Providing voice messages to an intended recipient
First Claim
1. At a voice message provider, a method of delivering voice messages to an intended recipient, comprising:
- receiving a voice message from a sender directed to an intended recipient;
storing the voice message in a database;
assigning a retrieval telephone number to the received voice message;
correlating the retrieval telephone number and the received voice message to one or more recipient identifiers for identifying the intended recipient;
preparing a notification message including at least the retrieval telephone number assigned to the received voice message;
sending the notification message to the intended recipient that, when selected by the intended recipient, causes the voice message to be retrieved from the database;
receiving a telephone call from the intended recipient, the telephone call being initiated by intended recipient'"'"'s selection of the notification message which dials the retrieval telephone number included in the notification message;
identifying the voice message correlated to the retrieval telephone number and to the recipient identifier; and
sending the voice message to the intended recipient.
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Abstract
A voice message service provider enables users to access voice messages through a first access point for creating voice messages and a second access point for retrieving the created voice messages. In one implementation, a user calls the first access point to create a message, and the voice message provider indexes the created voice message with a message retrieval telephone number and one or more recipient identifiers. A notification message containing the message retrieval telephone number is sent to the intended recipient to provide notification of the voice message. The intended recipient may retrieve the voice message by calling the message retrieval number contained within the notification message and providing the recipient identifier. The voice message service provider identifies the voice message associated with the message retrieval number and recipient identifier and returns the voice message to the intended recipient.
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1. At a voice message provider, a method of delivering voice messages to an intended recipient, comprising:
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receiving a voice message from a sender directed to an intended recipient; storing the voice message in a database; assigning a retrieval telephone number to the received voice message; correlating the retrieval telephone number and the received voice message to one or more recipient identifiers for identifying the intended recipient; preparing a notification message including at least the retrieval telephone number assigned to the received voice message; sending the notification message to the intended recipient that, when selected by the intended recipient, causes the voice message to be retrieved from the database; receiving a telephone call from the intended recipient, the telephone call being initiated by intended recipient'"'"'s selection of the notification message which dials the retrieval telephone number included in the notification message; identifying the voice message correlated to the retrieval telephone number and to the recipient identifier; and sending the voice message to the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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