Sending voicemail messages to multiple users
First Claim
1. A method for sending voicemail messages to multiple recipients for instantaneous playback, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an input that selects the multiple recipients from a stored list of users (310);
sending phone numbers of the multiple recipients to a temporary voicemail server, in response to said receiving step (315);
receiving a voicemail message (320, 325);
determining Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the multiple recipients from the phone numbers, by the temporary voicemail server (335); and
sending IP packets that include the voicemail message to any of the multiple recipients that have an active mobile terminal (345), wherein the input and the voicemail message received at said receiving steps are provided by an originating sender of the voicemail message.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for sending voicemail messages to multiple recipients for instantaneous playback. An input is received that selects the multiple recipients from a stored list of users (310). Phone numbers of the multiple recipients are sent to a temporary voicemail server, in response to the receiving step (315). A voicemail message is received (320, 325). Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the multiple recipients are determined from the phone numbers, by the temporary voicemail server (335). IP packets that include the voicemail message are sent to any of the multiple recipients that have an active mobile terminal (345). The input and the voicemail message received at the receiving steps are provided by an originating sender of the voicemail message.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for sending voicemail messages to multiple recipients for instantaneous playback, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an input that selects the multiple recipients from a stored list of users (310);
sending phone numbers of the multiple recipients to a temporary voicemail server, in response to said receiving step (315);
receiving a voicemail message (320, 325);
determining Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the multiple recipients from the phone numbers, by the temporary voicemail server (335); and
sending IP packets that include the voicemail message to any of the multiple recipients that have an active mobile terminal (345), wherein the input and the voicemail message received at said receiving steps are provided by an originating sender of the voicemail message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for sending voicemail messages to multiple recipients for instantaneous playback, comprising:
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an originating mobile terminal for receiving an input corresponding to a selection of the multiple recipients from a stored list of users, for determining phone numbers of the multiple recipients from the selection, and for receiving a voicemail message (230); and
a temporary voicemail server for receiving the phone numbers of the multiple recipients, for determining Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the multiple recipients from the phone numbers, for temporarily storing the voicemail message, and for sending IP packets that include the voicemail message to any of the multiple recipients that have an active mobile terminal (295). - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for playing back a voicemail message sent to multiple recipients, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an input that selects the multiple recipients from a stored list of users (310);
sending phone numbers of the multiple recipients to a temporary voicemail server, in response to said receiving step (315);
receiving a voicemail message (320, 325);
determining Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the multiple recipients from the phone numbers, by the temporary voicemail server (335);
sending IP packets that include the voicemail message to any of the multiple recipients that have an active mobile terminal (345), wherein the input and the voicemail message received at said receiving steps are provided by an originating sender of the voicemail message; and
playing back the voicemail message on a mobile terminal of a given one of the multiple recipients, upon a single button being actuated on the mobile terminal of the given one of the multiple recipients (360). - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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