Voiced mail with special alert feature
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1. A method of operating a voice mail system, comprising:
- providing a land telephone unit having a land subscriber number and having a message light;
providing a voice mail system;
providing a mobile unit having a mobile subscriber number different from said land subscriber number;
wherein;
when a caller places a call to said land telephone unit and said call has gone unanswered for a predetermined period of time, performing the following operations;
i. storing a message received from said caller in said voice mail system;
ii. turning on said message light; and
, iii. sending a message to said mobile unit indicating that a message for said land telephone unit has been stored in said voice mail system.
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Abstract
When a voice mail system receives and records a message, it activates its own alarm, normally in the form of an LED. It then contacts an assigned mobile unit and sends a code to the mobile unit directing it to activates the mobile unit'"'"'s own alarm, normally also in the form of an LED or an LCD.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of operating a voice mail system, comprising:
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providing a land telephone unit having a land subscriber number and having a message light;
providing a voice mail system;
providing a mobile unit having a mobile subscriber number different from said land subscriber number;
wherein;
when a caller places a call to said land telephone unit and said call has gone unanswered for a predetermined period of time, performing the following operations;
i. storing a message received from said caller in said voice mail system;
ii. turning on said message light; and
,iii. sending a message to said mobile unit indicating that a message for said land telephone unit has been stored in said voice mail system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of operating a voice mail system, comprising:
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providing a voice mail system;
providing a plurality of land telephone units connected to said voice mail system, wherein each of said land telephone units has an assigned land subscriber number and has a message light;
providing a mobile unit having a mobile subscriber number different from any of said land subscriber number;
designating said mobile subscriber number to said voice mail system; and
,wherein;
when a caller places a call to identified one of said land telephone units and said call has gone unanswered for a predetermined period of time, performing the following operations;
i. storing a message received from said caller in said voice mail system;
ii. turning on said message light on said identified one of said land telephone units; and
,iii. sending a message to said mobile unit indicating that a message for said identified one of said land telephone units has been stored in said voice mail system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A method of operating a mobile phone, comprising:
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providing said mobile unit with a silent alarm and an audible alarm;
designating said mobile unit to a voice mail system; and
,when a call is received at said mobile phone determining whether the call is from said voice mail system, if so, activating said silent alarm, if not, activating said audible alarm.
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