VISUAL VOICEMAIL DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20110143725A1
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,224,296 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

A visual voicemail message may be generated and/or rendered and provided to a mobile device in a format determined based on a characteristic. For example, an identifier of a mobile device may be received. Upon receipt of the mobile device identifier, a characteristic such as a type, a brand, a model, a firmware version, or the like that may indicate a particular format and/or message type capable of being received and/or displayed by the mobile device may be determined. A visual voicemail message may then be generated and/or rendered in the particular format and provided to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for providing a visual voicemail message to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a voicemail;

determining a characteristic of the mobile device associated with an intended recipient of the voicemail;

formatting a visual voicemail message based on the characteristic of the mobile device; and

providing the formatted visual voicemail message to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving an identifier from the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the characteristic of the mobile device is determined based on the identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic indicates a format capable of being received by the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the format comprises at least one of the following:

an IMAP format, an HTTP format, an MM1 format, an SMPP format, and an SMTP format.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein formatting a visual voicemail message based on the characteristic of the mobile device comprises generating the visual voicemail message in at least one of the following:

a MMS message, a SMS message, an email message, and a URL link depending on the determined characteristic.

7. A system for providing a visual voicemail message to a mobile device, the system comprising:

a storage area for program code and data; and

a processor for executing the program code, wherein execution of the program code directs the system to;

receive a voicemail;

render a visual voicemail message in a format suitable for a mobile device associated with a recipient of the voicemail; and

provide the visual voicemail message to the mobile device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein execution of the program code further directs the system to determine a characteristic of the mobile device associated with a recipient of the voicemail.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the visual voicemail message is rendered based on the determined characteristic.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein execution of the program code further directs the system to receive an identifier from the mobile device, and wherein the characteristic is determined based on the identifier.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the identifier comprises at least one of the following:

a SIM card identification number and an IMEI identification number.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the characteristic indicates the format capable of being received by the mobile device.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the format comprises at least one of the following:

an IMAP format, an HTTP format, an MM1 format, an SMPP format, and an SMTP format.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the visual voicemail message is rendered in at least one of the following:

a MMS message, a SMS message, an email message, and a URL link depending on the determined characteristic.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for providing a visual voicemail message to a mobile device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving a voicemail;

determining a characteristic of a mobile device associated with a recipient of the voicemail, wherein the characteristic indicates a format capable of being received by the of the mobile device;

generating a visual voicemail message in the format associated with the characteristic; and

providing the visual voicemail message to the mobile device.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprises receiving an identifier of the mobile device.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the characteristic of the mobile device is determined based on the identifier of the mobile device.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the format comprises at least one of the following:

an IMAP format, an HTTP format, an MM1 format, an SMPP format, and an SMTP format.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the visual voicemail message is generated in at least one of the following:

a MMS message, a SMS message, an email message, and a URL link depending on the determined characteristic.