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VOICE MAIL PROCESSING

  • US 20110034151A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2009
  • Published: 02/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A voicemail notification method carried out by a telephony network and comprising the steps of:

  • a voicemail system receiving and storing a voicemail sent by a depositor and addressed to a recipient device,the voicemail system sending to the recipient device a notification message including an access number;

    the recipient device, upon receipt of the notification message, transmitting a request to the voicemail system for access to the message by dialling the access number, andthe voicemail system receiving the dialled access number from the recipient device and using it to access the specific voicemail without further recipient input, and playing the voicemail back to the recipient device,wherein the voicemail system combines the access number with a subscriber code to uniquely address the specific stored voicemail, and so can use the same access number for a plurality of different recipients while providing unique access to each voicemail,wherein the subscriber code is a calling line identification of the recipient,wherein the voicemail system maintains in one or more tables correlations between access numbers on one side, and internal message indexes on the other side.

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