Automated communication line switching for voicemail access
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an input at a telephone station apparatus, the input including an instruction to access a voicemail server, the telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line, each of the first communication line and the second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at the voicemail server;
responsive to the receiving, the telephone station apparatus pre-selecting, based on a pre-selecting consideration, the second communication line as a default communication line that will be used to call the voicemail server in the absence of receipt of further input;
presenting a user interface dialog allowing selection of a communication line to use to call the voicemail server, the user interface dialog indicating the default communication line;
receiving an indication of selection of the second communication line;
determining that the first communication line is the active communication line;
switching, responsive to the determining, from the first communication line to the second communication line; and
initiating a call, on the second communication line, to the voicemail server.
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Abstract
A telephone station apparatus that is arranged to operate on two, or more, communication lines, receives an instruction to access a voicemail server. The telephone station apparatus switches from a first communication line to a second communication line and initiates a call to the voicemail server. At the voicemail server, calling line identification allows the voicemail server to present an interface to the voicemail box associated with the second communication line.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an input at a telephone station apparatus, the input including an instruction to access a voicemail server, the telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line, each of the first communication line and the second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at the voicemail server; responsive to the receiving, the telephone station apparatus pre-selecting, based on a pre-selecting consideration, the second communication line as a default communication line that will be used to call the voicemail server in the absence of receipt of further input; presenting a user interface dialog allowing selection of a communication line to use to call the voicemail server, the user interface dialog indicating the default communication line; receiving an indication of selection of the second communication line; determining that the first communication line is the active communication line; switching, responsive to the determining, from the first communication line to the second communication line; and initiating a call, on the second communication line, to the voicemail server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A telephone station apparatus comprising:
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an input device adapted to receive an input the input including an instruction to access a voicemail server, the telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line, each of the first communication line and the second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at the voicemail server; a processor adapted to; pre-select, based on pre-selecting consideration, the second communication line as a default communication line that will be used to call the voicemail server in the absence of further user input; present a user interface dialog allowing selection of a communication line to use to call the voicemail server, the user interface dialog indicating the default communication line; receive an indication of selection of the second communication line; determine that the first communication line is the active communication line; switch, responsive to the determining, from the first communication line to the second communication line; and arrange initiation of a call, on the second communication line, to the voicemail server. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor in a telephone station apparatus, cause the processor to:
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receive an input at the telephone station apparatus, the input including an instruction to access a voicemail server, the telephone station apparatus providing access to a first communication line and a second communication line, each of the first communication line and the second communication line having voicemail message storage associated therewith at the voicemail server; pre-select, based on pre-selecting consideration, the second communication line as a default communication line that will be used to call the voicemail server in the absence of further user input; present a user interface dialog allowing selection of a communication line to use to call the voicemail server, the user interface dialog indicating the default communication line; receive an indication of selection of the second communication line; determine that the first communication line is the active communication line; switch, responsive to the determining, from the first communication line to the second communication line; and initiate a call, on the second communication line, to the voicemail server. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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