Creation and management of voicemail greetings for mobile communication devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPolicarpo Wood, Alan Cannistraro, Kourtny Hicks
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Abstract
Methods, graphical user interfaces and devices for creation and management of voicemail greetings are disclosed. A user of a mobile communication device can create and manage multiple voicemail greetings. In one aspect, a user of a mobile communication device can create customized voicemails. The customized voicemails can be assigned to specific contacts (or groups of contacts) known to the mobile communication device. The customized voicemail greetings can also have controlled expiration dates. In another aspect, customized voicemails can be assigned to incoming calls in real-time.
Claims16
A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a display;
- a memory configured to store computer program code and data on a plurality of contacts;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said memory and said display, said processor being configured to assign a voicemail greeting to at least one of the contacts, and said processor being operable to execute the computer program code to (i) select a predetermined contact;
- (ii) create a personal voicemail greeting for the selected predetermined contact;
- and (iii) associate the personal voicemail greeting to the selected predetermined contact so that the selected one of the personal voicemail greetings can be utilized with respect to one or more incoming calls from the selected predetermined contact.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code operable on a wireless communication device to create and associate a voicemail greeting to a contact, said computer readable medium comprising:
- computer program code for selecting a predetermined contact;
- computer program code for creating a personal voicemail greeting for the selected predetermined contact;
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- computer program code for associating the personal voicemail greeting to the selected predetermined contact so that the selected one of the personal voicemail greetings can be utilized with respect to one or more incoming calls from the selected predetermined contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.