UNIFORM RCS VOICE/VIDEOMAIL SERVICES

• US 20150189090A1
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Regan, Rodney Dale
• Granted Patent: US 9,924,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5315 where the non-audio components are still images or video still image mailbox systems H04N1/324, intermediate storage of video signals for videophones H04N7/147
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message

Abstract

Videomail and/or voicemail methods for mobile devices and systems are provided. A communication session request is received from a source device for communication with a destination device. Responsive to the request, it is determined whether the requested session will be established with the destination device. When the requested session will not be established with the destination device, the source device is caused to present a message request to a source device user. Responsive to the message request, a message generated by the source device user is received which includes at least one of video or audio information. A file transfer (FT) message is generated from the received message. The FT message is temporarily stored on a messaging server, and is sent to the destination device via the messaging server, without maintaining a stored copy of the FT message on the messaging server.

Claims

1. A method, comprising steps of:

receiving, through a network, a communication session request from a source device for communication with a destination device;

responsive to the communication session request, determining whether the requested session will be established with the destination device;

causing the source device to present a message request to a user of the source device, responsive to an indication that the requested session will not be established with the destination device;

responsive to the message request, receiving a message generated by the user of the source device for the destination device, the received message including at least one of video or audio information;

generating a file transfer (FT) message from the received message according to a predetermined file transfer protocol, the FT message being addressed to the destination device;

temporarily storing the FT message on a messaging server; and

sending, through the network, the FT message to the destination device via the messaging server, without maintaining a stored copy of the FT message on the messaging server after the FT message is sent to the destination device.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving an indication by the messaging server, via the network, from the destination device that the FT message is successfully received by the destination device; and

responsive to the indication that the FT message is successfully received, deleting the temporarily stored FT message from the messaging server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the FT message includes:

generating the FT message from the received message by the source device; and

sending the FT message from the source device to the messaging server via the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the FT message includes:

sending the message from the source device to the messaging server via the network; and

generating the FT message from the received message by the messaging server.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising sending the FT message to a storage device for long term storage of the FT message when the FT message is sent to the destination device.

6. The method of claim 1, the method comprising, prior to sending the FT message to the destination device:

sending a notification message to the destination device via a messaging service gateway, the notification message indicating that message transfer of the FT message can begin.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined file transfer protocol includes at least one of a message session relay protocol (MSRP), an Internet message access protocol (IMAP) or a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the requested session will be established includes:

sending a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message to the destination device via a telephony application server (TAS); and

determining that the requested session will not be established based on at least one of a content of a response or a lack of a response to the SIP invite message from the destination device.

9. A system comprising:

a communication system controller configured to;

receive, through a network, a communication session request from a source device for communication with a destination device,

determine whether the requested session will be established with the destination device, responsive to the communication session request, and

cause the source device to present a message request to a user of the source device, responsive to an indication that the requested session will not be established with the destination device, a message being generated by the user of the source device for the destination device which includes at least one of video or audio information, responsive to the message request; and

a messaging server configured to;

temporarily store a file transfer (FT) message produced from the generated message according to a predetermined file transfer protocol, the FT message being addressed to the destination device, and

send, through the network, the FT message to the destination device via the messaging server, without maintaining a stored copy of the FT message on the messaging server after the FT message is sent to the destination device.

10. The system of claim 9, the system further comprising a storage device configured to receive the FT message for long term storage.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the message request includes a mail message selection menu for display on the source device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the source device is configured to produce the FT message from the generated message and to send the FT message to the messaging server via the network.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the messaging server is configured to receive the generated message from the source device, via the network, and the messaging server is configured to produce the FT message from the received message.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising a telephony application server (TAS), the communication session controller configured to determine whether the requested session will be established with the destination device via an indication from the TAS.

15. The system of claim 9, the system further comprising a messaging service gateway, wherein the messaging server is configured to send a notification message to the destination device via the messaging service gateway, the notification message indicating that message transfer of the FT message can begin.

16. The system of claim 9, the system further comprising a Media Resource Function (MRF) device configured to communicate with the source device and the messaging server to cause the source device to present the message request and to generate the message.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the messaging server is configured to delete the temporarily stored FT message from the messaging server responsive to an indication that the FT message is successfully received by the destination device.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions executable by one or more network devices to cause the one or more network devices to perform functions, including functions to:

receive, through a network, a communication session request from a source device for communication with a destination device;

responsive to the communication session request, determine whether the requested session will be established with the destination device;

cause the source device to present a message request to a user of the source device, responsive to an indication that the requested session will not be established with the destination device, a message being generated by a user of the source device for the destination device which includes at least one of video or audio information, responsive to the message request;

temporarily store, at a messaging server, a file transfer (FT) message produced from the generated message according to a predetermined file transfer protocol, the FT message being addressed to the destination device; and

send, through the network, the FT message to the destination device via the messaging server, without maintaining a stored copy of the FT message on the messaging server after the FT message is sent to the destination device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the FT message is produced from the generated message by the source device such that the messaging server receives the FT message from the source device via the network.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the functions further include functions to:

cause the messaging server to receive the generated message from the source device, via the network, and to produce the FT message from the generated message.