Apparatus and method for providing messaging services

• US 9,143,905 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karnalkar, Anup D., Wallis, R. Tyler, Robbins, William S., Dudley, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US13/836,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20130223288A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/68, 379/88.25, 379 8811- 8823, 379/142.17, 4554122-413, 709226-228
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/08 home cordless telephone systems using the DECT standard
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user;

generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user;

transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user;

receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system;

transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the voicemail message comprises an audible recording of a caller.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message as a stream and a progressive download to the cordless phone system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual voicemail data comprises a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration time for the voicemail message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprises:

transcoding the voicemail message from a G.711 format to a G.726 format during a transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system or prior to the transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the cordless phone system utilizing a web service.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user;

generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user;

transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user;

receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system;

transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the voicemail message comprises an audible recording of a caller.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message as a stream and a progressive download to the cordless phone system.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the visual voicemail data comprises a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration time for the voicemail message.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprises:

transcoding the voicemail message from a G.711 format to a G.726 format during a transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system or prior to the transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the cordless phone system utilizing a web service.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user;

generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user;

transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user;

receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system;

transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the voicemail message comprises an audible recording of a caller.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message as a stream and a progressive download to the cordless phone system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the visual voicemail data comprises a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration time for the voicemail message.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprises:

transcoding the voicemail message from a G.711 format to a G.726 format during a transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system or prior to the transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the cordless phone system utilizing a web service.