Method and System for Facilitating Voice Mail Service in a Communication Network Through Data-Publication by a Signaling Server
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving into a network entity a signaling message indicative of a call attempt from a calling party to a called party;
the network entity extracting from a data store an outgoing media message playable by a voice mail server to the calling party; and
the network entity (i) outputting the signaling message for transmission over a network to the voice mail server and (ii) making the outgoing media message available for the voice mail server to play to the calling party in a session established between the voice mail server and the calling party in response to the signaling message.
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Abstract
A mechanism is disclosed for facilitating the performance of communication services in a communication network. An enhanced proxy server receives and proxies to a voice mail server a message indicative of a call attempt from an originating party to a terminating party. Further, the enhanced proxy server extracts an outgoing voice mail message from a data store and makes the outgoing voice mail message available for the voice mail server to play to the originating party in a session established between the voice mail server and the originating party in response to the signaling message.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving into a network entity a signaling message indicative of a call attempt from a calling party to a called party; the network entity extracting from a data store an outgoing media message playable by a voice mail server to the calling party; and the network entity (i) outputting the signaling message for transmission over a network to the voice mail server and (ii) making the outgoing media message available for the voice mail server to play to the calling party in a session established between the voice mail server and the calling party in response to the signaling message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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transporting an initiation message over a radio access network from a wireless mobile station to a packet-switched network, the initiation message being indicative of a request from a user of the wireless mobile station to engage in a communication with a designated party; transmitting the initiation message over the packet-switched network to a signaling proxy server, and receiving the initiation message into the signaling proxy server; the signaling proxy server sending the initiation message to the designated party and then determining that the designated party does not respond; responsive to the determining, the signaling proxy server extracting from a data store an outgoing voice mail message playable by a voice mail server to the wireless mobile station, and the signaling proxy server (i) forwarding the initiation message to the voice mail server and (ii) making the outgoing voice mail message available for the voice mail server to play to the wireless mobile station in a session established in response to the initiation message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a processor; data storage; user-profile data stored in the data storage; proxy-server logic stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to receive a session initiation message seeking setup of a session between an originating party and a terminating party, to determine that the terminating party is non-responsive, and to responsively output the session initiation message for transmission via a packet-switched network to a voice mail server; and data-management logic stored in the data storage and executable by the processor, in response to receipt of the session initiation message, (i) to extract from the user-profile data an outgoing voice mail message playable by the voice mail server and (ii) to make the outgoing voice mail message available for the voice mail server to play to the originating party in a session established between the voice mail server and the originating party in response to the initiation message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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