Enhanced visual voice mail

• US 9,392,119 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Christophe, Le Thierry d'Ennequin
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Van D
• Application Number:
  US14/234,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20140192967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.11, 379/88.12
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4581 Sending message identifiers instead of whole messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

In order to support Enhanced Visual Voice Mail (EVVM) technology in OMA standards that allow for voicemail retrieval via a plurality of devices for a single user, a method and apparatus for generating a notification that includes an old identification value (UID) for an old message, a new identification value (UID) for a new message, and optional additional information related to the notification; and transmitting, independent of an IMAP synchronization procedure with a first device, said notification to at least one other device that is different from the first device, has been conceived.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server from a first device, a request to process an old message;

after reception of the request, transcribing, by the server, voicemail contents of the old message into text for a new message;

sending, by the server to the first device, a confirmation that the voicemail contents of the old message have been transcribed into the text for the new message;

after sending the confirmation, generating, by the server, a notification that includes an old unique identification (UID) value for the old message, a new UID value for the new message, and a change type value indicating a type of transformation from the old message to the new message; and

transmitting, by the server, independent of an Internet message access protocol (IMAP) synchronization procedure with the first device, the generated notification to a second device that is different from the first device,

wherein upon receiving the generated notification by the second device, the second device determines whether a message having the old UID value is stored in a voicemail inbox,

wherein if the message having the old UID value is determined by the second device to be stored in the voicemail inbox, the message having the old UID value is expunged, and the new message with the new UID value is created, and

wherein a specific icon is displayed next to the new message based on the change type value included in the notification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the IMAP synchronization procedure comprises:

sending, to the first device, the new message comprising contents of the old message and new contents; and

receiving, from the first device, a confirmation regarding the new message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating and transmitting of the notification supports Enhanced Visual Voice Mail (EVVM) technology in Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standards that allow for voicemail retrieval via a plurality of devices for a single user.

4. A server, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive, from a first device, a request to process an old message;

after reception of the request, transcribe voicemail contents of the old message into text for a new message;

send, to the first device, a confirmation that the voicemail contents of the old message have been transcribed into the text for the new message;

after sending the confirmation, generate a notification that includes an old unique identification (UID) value for the old message, a new UID value for the new message, and a change type value indicating a type of transformation from the old message to the new message; and

a transmitter configured to transmit, independent of an Internet message access protocol (IMAP) synchronization procedure with the first device, the generated notification to a second device that is different from the first device,

wherein upon receiving the generated notification by the second device, the second device determines whether a message having the old UID value is stored in a voicemail inbox,

wherein if the message having the old UID value is determined by the second device to be stored in the voicemail inbox, the message having the old UID value is expunged, and the new message with the new UID value is created, and

wherein a specific icon is displayed next to the new message based on the change type value included in the notification.

5. The server of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to send, to the first device, the new message comprising contents of the old message and new contents, and receive, from the first device, a confirmation regarding the new message, in accordance with the IMAP synchronization procedure.

6. The server of claim 4, wherein the generation and transmission of the notification supports Enhanced Visual Voice Mail (EVVM) technology in Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standards that allow for voicemail retrieval via a plurality of devices for a single user.