Visual voicemail method for managing deleted messages
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsMichael Robert Zubas, Brian Rainer, William J. Sigmund
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Abstract
A method for managing visual voicemail messages includes displaying a list of voicemail messages on a telecommunications handset, receiving user commands for operating on the voicemail messages including a delete message command and in response to a delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder. A Deleted Message Age Indicator function processes to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a device, a delete message command relating to a voicemail message;
- in response to the delete message command, marking the voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp indicative of a time the voicemail message is stored in a deleted messages folder maintained on the device;
- determining an age of the voicemail message based on the delete timestamp and a global delete time value;
- determining whether the age of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value;
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- in response to determining that the age of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value, permanently deleting the voicemail message.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a device, a delete message command relating to a voicemail message;
- in response to the delete message command, marking the voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp indicative of a time the voicemail message is stored in a deleted messages folder maintained on the device;
- determining an age of the voicemail message based on the delete timestamp and a global delete time value;
- determining whether the age of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value;
- and
- in response to determining that the age of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value, permanently deleting the voicemail message.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a device, a delete message command relating to a voicemail message;
- in response to the delete message command, marking the voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp indicative of a time the voicemail message is stored in a deleted messages folder maintained on the device;
- determining an age of the voicemail message based on the delete timestamp and a global delete time value;
- determining whether the age of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value;
- and
- in response to determining that the age of the voicemail message has reached the global delete time value, permanently deleting the voicemail message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.