APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MESSAGING SERVICES
First Claim
1. A voicemail device, comprising 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 base station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol.
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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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1. A voicemail device, comprising a controller to:
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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 base station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cordless phone system, comprising:
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at least one cordless communications device; and a base station communicatively coupled to the at least one cordless communications device using a cordless wireless access protocol, wherein the base station is operable to; receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message comprises visual voicemail data associated with a recorded voicemail message; retrieve the visual voicemail data from the SIP message; and transmit the visual voicemail data to the at least one cordless communications device using the cordless wireless access protocol. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
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receive a request for an identifier associated with a voicemail message from a phone system, wherein the phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device; transmit the identifier associated with the voicemail message to the phone system, wherein the identifier is extracted by the base station; receive a request from the base station for the voicemail message, wherein the message is requested via the identifier; transmit the voicemail message to the cordless phone system, wherein the voicemail message is transcoded during transmission of the voicemail message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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