Apparatus and method for providing messaging services
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- detecting a triggering event;
generating a notification comprising a session initiation protocol message in response to the detecting the triggering event, the session initiation protocol message including status information associated with a voicemail message, the voicemail message associated with a cordless phone system;
transmitting the notification to the cordless phone system;
receiving a request in response to the notification, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message; and
transmitting a transcoded voicemail message associated with the notification and the uniform resource identifier in response to the request.
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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.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a triggering event; generating a notification comprising a session initiation protocol message in response to the detecting the triggering event, the session initiation protocol message including status information associated with a voicemail message, the voicemail message associated with a cordless phone system; transmitting the notification to the cordless phone system; receiving a request in response to the notification, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message; and transmitting a transcoded voicemail message associated with the notification and the uniform resource identifier in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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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 triggering event; generating a notification comprising a session initiation protocol message in response to the detecting the triggering event, the session initiation protocol message including status information associated with a voicemail message, the voicemail message associated with a cordless phone system; transmitting the notification to the cordless phone system; receiving a request in response to the notification, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message; and transmitting a transcoded voicemail message associated with the notification and the uniform resource identifier in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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detecting a triggering event; generating a notification comprising a session initiation protocol message in response to the detecting the triggering event, the session initiation protocol message including status information associated with a voicemail message, the voicemail message associated with a cordless phone system; transmitting the notification to the cordless phone system; receiving a request in response to the notification, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message; and transmitting a transcoded voicemail message associated with the notification and the uniform resource identifier in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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