System and method for urgent phone message delivery
First Claim
1. A method of notifying a user of voicemail messages, said method comprising:
- receiving a message from a caller;
dialing a telephone corresponding with the user in response to the receiving; and
informing the user of the message in response to the user answering the telephone.
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Abstract
A system and method for notifying a user of urgent phone messages is provided. When a telephone or text message is received by the phone answering system, a priority is determined for the message. If the telephone call is identified as an urgent telephone call, the system repeatedly dials the subscriber'"'"'s phone in order to notify the user of the urgent message. In one embodiment, multiple locations, such as pagers, email addresses, and alternate phone numbers are contacted in order to inform the user of the urgent message. When the user is contacted, the urgent messages are played for the user. In a mobile telephone system environment, determinations are made as to whether the user is operating in roam mode before messages are delivered. A caller id function can further be included to selectively allow messages to be identified as urgent based upon the identification of the caller.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of notifying a user of voicemail messages, said method comprising:
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receiving a message from a caller;
dialing a telephone corresponding with the user in response to the receiving; and
informing the user of the message in response to the user answering the telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors;
a memory accessible by the processors;
a nonvolatile storage device accessible by the processors; and
a voicemail notification tool, the voicemail notification tool including;
means for receiving a message from a caller;
means for dialing a telephone corresponding with the user in response to the receiving; and
means for informing the user of the message in response to the user answering the telephone.
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22. A computer program product for notifying a user of voicemail messages, said computer program product comprising:
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means for receiving a message from a caller;
means for dialing a telephone corresponding with the user in response to the receiving; and
means for informing the user of the message in response to the user answering the telephone. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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