Systems and Methods for Information Provision

• US 20070286364A1
• Filed: 08/21/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC., A FORMERLY KNOWN AS BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP.
• Inventors: Plunkett, Stephanie, Simpson, Anita, Silver, Edward
• Application Number:
  US11/842,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20070286364A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.230
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2016 Call initiation by network rather than by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/301 Management of recordings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4545 Message forwarding selective message forwarding in packet switching networks H04L51/214
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

One or more voice mail messages, respectively, may be provided as one or reminder messages. After the playing of a voice mail message, an option may be provided to use the message as a reminder message. Delivery information for the reminder message is obtained. The delivery information may include the user'"'"'s telephone number, another telephone number, multiple telephone numbers, or identifiers for other devices. The delivery information also may include a designated time for delivery or different times for each of the destinations. The delivery of the reminder message may be password protected. The reminder message is delivered based on the delivery information. If the reminder message is password protected, the reminder message is delivered in response to receipt of the password.

Claims

1. A method to use one or more voice mail messages, respectively, as one or more reminder messages, comprising:

after playing of each of the one or more voice mail messages, providing an option of using a voice mail message as a reminder message;

in response to exercise of the voice mail option, soliciting delivery information for the reminder message;

in response to receipt of the delivery information, setting up the voice mail message as the reminder message for routing based on the delivery information; and

based on the delivery information, delivering the reminder message.