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Managing voicemail greeting based on location of wireless communication device

  • US 8,447,274 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2008
  • Issued: 05/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • a bus;

    a processor coupled to the bus;

    a memory coupled to the bus; and

    a computer readable tangible storage device coupled to the bus, the computer readable tangible storage device containing instructions that, when carried out by the processor via the memory, implement a method for managing voicemail greetings of a wireless communication device based on a location of the wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps of;

    the processor recording one or more location-specific voicemail greetings for the wireless communication device, wherein each of the one or more location-specific voicemail greetings is a different greeting from a general voicemail greeting that is not dependent on a location of the wireless communication device;

    the processor associating each of the one or more location-specific voicemail greetings with a specific location of a plurality of specific locations to which the wireless communication device can be moved, wherein each of the one or more location-specific voicemail greetings is associated with a different specific location;

    the processor periodically receiving current locations of the wireless communication device in response to receipt of a call by the wireless communication device from a caller device;

    the processor determining that the wireless communication device is stationary when the periodically received current locations are a same current location for a predefined period of time; and

    in response to the determination that the wireless communication device is stationary and the same current location being one of the specific locations associated with a recorded location-specific voicemail greeting, the processor presenting the recorded location-specific voicemail greeting associated with the same current location of the wireless communication device to the caller device.

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