Wireless and wireline messaging services
AssigneeCox Communications, Inc.
InventorsEvelyn L. Bolden, Compton Wharton, Rauf A. Qureshi
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Abstract
Automatic access to a secondary or alternate voicemail box while operating or using a first or primary voicemail box is provided. One touch access to an alternate voicemail box from a wireless telephone device is further provided, and access to a given voicemail box from a number of trusted telephone devices is provided without requiring users of the trusted devices to authenticate into the voicemail box (e.g., provide a password).
Claims14
A method of providing automatic access to a secondary voice mailbox via a primary voicemail box, comprising:
- providing a primary voicemail box for a primary telephone device of a user;
- providing a secondary voicemail box for a secondary telephone device of the user;
- receiving an instruction from the user of the primary telephone device to associate the secondary voicemail box with the primary voicemail box;
- receiving an indication of access to the primary voicemail box by the user;
- providing a prompt to indicate that the primary voicemail box is associated with the secondary voicemail box;
- receiving an indication to access the secondary voicemail box via the primary voicemail box;
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- upon receipt of the indication to access the secondary voicemail box via the primary voicemail box, providing automatic access to the secondary voicemail box via the primary voicemail box to allow retrieval of any voice messages stored at the secondary voicemail box.
A method of notifying a primary telephone device of a voice message received at a secondary telephone device voicemail box, comprising:
- providing a primary voicemail box for a primary telephone device of a user;
- providing a secondary voicemail box for a secondary telephone device of the user;
- receiving an instruction from the user of the primary telephone device to associate the secondary voicemail box with the primary telephone device;
- receiving and storing a voice message at the secondary voicemail box;
- determining whether a notification should be sent to the primary telephone device when the voice message is received at the secondary voicemail box associated with the secondary telephone device;
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- sending a notification from the secondary telephone device to the primary telephone device that a voice message has been received at the secondary voicemail box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.