Outgoing voice mail recording and playback
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1. A method for accessing outgoing voice mail messages on a user'"'"'s wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- recording an audio file on a non-transitory memory, the audio file corresponding to a voice mail message that is left by a user to a recipient during an outgoing telephone call to the recipient after the outgoing telephone call is not answered by the recipient and is diverted to voice mail, the outgoing telephone call being initiated on the user'"'"'s wireless communication device;
linking the audio file to contact information associated with the recipient;
notifying the user of an existence of the audio file, wherein notifying includes displaying on the wireless communication device a notification in conjunction with the contact information associated with the recipient; and
providing the user access to the audio file on the wireless communication device, wherein providing the user access to the audio file comprises playing back audio included in the audio file to the user.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for enabling users to listen to outgoing voice mail messages are provided. These systems and methods record an audio file corresponding to a voice message being left by a user during an outgoing telephone call to a recipient, link the audio file to contact information associated with the recipient, and provide the user access to the audio file through, for example, playback of the audio included in the file. These systems and methods may be implemented through individual communications devices, such as an iPhone, through a telephone communications provider, or a combination of the same.
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1. A method for accessing outgoing voice mail messages on a user'"'"'s wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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recording an audio file on a non-transitory memory, the audio file corresponding to a voice mail message that is left by a user to a recipient during an outgoing telephone call to the recipient after the outgoing telephone call is not answered by the recipient and is diverted to voice mail, the outgoing telephone call being initiated on the user'"'"'s wireless communication device; linking the audio file to contact information associated with the recipient; notifying the user of an existence of the audio file, wherein notifying includes displaying on the wireless communication device a notification in conjunction with the contact information associated with the recipient; and providing the user access to the audio file on the wireless communication device, wherein providing the user access to the audio file comprises playing back audio included in the audio file to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A communication device for accessing outgoing voice mail messages, the device comprising:
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a recorder that records an audio file corresponding to a voice mail message that is left by a user to a recipient during an outgoing telephone call made using the device to the recipient after the outgoing telephone call is not answered by the recipient and is diverted to voice mail; a non-transitory memory that stores the audio file and a plurality of contact files; control circuitry including a processor, the control circuitry that links the audio file to at least one of the contact files associated with the recipient, and that displays a notification in conjunction with the at least one of the contact files associated with the recipient, wherein the notification notifies the user of an existence of the audio file; and an output that provides the user with content included in the audio file, wherein providing the user with content included in the audio file includes playing back audio included in the audio file to the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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