Video greetings for voicemail systems
First Claim
1. A method for operating a voicemail system, the method comprising:
- receiving a call at the voicemail system from a calling party device associated with a calling party;
determining if a video greeting, to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party, is stored on the calling party device, wherein the video greeting is associated with a called party device;
sending a video greeting identifier to the calling party device, the video greeting identifier being associated with a called party and used to identify the video greeting stored on the calling party device to cause the calling party device to play the video greeting to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party; and
recording a voicemail message from the calling party.
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Abstract
A method for operating a voicemail system can include receiving a call at the voicemail system, wherein the call originates from a calling party device, determining if the calling party device is compatible with a video greeting feature, sending a video greeting to the called party device if it is determined that the calling party device is compatible with the video greeting feature, and recording a voicemail message received in response to the video greeting being played on the called party device. Another method can include sending a video greeting identifier to the called party device, the video greeting identifier being used to identify a video greeting stored on the calling party device. Methods for operating a mobile device and a voicemail system are also disclosed.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for operating a voicemail system, the method comprising:
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receiving a call at the voicemail system from a calling party device associated with a calling party; determining if a video greeting, to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party, is stored on the calling party device, wherein the video greeting is associated with a called party device; sending a video greeting identifier to the calling party device, the video greeting identifier being associated with a called party and used to identify the video greeting stored on the calling party device to cause the calling party device to play the video greeting to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party; and recording a voicemail message from the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a calling party device associated with a calling party, a video greeting identifier, wherein the video greeting identifier corresponds to a called party; retrieving, at the calling party device from within the calling party device in a retrieval act using the video greeting identifier, a pre-stored video greeting, the pre-stored video greeting to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party, wherein the pre-stored video greeting is associated with a called party device; and following the retrieval act, providing the video greeting to the calling party.
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, for use in a voicemail system, comprising instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a call at the voicemail system from a calling party device associated with a calling party; determining if a video greeting to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party, is stored on the calling party device, wherein the video greeting is associated with a called party device; sending a video greeting identifier to the calling party device, the video greeting identifier being used to identify the video greeting stored on the calling party device to cause the calling party device to play the video greeting to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party; and recording a voicemail message from the calling party.
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