Selective and dynamic voicemail
First Claim
1. A method for providing a selective and dynamic voicemail capacity for a mobile telephone, the method comprising:
- recording a personal greeting in a memory of the mobile telephone;
associating the personal greeting with a list of parties selected by a user for an automatic voicemail mode; and
associating the personal greeting with a key number for a manual voicemail mode.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing dynamic and selective management of the voicemails on a mobile telephone in addition to the voicemail server and to establish a selective voicemail mode, such as Automatic VM mode, Manual VM mode, and Default VM mode, which provides user friendly management of specific personal greetings. The system supports an integrated voicemail notification for various VM modes and displays a unified voicemail user interface. The voicemails stored on the mobile telephone may be categorized by the personal greeting or a key number associated with the personal greeting.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a selective and dynamic voicemail capacity for a mobile telephone, the method comprising:
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recording a personal greeting in a memory of the mobile telephone;
associating the personal greeting with a list of parties selected by a user for an automatic voicemail mode; and
associating the personal greeting with a key number for a manual voicemail mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile telephone providing a selective and dynamic voicemail capacity, comprising:
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a memory for storing an address book and a plurality of personal greetings, each of the plurality of personal greetings having a corresponding mail folder;
a display for displaying an integrated user interface;
a processing system coupled to the memory, the processing system being configured to retrieve a selective personal greeting for a calling party from the memory, play the retrieved personal greeting to the calling party and record calling party information and a voicemail left by the calling party to the memory;
a keypad coupled to the processing system, the keypad for inputting the user selections via the integrated user interface, wherein the processing system diverts a call from the calling party to a voicemail server when no personal greeting has been selected from the memory. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile telephone, comprising:
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means for determining a desired mode for the mobile telephone upon reception of a call;
means for playing an associated personal greeting of the calling party based on the mode and saving calling party information to a corresponding mail folder of the associated personal greeting; and
means for recording a voicemail left by the calling party to the corresponding mail folder on the memory of the mobile telephone and updating information necessary for an integrated voice mail notification, wherein the desired mode for the mobile telephone has been selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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