US 8,559,604 B2 · Voicemail notification

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for voicemail notification. In one embodiment, a method includes submitting an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension. The method also includes receiving a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request. The method further includes determining whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system. In addition, the method includes documenting an association between the recipient extension at the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system. The preceding operations may be repeated for additional recipient extensions and/or additional telephony systems to determine associations between one or more recipient extensions and one or more telephony systems. Various voicemail systems, telephony systems, and related methods are also provided.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

submitting an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension;
receiving a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request;
determining whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system;
documenting an association between the recipient extension and the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system;
wherein the extension call request comprises a Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) offhook message identifying the recipient extension;
wherein the return message received from the telephony system comprises an SCCP dialtone message if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system;
and
wherein the return message received from the telephony system comprises an SCCP dialtone denial message if the recipient extension is not currently associated with the telephony system.

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A voicemail system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a memory coupled to the one or more of the processors comprising instructions executable by one or more of the processors, the one or more of the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
submit an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension,
receive a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request,
determine whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system,
document an association between the recipient extension and the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system,
wherein the extension call request comprises a Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) offhook message identifying the recipient extension,
wherein the return message received from the telephony system comprises an SCCP dialtone message if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system, and
wherein the return message received from the telephony system comprises an SCCP dialtone denial message if the recipient extension is not currently associated with the telephony system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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