Visual voicemail detection and management system

• US 8,224,296 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson M.
• Primary Examiner(s): GARY, ERIKA A
• Application Number:
  US12/638,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20110143725A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

A visual voicemail message may be generated and/or rendered and provided to a mobile device in a format determined based on a characteristic. For example, an identifier of a mobile device may be received. Upon receipt of the mobile device identifier, a characteristic such as a type, a brand, a model, a firmware version, or the like that may indicate a particular format and/or message type capable of being received and/or displayed by the mobile device may be determined. A visual voicemail message may then be generated and/or rendered in the particular format and provided to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving a voicemail;

determining a characteristic of a mobile device associated with an intended recipient of the voicemail based on an identifier of the mobile device comprising at least one of a SIM card identification number or an IMEI identification number;

formatting a visual voicemail message, in accordance with an HTTP format, based on the characteristic of the mobile device; and

providing the formatted visual voicemail message to the mobile device.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving a voicemail comprises receiving an audio voicemail.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising converting the audio voicemail to the visual voicemail message.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein converting the audio voicemail to the visual voicemail message comprises converting the audio voicemail to a textual transcription.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein converting the audio voicemail to the visual voicemail message comprises converting the audio voicemail to a graphical depiction.

6. A system comprising:

a storage area for program code and data; and

a processor for executing the program code, wherein execution of the program code directs the system to;

receive a voicemail;

determine a characteristic of a mobile device based on an identifier received from the mobile device, the identifier comprising at least one of a SIM card identification number or an IMEI identification number;

format a visual voicemail message in a format suitable for the mobile device based on the characteristic, the format comprising an HTTP format; and

provide the visual voicemail message to the mobile device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein execution of the program code further directs the system to convert the voicemail from an audio format to the visual voicemail message.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the visual voicemail message comprises a textual transcription.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the visual voicemail message comprises a graphical depiction.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a transient signal, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving a voicemail;

determining a characteristic of a mobile device associated with a recipient of the voicemail, wherein;

the characteristic indicates a format capable of being received by the of the mobile device, the format comprising an HTTP format;

the characteristic is determined based on an identifier of the mobile device comprising at least one of a SIM card identification number or an IMEI identification number;

generating a visual voicemail message in the format associated with the characteristic; and

providing the visual voicemail message to the mobile device.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise instructions for converting the voicemail from an audio format to the visual voicemail message.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the visual voicemail message comprises a textual transcription.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the visual voicemail message comprises a graphical depiction.