Caller initiated undivert from voicemail
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1. A call diversion method comprising:
- monitoring a status of a communications device while a caller is connected to voicemail;
while the caller is connected to voicemail, determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is now available;
providing an indicator to the caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available;
prompting the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call; and
based on a response to the prompting;
redirecting the call from voicemail to the now available communications device,continuing in voicemail, orterminating the call.
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Abstract
Once a voicemail is received, it is the onus of the recipient of the voicemail message to call the caller back when a “missed call” message is received on the phone or after the voicemail message is retrieved. While some of the more advanced voicemail systems provide the capability of automatically placing a call from the callee back to the caller upon completion of the callee listening to the voicemail message, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention allows the caller to be connected to the callee should the callee become available while the caller is leaving a voicemail message for the callee.
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1. A call diversion method comprising:
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monitoring a status of a communications device while a caller is connected to voicemail; while the caller is connected to voicemail, determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is now available; providing an indicator to the caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available; prompting the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call; and based on a response to the prompting; redirecting the call from voicemail to the now available communications device, continuing in voicemail, or terminating the call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A call diversion system comprising:
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a call status monitoring module configured to monitor a status of a communications device while a caller is connected to voicemail, determine that the communications device which was previously unavailable is now available, provide an indicator to the caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available, prompt the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call; and
based on a response to the prompting;a call management module is configured to; redirect the call from voicemail to the now available communications device continue the voicemail, or terminate the call. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A call diversion architecture comprising:
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means for monitoring a status of a communications device while a call is in voicemail; means for determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available; means for providing an indicator to a caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available; means for prompting the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call; and based on a response to the prompting; means for redirecting the call from voicemail to the now available communications device, means for continuing in voicemail, or means for terminating the call. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A call routing protocol comprising:
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determining a status of a callee communications device; routing a call to voicemail when the communications device is not available; monitoring the status of the communications device while the call is in voicemail; providing an indicator to a caller upon determining that the communications device which was previously unavailable is available; prompting the caller, via an audio or other prompt, to select to either connect to the communications device, continue in voicemail, or terminate the call; and based on a response to the prompting; terminating the call to the communications device when the communications device becomes available, continuing in voicemail, or terminating the call. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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