Recording a new voice greeting
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;
determine that a user has connected to a voice-message system;
automatically and without user input after the user has connected to the voice-message system, prompt the user to create one or more new outgoing voice greetings to be played to incoming callers of said user'"'"'s voice messaging mailbox;
automatically and without user input after the prompt, begin recording one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings; and
wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to prompt the user and record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if an age of a current outgoing voice greeting of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a user has connected to a voice-message system. The method further includes, automatically and without user input after the connection, prompting the user to create one or more new voice greetings. The method further includes, automatically and without user input after the prompt, beginning to record one or more of the new voice greetings.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to; determine that a user has connected to a voice-message system; automatically and without user input after the user has connected to the voice-message system, prompt the user to create one or more new outgoing voice greetings to be played to incoming callers of said user'"'"'s voice messaging mailbox; automatically and without user input after the prompt, begin recording one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings; and wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to prompt the user and record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if an age of a current outgoing voice greeting of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to; determine whether a user has connected to a voice-message system; automatically and without user input after the user has connected to the voice-message system, prompt the user to create one or more new outgoing voice greetings to be played to incoming callers of said user'"'"'s voice messaging mailbox; automatically and without user input after the prompt, begin recording one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings; wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to prompt the user and record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if an age of a current outgoing voice greeting of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold; and wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to prompt the user and record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if a time of the connection to the voice-message system with respect to a predetermined schedule indicates the user should create one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method comprising:
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determining that a user has connected to a voice-message system; automatically and without user input after the user has connected to the voice-message system, prompting the user to create one or more new outgoing voice greetings to be played to incoming callers of said user'"'"'s voice messaging mailbox; automatically and without user input after the prompt, beginning to record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings; and further comprising prompting the user and recording one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if an age of a current outgoing voice greeting of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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determining whether a user has connected to a voice-message system; automatically and without user input after the connection, prompting the user to create one or more new outgoing voice greetings to be played to incoming callers of said user'"'"'s voice messaging mailbox; automatically and without user input after the prompt, beginning to record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings; further comprising prompting the user and recording one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if an age of a current outgoing voice greeting of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold; and further comprising prompting the user and recording one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings only if a time of the connection to the voice-message system with respect to a predetermined schedule indicates the user should create one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system comprising:
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means for determining that a user has connected to a voice-message system; means for automatically and without user input after the user has connected to the voice-message system, and only if an age of a current outgoing voice greeting of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold, prompting the user to create one or more new outgoing voice greetings to be played to incoming callers of said user'"'"'s voice messaging mailbox; and means for automatically and without user input after the prompt, beginning to record one or more of the new outgoing voice greetings.
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