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Providing contextual information with a voicemail message

  • US 20070237130A1
  • Filed: 04/06/2006
  • Published: 10/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an Internet telephony environment that includes a voicemail system configured to receive a voicemail message, a method of obtaining contextual information from a caller that is requested by a callee, the method comprising:

  • allowing a client associated with the callee to create a voicemail account for accepting the voicemail message;

    in response to a client associated with the caller being transferred to the voicemail system;

    obtaining a first set of contextual information from the client associated with the caller;

    determining whether the voicemail account is configured to obtain additional contextual information; and

    if the voicemail account is configured to obtain additional contextual information, obtaining the additional contextual information requested by the callee.

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