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Method and system for sending personalized outgoing voicemail/multimedia mail messages based on the caller ID

  • US 7,043,232 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2003
  • Issued: 05/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a multimedia telecommunications network having facilities for providing a voicemail and multimedia mail service to a subscriber, a method of sending a personalized outgoing voicemail or multimedia mail message to a caller, the method comprising:

  • storing the subscriber'"'"'s personalized outgoing voicemail and multimedia mail messages at a first network element;

    receiving a call having a unique caller ID for the subscriber at a second network element;

    determining at the second network element whether the subscriber has activated the service and whether the subscriber is unavailable to take the call;

    where the service has been activated by the subscriber and the subscriber is unavailable to take the call, forwarding the call to the first network element;

    analyzing at the first network element the caller ID of the call to determine which of the stored outgoing messages is an appropriate outgoing message for the caller; and

    playing the appropriate outgoing message to the caller, wherein each of the subscriber'"'"'s personalized outgoing voicemail and multimedia mail messages includes at least three fields, the fields comprising a message field, an associated caller ID field, and a feature activation status field.

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