INTEGRATING VISUAL VOICEMAIL WITHIN A THREADED COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT

• US 20130121481A1
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: MIKAN, JEFFREY, RICHARDSON, SIMON, SCHNEIDER, MARCO, LOCKETT, CHERYL, MCNAMARA, JUSTIN
• Granted Patent: US 8,693,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads

Abstract

Apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for integrating visual voicemail within a threaded communication environment are presented herein. A method can include: displaying, via an interface, a thread of messaging content; receiving a visual voicemail; and integrating a display of the visual voicemail within the thread of messaging content. The method can further include generating sound based on a communication included in the visual voicemail, in response to receiving an input via the interface. Further, the method can include integrating the display of the visual voicemail within a multi-modal conversation thread. Furthermore, the thread of messaging can be included in an instant messaging window including SMS and/or MMS messages. Moreover, the display of the visual voicemail can be embedded within a social media based interface. The method can further include receiving a transcription of the visual voicemail; and displaying the transcription within the thread of messaging content.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying, via an interface, a thread of messaging content;

receiving a visual voicemail; and

integrating a display of the visual voicemail within the thread of messaging content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving an input via the interface, generating sound based on a communication included in the visual voicemail.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrating further includes integrating the display of the visual voicemail within a multi-modal conversation thread.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrating further includes integrating the display of the visual voicemail within an instant messaging window including a message service message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrating further includes embedding the display of the visual voicemail within a social media based interface.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving multimedia content; and

integrating a display of the multimedia content within the thread of messaging content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the visual voicemail further includes:

receiving a transcription of the visual voicemail; and

displaying the transcription of the visual voicemail within the thread of messaging content.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an indication that the visual voicemail is being initiated; and

in response to receiving an input via the interface, intercepting the visual voicemail.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the intercepting further includes joining a communication associated with the visual voicemail.

10. The method of claim 1, further including:

recording, via the interface, sound to obtain an other visual voicemail; and

integrating a display of the other visual voicemail within the thread of messaging content.

11. The method of claim 1, further including:

receiving a voice note; and

integrating a display of the voice note within the thread of messaging content.

12. The method of claim 11, further including

in response to receiving an input via the interface, generating sound based on a communication included in the voice note.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving the voice note further includes:

receiving a transcription of the voice note; and

displaying the transcription of the voice note within the thread of messaging content.

14. The method of claim 1, further including:

recording, via the interface, sound to obtain a voice note;

sending the voice note to a recipient; and

integrating a display of the voice note within the thread of messaging content.

15. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing device to perform operations, comprising:

displaying a threaded conversation;

receiving a visual voicemail; and

including the visual voicemail in the threaded conversation.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

generating, based on a first input, sound based on a message included in the visual voicemail.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

intercepting, based on a second input, a communication associated with the visual voicemail.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

an interface component configured to display a conversation thread; and

a messaging component configured to;

receive a visual voicemail, and

include the visual voicemail within the conversation thread.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the interface component is further configured to generate, in response to detecting a first selection, audio based on a communication included in the visual voicemail.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the interface component is further configured to intercept, in response to detecting a second selection, a call associated with the visual voicemail.