Mobile call outcome display
View Patent ↗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.
1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of storing a voicemail message for retrieval by an originating mobile device, the method comprising:
initiating at an originating mobile device an outgoing call to a destination mobile device;
using a network server to connect the originating mobile device to the destination mobile device;
determining at the originating mobile device whether a user of the originating mobile device is being prompted to leave content of a voicemail message;
while the originating mobile device and destination mobile device are connected, recording the voicemail message content for the destination mobile device on the originating mobile device;
storing the voicemail message content on the originating mobile device for retrieval wherein the voicemail message content includes an audio communication;
storing voicemail message data on the originating device, wherein the voicemail message data includes at least one of a requested time period for reply to the audio communication or a set time period for the user to contact the destination mobile device;
tracking at the originating mobile device a current day and time;
determining at the originating mobile device whether the current day and time has exceeded the requested time period for reply, or the set time period for the user to contact the destination mobile device; and
storing or displaying a result of the determination at the originating mobile device.
2. 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 to indicates that the user of the originating mobile device is being prompted to leave a voicemail message.
3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises storing the voicemail message on a voicemail server.
4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises notifying the user at the originating mobile device by displaying an indicator on a UI that is associated with the voicemail message data that the current day and time has exceeded the requested time period for reply, or the set time period for the user to contact the destination mobile device.