Saving and forwarding customized messages
First Claim
1. A method of presenting a customized message to a calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message, comprising:
- saving a customized message from a called party for presentation to the calling party;
associating the customized message with a telephone directory number of the calling party;
receiving a call from the calling party directed to the called party;
determining whether the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message;
if the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message, playing the customized message from the called party to the calling party;
after playing the customized message to the calling party, receiving an indication from the calling party to save the customized message from the called party to a location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party;
saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party; and
determining whether the call from the calling party should be connected to the called party after saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for presenting a customized message to an incoming calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message. A called party desiring to leave a customized message for certain incoming calling parties submits a customized message to an intelligent network component of her telecommunications service provider along with telephone directory numbers for specified incoming callers who are to receive the customized message upon calling the called party. After the customized message is prepared, incoming callers whose telephone directory numbers have been associated with the customized message are presented with the customized message before being connected to the called party. After an incoming caller receives the customized message, the calling party may listen to the message again, save a copy of the message according to a variety of methods, and the calling party may be connected to the called party. If the incoming call is not from a telephone directory number associated with the customized message, the incoming call is processed according to normal call processing methods.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of presenting a customized message to a calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message, comprising:
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saving a customized message from a called party for presentation to the calling party; associating the customized message with a telephone directory number of the calling party; receiving a call from the calling party directed to the called party; determining whether the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message; if the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message, playing the customized message from the called party to the calling party; after playing the customized message to the calling party, receiving an indication from the calling party to save the customized message from the called party to a location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party; saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party; and determining whether the call from the calling party should be connected to the called party after saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of presenting a customized message to a calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message, comprising:
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saving a customized message from a called party for presentation to the calling party; associating the customized message with a telephone directory number of the calling party; receiving a call from the calling party directed to the called party; determining whether the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message; if the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message, playing the customized message from the called party to the calling party; after playing the customized message to the calling party, receiving an indication from the calling party to save the customized message from the called party to a location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party; saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party; determining whether the call from the calling party should be connected to the called party after saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party; and if the call from the calling party is not to be connected to the called party after saving the customized message to a location designated by the calling party, terminating an attempt to connect the call from the calling party to the called party. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for presenting a customized message to a calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message, comprising:
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a voicemail system within a telecommunications system operative to save a customized message from a called party for presentation to the calling party; a service control point operative; to associate the customized message with a telephone directory number of the calling party, and to register the customized message and the associated telephone directory number; a called party'"'"'s switch operative; to receive a call from the calling party directed to the called party, and to query the service control point to determine whether the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message; the service control point further operative; to determine whether the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message, and to cause the voicemail system to play the customized message from the called party to the calling party if the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message; and the voicemail system further operative; to receive an indication from the calling party to save the customized message from the called party to a location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party after the customized message is played to the calling party, to save the customized message to the location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party, and to determine whether the call from the calling party should be connected to the called party after saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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