Dictation memo in telecommunication network

• US 20030091161A1
• Filed: 11/15/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rauli Tuominen
• Original Assignee: Rauli Tuominen
• Inventors: Tuominen, Rauli
• Application Number:
  US10/275,376
• Publication Number:
  US 20030091161A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/68
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53316 Messaging centre selected by message originator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53366 Message disposing or creating aspects

Abstract

A method of saving a dictation message in a telecommunications system, comprising at least one terminal and subscriber-specific voice mailbox service, to which the calls are directed on the basis of the subscriber-specific voice mailbox service number. In the method, a dictation memo number and a terminal subscriber number responsive thereto are defined, and the calls incoming to the dictation memo number are directed directly into the message save mode of the voice mailbox service if the subscriber number of the incoming call is a terminal subscriber number responsive to the dictation memo number. The dictation memo number can be a subscriber-specific number or a general abbreviated number. If the subscriber number of the incoming call is not a terminal subscriber number responsive to the dictation memo number the calls incoming to the dictation memo number are directed via a recorded greeting message into the message save mode of the voice mailbox service. A call to the dictation memo number can be set up in the middle of the first call as an intermediate call, whereby the first call is put on hold.

Claims

1. A method of saving dictation messages in a telecommunications system comprising at least one terminal and subscriber-specific voice mailbox service, to which the calls are directed on the basis of a subscriber-specific voice mailbox service number;

characterized by

defining a dictation memo number and at least one terminal subscriber number responsive thereto and

directing the calls to said dictation memo number directly into the message save mode in said voice mailbox service as a response to the subscriber number of the incoming call being a terminal subscriber number responsive to the dictation memo number.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized by defining the subscriber-specific number or a general abbreviated number as the dictation memo number.

3. A method according to claim 1, characterized by

directing the calls incoming to the dictation memo number via a recorded greeting message into the message save mode of said voice mailbox service as a response to the subscriber number of the incoming call not being a terminal subscriber number responsive to the dictation memo number.

4. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by

the call being set up to said dictation memo number in the middle of the first call as an intermediate call, as a response to which, said first call is put on hold.

5. A method according to claim 4, characterized by

connecting said intermediate call set up in the dictation memo number to the first call as a conference call and releasing the first call from hold, whereby the conference call is saved via said intermediate call.

6. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by

listening to the saved dictation messages via the main menu of the voice mailbox service by calling the subscriber-specific voice mailbox service number or dictation memo number from the terminal subscriber number of the terminal not responsive thereto.

7. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by

the main menu of the voice mailbox service comprising at least functions for listening to the messages successively or one by one, for changing the settings and for terminating the service, which functions are controlled by means of the terminal.

8. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by

the voice mailbox service comprising additional capacity reserved for the dictation memo service to save a dictation message.

9. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by

implementing the dictation memo service by means of an intelligent network.

10. A terminal of a telecommunications network, such as a mobile station, which comprises saving means for saving a telephone number in the memory and for connecting it to a particular shortcut key and which is arranged to set up a call to said telephone number as a response to the pressing of the shortcut key, characterized in that the terminal is arranged

to set up a call in the middle of the first call as an intermediate call to a second telephone number, such as a dictation memo number, and to put said first call on hold as a response to the pressing of said shortcut key.

11. A terminal according to claim 10, characterized in that the terminal comprises

means for connecting said intermediate call set up in said second telephone number to the first call as a conference call, and for releasing the first call from hold.

12. A terminal according to claim 11, characterized in that

said means comprise menu, voice or touch display control means.