Apparatus and method for providing messaging services

• US 9,876,910 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2017
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karnalkar, Anup D., Wallis, R. Tyler, Robbins, William S., Dudley, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US15/462,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20170187881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 312 Days
• Field of Search: 379 671, 379 68, 379 8809, 379 8812, 379 8811, 379 8822, 379 8823, 379 8825
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/08 home cordless telephone systems using the DECT standard
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

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.

Claims

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.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transcoding a voice mail message to generate the transcoded voicemail message, the transcoded voicemail message comprising a format compatible with the cordless phone system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the session initiation protocol message comprises visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the visual voicemail data comprises one of a recording time of the voice mail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration for the voicemail message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises one of receiving a new voicemail message, logging out of a voicemail box associated with the cordless phone system, and receiving an indicator of a message count associated with the voicemail box.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the transcoding comprises transcoding the voice mail message from a G.711 format to a G.726 format prior to the transmitting the transcoded voicemail message.

7. An apparatus comprising:

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.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

transcoding a voice mail message to generate the transcoded voicemail message, the transcoded voicemail message comprising a format compatible with the cordless phone system.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the session initiation protocol message comprises visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the visual voicemail data comprises one of a recording time of the voice mail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration for the voicemail message.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the triggering event comprises one of receiving a new voicemail message, logging out of a voicemail box associated with the cordless phone system, and receiving an indicator of a message count associated with the voicemail box.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transcoding comprises transcoding the voice mail message from a G.711 format to a G.726 format prior to the transmitting the transcoded voicemail message.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a 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.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, transcoding a voice mail message to generate the transcoded voicemail message, the transcoded voicemail message comprising a format compatible with the cordless phone system.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the session initiation protocol message comprises visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the visual voicemail data comprises one of a recording time of the voice mail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration for the voicemail message.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the triggering event comprises one of receiving a new voicemail message, logging out of a voicemail box associated with the cordless phone system, and receiving an indicator of a message count associated with the voicemail box.