Common message waiting notification across landline and wireless telecommunications networks
First Claim
1. A method of routing calls to a wireless voicemail system coupled with a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving an incoming call intended for a user over the wireless telecommunications network;
(b) routing the call of step (a) to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network if the call is unanswered;
(c) receiving an incoming call intended for the user over a landline telecommunications network, wherein the landline telecommunications network includes a landline voicemail system;
(d) determining if the user elected to receive messages for calls over the landline telecommunications network in the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network;
(e) if the answer to step (d) is yes, routing the call of step (c) to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network if the call is unanswered so that unanswered calls directed to the user over either the wireless telecommunications network or landline telecommunications network are routed to the wireless voicemail system;
(f) notifying the user of receipt of a message in the wireless voicemail system by sending a message notification to the user over the wireless telecommunications network; and
(g) notifying the user of the receipt of the message in the wireless voicemail system of the wireless tel. netw. by sending a message notification to the user over the landline telecommunications network so that the user is notified of receipt of the message regardless of which network the user is currently using.
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Abstract
A method of notifying a user of two or more networks (10, 12) that the user has received a message in a messaging system (28, 58) or that a message has been deleted. The method notifies all phones (30, 54) operated by the user on all of the networks. The method also forwards calls directed to a user to a single messaging system that may reside on any network, regardless which of the user'"'"'s phones a caller dials. The invention permits a user to be notified of the receipt or deletion of a message at all of the user'"'"'s phones and provides messaging services on all of a user'"'"'s phones with a single messaging system.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of routing calls to a wireless voicemail system coupled with a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving an incoming call intended for a user over the wireless telecommunications network;
(b) routing the call of step (a) to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network if the call is unanswered;
(c) receiving an incoming call intended for the user over a landline telecommunications network, wherein the landline telecommunications network includes a landline voicemail system;
(d) determining if the user elected to receive messages for calls over the landline telecommunications network in the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network;
(e) if the answer to step (d) is yes, routing the call of step (c) to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network if the call is unanswered so that unanswered calls directed to the user over either the wireless telecommunications network or landline telecommunications network are routed to the wireless voicemail system;
(f) notifying the user of receipt of a message in the wireless voicemail system by sending a message notification to the user over the wireless telecommunications network; and
(g) notifying the user of the receipt of the message in the wireless voicemail system of the wireless tel. netw. by sending a message notification to the user over the landline telecommunications network so that the user is notified of receipt of the message regardless of which network the user is currently using. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a wireless telecommunications network including a wireless voicemail system and operable for receiving an incoming call intended for a user of the wireless telecommunications network, and routing the call to a the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications if, the call is unanswered network; and
a landline telecommunications network including a wireline voicemail system and operable for receiving an incoming call intended for the user over the landline telecommunications network, determining if the user elected to receive messages for calls over the landline telecommunications network in the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network, if the user elected to receive messages in the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network, routing the call to the wireless voicemail system of the wireless tele. sys. if the call is unanswered so that unanswered calls directed to the user over either the wireless telecommunications network or the landline telecommunications network are routed to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network, and notifying the user of receipt of a message in the wireless voicemail system received over the landline telecommunications network by sending a message notification to the user. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a landline telecommunications network including a landline voicemail system and operable for receiving an incoming call intended for a user of the landline telecommunications network, and routing the call to voicemail the landline system coupled with the landline telecommunications network if the call is unanswered; and
a wireless telecommunications network including a wireless voicemail system and operable for receiving an incoming call intended for the user over the wireless telecommunications network, routing the call to the landline voicemail system of the wireless tel. net. if the call is unanswered so that unanswered calls directed to the user over either the landline telecommunications network or the wireless telecommunications network are routed to the landline voicemail system coupled with the landline telecommunications network, and notifying the user of receipt of a message in the landline voicemail system over the wireless telecommunications network by sending a message notification to the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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