VOICEMAIL NOTIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- submitting an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension;
receiving a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request;
determining whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system; and
documenting an association between the recipient extension and the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system.
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for voicemail notification. In one embodiment, a method includes submitting an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension. The method also includes receiving a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request. The method further includes determining whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system. In addition, the method includes documenting an association between the recipient extension at the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system. The preceding operations may be repeated for additional recipient extensions and/or additional telephony systems to determine associations between one or more recipient extensions and one or more telephony systems. Various voicemail systems, telephony systems, and related methods are also provided.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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submitting an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension; receiving a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request; determining whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system; and documenting an association between the recipient extension and the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A voicemail system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more of the processors comprising instructions executable by one or more of the processors, the one or more of the processors operable when executing the instructions to; submit an extension call request to a telephony system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension, receive a return message from the telephony system in response to the extension call request, determine whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system based on the return message received from the telephony system, and document an association between the recipient extension and the telephony system if the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving an extension call request at a telephony system from a voicemail system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension; determining whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system; sending a return message to the voicemail system to indicate whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system; and receiving a message waiting indicator (MWI) notification at the telephony system from the voicemail system based a documented association between the recipient extension and the telephony system stored by the voicemail system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A telephony system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more of the processors comprising instructions executable by one or more of the processors, the one or more of the processors operable when executing the instructions to; receive an extension call request at the telephony system from a voicemail system, wherein the extension call request identifies a recipient extension, determine whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system, send a return message to the voicemail system to indicate whether the recipient extension is currently associated with the telephony system, and receive a message waiting indicator (MWI) notification at the telephony system from the voicemail system based a documented association between the recipient extension and the telephony system stored by the voicemail system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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