Integrating multimedia and voicemail
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsVenson M. Shaw, Alexander E. Silverman
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Abstract
Integrated multimedia voicemail systems and methods allow the creation of voicemail with associated multimedia content. A user can compose a voicemail and select or create multimedia content to be associated with the voicemail. A user can associate files, webpage addresses, applications, and user-created content with a voicemail. A user may operate an interface on a user device to select content and instruct a voicemail system to associate such content with a voicemail. The voicemail with integrated multimedia content may be an originating voicemail or a voicemail in response to another voicemail.
Claims20
A wireless network device comprising:
- a memory comprising instructions;
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory that, when executing the instructions effectuates operations comprising:
- receiving, via the transceiver, a request from a first device to create a visual voicemail message comprising audible content and multimedia content;
- receiving, via the transceiver, the audible content of the visual voicemail message from the first device;
- transmitting, to the first device via the transceiver, an audible prompt for multimedia content of the visual voicemail message;
- receiving, from the first device via the transceiver, an audible request to include content of a webpage as multimedia content of the visual voicemail message, wherein the audible request comprises a spoken address of the webpage;
- receiving, via the transceiver, the content of the webpage;
- generating the visual voicemail message by the processor, the visual voicemail message comprising:
- the audible content of the visual voicemail message, and
- a subset of the content of the webpage as the multimedia content of the visual voicemail message;
- and
- transmitting, via the transceiver, a notification of the visual voicemail message to a recipient device.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a voicemail server in a wireless network, a request from a first device to create a visual voicemail message comprising audible content and multimedia content;
- receiving, by the voicemail server, the audible content of the visual voicemail message from the first device;
- transmitting, from the voicemail server to the first device, an audible prompt for multimedia content of the visual voicemail message;
- receiving, by the voicemail server from the first device, an audible request to include content of a webpage as multimedia content of the visual voicemail message, wherein the audible request comprises a spoken address of the webpage;
- obtaining, by the voicemail server, the content of the webpage;
- generating, by the voicemail server, the visual voicemail message comprising:
- the audible content of the visual voicemail message, and
- a subset of the content of the webpage as the multimedia content of the visual voicemail message;
- and
- transmitting a notification of the visual voicemail message from the voicemail server to a recipient device.
A computer-readable medium that is not a transient signal, the computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving, via a transceiver, a request from a first device to create a visual voicemail message comprising audible content and multimedia content;
- receiving, via the transceiver, the audible content of the visual voicemail message from the first device;
- transmitting, to the first device via the transceiver, an audible prompt for multimedia content of the visual voicemail message;
- receiving, from the first device via the transceiver, an audible request to include content of a webpage as multimedia content of the visual voicemail message, wherein the audible request comprises a spoken address of the webpage;
- receiving, via the transceiver, the content of the webpage;
- generating, by the processor, the visual voicemail message comprising:
- the audible content of the visual voicemail message, and
- a subset of the content of the webpage as the multimedia content of the visual voicemail message;
- and
- transmitting, via the transceiver, a notification of the visual voicemail message to a recipient device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.