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Method and system for delivering a voice mail notification to a private base station using cellular phone network

  • US 6,014,559 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1997
  • Issued: 01/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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 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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