IP Library Granted Patent US 8,060,065
Granted Patent B1
US 8,060,065 · App. 12/060,692 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Managing outgoing voicemail messages

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Patent No.
US 8,060,065
App. No.
12/060,692
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B1
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.

Claims (39)

1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of displaying an indicator that the voicemail message has played, the method comprising:

receiving at an originating mobile device data via a mobile access network about an outgoing call, the outgoing call originating at an originating mobile device and sent to a destination mobile device;

receiving at the originating mobile device a message via the mobile access network that a voicemail message associated with the outgoing call has been played;

associating the played message with the outgoing call; and

simultaneously displaying at the originating mobile device an indicator identifying the outgoing call, an indicator of an outcome of the outgoing call, and an indicator that the voicemail message has been played, wherein displaying comprises:

(a) receiving a call-state within the data, wherein the call-state includes at least one of call connected, call terminated, call transferred, call reset, or busy;

(b) parsing the data to extract the outcome of the outgoing call, wherein the outcome reveals the call-state;

(c) displaying the indicator identifying of the outgoing call a call list area of a user interface (UI); and

(d) displaying the indicator of the outcome in a status area of the UI, wherein the outgoing call and the outcome indicators are visually associated with each other.

2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the voicemail message is played by the user of a destination mobile device.

3. The media of claim 2 , wherein the voicemail message is played by the destination mobile device.

4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the data is Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) data.

5. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

utilizing electronic sound recognition to determine that a tone or beep of an answering machine or a voicemail server indicates that the outcome of the call is voicemail.

6. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

identifying the outgoing call by one or more of call number for the outgoing call, destination device identifier of the outgoing call, or time of the outgoing call.

7. The media of claim 1 , wherein the indicator of the outcome of the outgoing call is one or more of text, a picture or an icon.

8. The media of claim 1 , wherein the outcome of the call is stored on the originating mobile device.

9. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises receiving from the originating mobile device a type of reply desired by the user of the originating mobile device.

10. The media of claim 9 , wherein the type of reply desired is one or more of a return telephone call, return text message, return voicemail, return electronic mail and return instant message.

11. The media of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the user destination mobile device has replied according to the type of reply desired by the user of the originating mobile device; and

displaying an indicator that the destination mobile device has not replied according to the type of reply desired by the user of the originating mobile device.

12. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises displaying the indicator that the destination mobile device has not responded to the voicemail message left by the originating mobile device within a requested time period for reply on the destination mobile device.

13. The media of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises displaying an indicator that the destination mobile device has not responded to the voicemail message left by the originating mobile device within the requested time period for reply on the originating mobile device.

14. The media of claim 1 , the method further comprising receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call to the destination mobile device, the outgoing call originating at the originating mobile device; and utilizing the data to determine identify the destination mobile device and a time of the outgoing call.

15. The media of claim 14 , the method further comprising:

storing on the originating mobile device the identification of the destination mobile device and the time of the outgoing call to the destination mobile device; and

utilizing the identification of the destination mobile device and the time the outgoing call to the destination mobile device to determine whether the originating mobile device has contacted the destination mobile device within a set time period.

16. The media of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving at the originating mobile device data that the voicemail message has been left for the destination mobile device by the originating mobile device;

sending to the destination mobile device a requested time period for reply to the voicemail message from the originating mobile device;

storing at the originating mobile device the voicemail message data and the requested time period for reply to the voicemail message;

employing the originating mobile device to determine whether the destination mobile device has replied within the requested time period for reply; and

displaying at the originating mobile device an indicator that the destination mobile device has not responded to the voicemail message left by the originating mobile device within the requested time period for reply.

17. The media of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving at the originating mobile device a set time period for the originating mobile device to contact the destination mobile device;

determining whether the originating mobile device has contacted with the destination mobile device within the set time period; and

displaying at the originating mobile device an indicator that the originating mobile device has not contacted the destination mobile device within the set time period.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
To: SPRINT INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED; IBSV LLC; LAYER3 TV, LLC; PUSHSPRING, LLC; T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC; T-MOBILE USA, INC.; ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P.; BOOST WORLDWIDE, LLC; CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC; CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS LLC; SPRINTCOM LLC; SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.; SPRINT SPECTRUM LLC
Reel/Frame 062595/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
To: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 055604/0001 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF FIRST PRIORITY AND JUNIOR PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
To: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
Reel/Frame 052969/0475 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: T-MOBILE USA, INC.; ISBV LLC; T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC; LAYER3 TV, INC.; PUSHSPRING, INC.; BOOST WORLDWIDE, LLC; CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC; CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS LLC; CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC; SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.; SPRINT INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED; SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.; ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 053182/0001 →
GRANT OF FIRST PRIORITY AND JUNIOR PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 041895/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2008
From: LAI, HARRY HONG-LUN; CASEY, SEAN M.; LEE, WOO JAE; ROKA, PUJAN K.; SHAW, ELIZABETH V.
To: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
Reel/Frame 020738/0147 →