Video Greetings for Voicemail Systems
First Claim
1. A method for operating a voicemail system (110), the method comprising:
- receiving a call (302, 502) at the voicemail system (110);
sending a video greeting (308, 510) to the called party device (106); and
recording a voicemail message (314).
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Abstract
A method for operating a voicemail system (110) can include receiving a call (302, 502) at the voicemail system (110), wherein the call originates from a calling party device (106), determining if the calling party device (106) is compatible with a video greeting feature (306, 506), sending a video greeting (308, 510) to the called party device (106) if it is determined that the calling party device (106) is compatible with the video greeting feature, and recording a voicemail message (314) received in response to the video greeting being played on the called party device (106). Another method can include sending a video greeting identifier to the called party device (106), the video greeting identifier being used to identify a video greeting stored on the calling party device (106). Methods for operating a mobile device (200) and a voicemail system (110) are also disclosed.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for operating a voicemail system (110), the method comprising:
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receiving a call (302, 502) at the voicemail system (110); sending a video greeting (308, 510) to the called party device (106); and recording a voicemail message (314). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for operating a voicemail system (110), the method comprising:
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receiving a call (402) at the voicemail system (110), the call originating from a calling party device (106); determining if a video greeting is stored (410) on the calling party device (106); sending a video greeting identifier (420) to the calling party device (106), the video greeting identifier being used to identify the video greeting stored on the calling party device (106); and recording a voicemail message (408). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for operating a mobile device (200), the method comprising:
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receiving a selection (602) of one of a saved video greeting and an option to record a new video greeting; recording a new video greeting (606) if the option to record a new video greeting is selected; and sending (608) one of the saved video greeting and the new video greeting to a voicemail system (110).
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22. A method for operating a mobile device (200), the method comprising:
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receiving at least one of a video greeting and a video greeting identifier (310, 422); playing the video greeting (312) if the video greeting is received (308); determining which of one or more stored video greetings is identified by the video greeting identifier if the video greeting identifier is received (422); and playing the stored video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier (418).
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23. A voicemail system (110), the voicemail system comprising:
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a telephony server (112) configured to handle calls received at the voicemail system; and a storage server (116) configured to store at least one voicemail account and at least one of one or more video greetings and one or more video greeting identifiers associated with the at least one voicemail account.
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