Method and system for delivering a voice mail notification to a private base station using cellular phone network
First Claim
1. A method of delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox, comprising the steps ofreceiving within a cellular phone network a voice mail notification from a voice mail system that indicates a voice mail message is waiting for a subscriber, andforwarding, without subscriber intervention, the voice mail notification through the cellular phone network to a private base station used by the subscriber to indicate a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox of the voice mail system, and including the step of incorporating within the voice mail notification forwarded to the private base station a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox.
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Abstract
A method and system of the present invention delivers a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox. A cellular phone network receives a voice mail notification from a voice mail system that indicates that a voice mail message is waiting for a subscriber. The voice mail notification is forwarded through the cellular phone network to a private base station used by the subscriber to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox of the private base station. The voice mail notification can include the calling party number, the name of the calling party, if known, and an index. Subscribers can retrieve a specific message from the Voice Mail System.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox, comprising the steps of
receiving within a cellular phone network a voice mail notification from a voice mail system that indicates a voice mail message is waiting for a subscriber, and forwarding, without subscriber intervention, the voice mail notification through the cellular phone network to a private base station used by the subscriber to indicate a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox of the voice mail system, and including the step of incorporating within the voice mail notification forwarded to the private base station a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox.
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10. A method of delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox, comprising the steps of
receiving within a cellular phone network a plurality of voice mail notifications from a voice mail system that indicates different voice mail messages are waiting for respective subscribers, and forwarding, without subscriber intervention, the voice mail notifications through the cellular phone network to a private base station used by the subscribers to indicate that voice mail message are waiting in respective subscriber mailboxes, and including the step of incorporating within each voice mail notification forwarded to the private base station for respective subscribers a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message, a name of the calling party, if known, and the index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox.
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18. A system for delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox comprising
a voice mail system having a subscriber mailbox in which voice mail messages are stored, and including means for generating a voice mail notification having a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message in the voice mail system, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox, and a cellular phone network in communication with the voice mail system for receiving the generated voice mail notification from the voice mail system and forwarding the voice mail notification to a private base station used by the subscriber without subscriber intervention.
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25. A system for delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox comprising
a voice mail system having a plurality of different subscriber mailboxes in which voice mail messages are stored, and including means for generating a respective voice mail notification for each stored voice mail message, the voice mail notification having a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message in the voice mail system, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox, and a cellular phone network in communication with the voice mail system for receiving generated voice mail notifications from the voice mail system and forwarding the voice mail notifications to a respective subscriber mail box of a private base station used by a respective subscriber without subscriber intervention.
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