Video greetings for voicemail systems
First Claim
1. A voicemail system comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory that stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprisingreceiving a call from a calling party device associated with a calling party,determining if a video greeting is stored on the calling party device, wherein the video greeting is associated with a called party device, and wherein the video greeting is to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party,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, andrecording 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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15 Claims
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1. A voicemail system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving a call from a calling party device associated with a calling party, determining if a video greeting is stored on the calling party device, wherein the video greeting is associated with a called party device, and wherein the video greeting is to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party, 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 mobile device associated with a calling party, the mobile device comprising:
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a display; a processor; and a memory that stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving a query from a voicemail system, the query comprising a video greeting identifier that corresponds to a called party, determining if a video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is available on the mobile device, responding to the query from the voicemail system to notify the voicemail system whether the video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is available on the mobile device, if the video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is not available on the mobile device, retrieving, using the video greeting identifier, the video greeting to be played to the calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party, and presenting, on the display, the video greeting to the calling party, and if the video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is available on the mobile device, presenting, on the display, the video greeting to the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. The mobile device of 10, wherein retrieving, using the video greeting identifier, the video greeting comprises receiving the video greeting from the voicemail system.
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor of a mobile device to cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a query from a voicemail system, the query comprising a video greeting identifier that corresponds to a called party, determining if a video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is available on the mobile device, responding to the query from the voicemail system to notify the voicemail system whether the video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is available on the mobile device, if the video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is not available on the mobile device, retrieving, using the video greeting identifier, the video greeting to be played to a calling party in solicitation of a voice message from the calling party; and presenting, on a display, the video greeting to the calling party; if the video greeting corresponding to the video greeting identifier is available on the mobile device, presenting, on the display, the video greeting to the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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