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Personal media storage and retrieval for visual voice mail

  • US 9,119,041 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2010
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A visual voicemail system comprising:

  • a memory comprising executable instructions; and

    a processor coupled to the memory that, when executing the instructions, effectuates operations comprising;

    receiving multimedia content location data for indirectly provided multimedia content associated with a visual voicemail message;

    determining a user preference has been set for obtaining, without additional input from the user, indirectly provided multimedia content associated with visual voicemail messages;

    responsive to determining the user preference for obtaining, without additional input from the user, indirectly provided multimedia content associated with visual voicemail messages has been set, automatically obtaining the indirectly provided multimedia content associated with the visual voicemail message from a remote device based on the multimedia content location data;

    transmitting the indirectly provided multimedia content associated with the visual voicemail message to a personal media storage system;

    receiving a request for the indirectly provided multimedia content associated with the visual voicemail message from a visual voicemail client on a recipient device;

    retrieving the indirectly provided multimedia content associated with the visual voicemail message from the personal media storage system; and

    transmitting the indirectly provided multimedia content associated with the visual voicemail message to the visual voicemail client on the recipient device.

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