Apparatus and method for categorizing voicemail
First Claim
1. An apparatus for categorizing voicemails, the apparatus comprising a processor arrangement and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by the processor arrangement, causes the processor arrangement to:
- receive a call for a first user of the apparatus and route the call to a voicemail of the first user;
in response to receiving the call and routing the call, store a voicemail message intended for the first user of the apparatus;
create a transcription of the voicemail message;
determine information about the context of the voicemail message by determining one or more of a subject, an importance level, an urgency level, a project identifier, a case reference, an identification of the caller and information about the caller from the transcription;
determine metadata associated with the voicemail message, the metadata associated with the voicemail message comprising the information about the context of the voicemail message;
store the associated metadata;
perform a search of stored voicemails using the associated metadata; and
provide an alert to a second user of the apparatus in response to determining that the metadata associated with the voicemail message corresponds to predefined metadata.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to voicemail categorization and access. An apparatus, for example a PBX, is provided for categorizing voicemails. The apparatus is configured to store voicemail messages and to determine and store metadata associated with the voicemail messages. The apparatus allows searches of the stored voicemail messages to be performed using the associated metadata. A user interface may reside on a user device or be provided by the apparatus. The interface allows other user to search for voicemails using the metadata associated with them and subsequently displays information about the voicemails which match the search criteria.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus for categorizing voicemails, the apparatus comprising a processor arrangement and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by the processor arrangement, causes the processor arrangement to:
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receive a call for a first user of the apparatus and route the call to a voicemail of the first user; in response to receiving the call and routing the call, store a voicemail message intended for the first user of the apparatus; create a transcription of the voicemail message; determine information about the context of the voicemail message by determining one or more of a subject, an importance level, an urgency level, a project identifier, a case reference, an identification of the caller and information about the caller from the transcription; determine metadata associated with the voicemail message, the metadata associated with the voicemail message comprising the information about the context of the voicemail message; store the associated metadata; perform a search of stored voicemails using the associated metadata; and provide an alert to a second user of the apparatus in response to determining that the metadata associated with the voicemail message corresponds to predefined metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method for categorizing voicemails, the method comprising:
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receiving a call for a first user of an apparatus for categorizing voicemails and routing the call to a voicemail of the first user; in response to receiving the call and routing the call, storing a voicemail message intended for the first user; creating a transcription of the voicemail message; determining information about the context of the voicemail message by determining one or more of a subject, an importance level, an urgency level, a project identifier, a case reference, an identification of the caller and information about the caller from the transcription; determining metadata associated with the voicemail message, the metadata associated with the voicemail message comprising the information about the context of the voicemail message; storing the associated metadata; performing a search of stored voicemails using the associated metadata; and providing an alert to a second user of the apparatus for categorizing voicemails in response to determining that the metadata associated with the voicemail message corresponds to predefined metadata.
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to:
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receive a call for a first user of the computing apparatus and route the call to a voicemail of the first user; in response to receiving the call and routing the call, store a voicemail message intended for the first user of the computing apparatus; create a transcription of the voicemail message; determine information about the context of the voicemail message by determining one or more of a subject, an importance level, an urgency level, a project identifier, a case reference, an identification of the caller and information about the caller from the transcription; determine metadata associated with the voicemail message, the metadata associated with the voicemail message comprising the information about the context of the voicemail message; store the associated metadata; perform a search of stored voicemails using the associated metadata; and providing an alert to a second user of the apparatus for categorizing voicemails in response to determining that the metadata associated with the voicemail message corresponds to predefined metadata.
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Specification