the communications device is not available;
• monitoring the status of the communications device while the call is in voicemail;
• providing an indicator to a caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available;
• prompting the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call;
• and
• based on a response to the prompting:
• terminating the call to the communications device when the communications device becomes available,
• continuing in voicemail, or
• terminating the call.