Providing notification of voicemail (VM) messages using instant messaging (IM) transport
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1. A communications system, comprising:
- receive logic configured to receive an indication of a digital voicemail (VM) message, the digital voicemail message being correlated to an instant messaging (IM) contact address;
notification logic configured to generate a notification, the notification being correlated to the digital VM message; and
transmit logic configured to transmit the notification to the IM contact address over an IM transport.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed in which notifications of incoming voicemail (VM) messages are provided over an instant messaging (IM) transport. Briefly described, for some embodiments, among others, notifications for VM messages are generated, and the generated notifications are then transmitted to an IM contact address over an IM transport.
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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receive logic configured to receive an indication of a digital voicemail (VM) message, the digital voicemail message being correlated to an instant messaging (IM) contact address;
notification logic configured to generate a notification, the notification being correlated to the digital VM message; and
transmit logic configured to transmit the notification to the IM contact address over an IM transport. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communications method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an indication of a digital voicemail (VM) message, the digital voicemail message being correlated to an instant messaging (IM) contact address;
generating a notification correlated to the digital VM message; and
transmitting the notification to the IM contact address over an IM transport. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium, comprising:
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computer-readable code adapted to instruct a programmable device to receive an indication of a digital voicemail (VM) message;
computer-readable code adapted to instruct a programmable device to correlate the digital voicemail message to an instant messaging (IM) contact address;
computer-readable code adapted to instruct a programmable device to generate a notification of the digital VM message; and
computer-readable code adapted to instruct a programmable device to transmit the notification to the IM contact address over an IM transport. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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