AUTOMATED COMMUNICATION LINE SWITCHING FOR VOICEMAIL ACCESS
First Claim
1. A method of providing a user interface on a telephone station apparatus, said user interface facilitating selection, by a user, of an active communication line for calling a voicemail server, said telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at said voicemail server, said method comprising:
- receiving an input from said user, said input including an instruction to access said voicemail server;
determining that said first communication line is the active communication line;
switching, responsive to said determining, from said first communication line to said second communication line; and
initiating a call, on said second communication line, to said voicemail server.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A telephone station apparatus that is arranged to operate on two, or more, communication lines, receives an instruction to access a voicemail server. The telephone station apparatus switches from a first communication line to a second communication line and initiates a call to the voicemail server. At the voicemail server, calling line identification allows the voicemail server to present an interface to the voicemail box associated with the second communication line.
-
Citations
16 Claims
-
1. A method of providing a user interface on a telephone station apparatus, said user interface facilitating selection, by a user, of an active communication line for calling a voicemail server, said telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at said voicemail server, said method comprising:
-
receiving an input from said user, said input including an instruction to access said voicemail server; determining that said first communication line is the active communication line; switching, responsive to said determining, from said first communication line to said second communication line; and initiating a call, on said second communication line, to said voicemail server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A telephone station apparatus arranged to facilitate selection, by a user, of an active communication line for calling a voicemail server, said telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at said voicemail server, said telephone station apparatus comprising:
-
an input device adapted to receive an input from said user, said input including an instruction to access said voicemail server; a processor adapted to; determine that said first communication line is the active communication line; switch, responsive to said determining, from said first communication line to said second communication line; and initiate a call, on said second communication line, to said voicemail server. - View Dependent Claims (14)
-
-
15. A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor in a telephone station apparatus that provides access to a first communication line and a second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at said voicemail server, cause said processor to:
-
receive an input from said user, said input including an instruction to access said voicemail server; determine that said first communication line is the active communication line; switch, responsive to said determining, from said first communication line to said second communication line; and initiate a call, on said second communication line, to said voicemail server. - View Dependent Claims (16)
-
Specification