IP Library Granted Patent US 8,290,126
Granted Patent B2
US 8,290,126 · App. 12/340,296 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

System and method for a visual voicemail interface

Assignee: CenturyLing Intellectual Property LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,290,126
App. No.
12/340,296
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for receiving information for voicemail. A call is received from a caller. A voicemail message from the caller is recorded. A caller identifier is received from the caller in response to recording the voicemail message. The caller identifier is associated with one or more profiles. The voicemail message is filed utilizing the associated profile in response to receiving the caller identifier.

Claims (56)

1. A computer implemented method for receiving information for voicemail, the computer implemented method comprising:

receiving a call from a caller;

recording a voicemail message from the caller;

determining a caller identifier in response to recording the voicemail message, wherein the caller identifier is associated with one or more profiles;

filing the voicemail message utilizing the associated profile in response to receiving the caller identifier;

interfacing with an email program to retrieve contact information for the caller;

compiling, from the contact information retrieved from the email program, a plurality of contact numbers for the caller; and

storing the compiled plurality of contact numbers with the filed voicemail message.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the caller is associated with a profile;

prompting a user to enter information associated with a new profile in response to determining the caller does not have a profile; and

associating the information with the new profile.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the determining, prompting, and associating is performed in response to receiving the caller identifier.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a caller identifier further composes:

utilizing voice recognition to determine the caller identifier from the voicemail message.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the caller identifier includes a name spoken by the caller.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:

prompting the user to speak a reference for determining the caller identifier.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the caller identifier is one or more selected items from the information.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving further comprises:

intercepting the call intended for a user by a voicemail system;

identifying the caller profile associated with the caller regardless of a phone or line utilized by the caller.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the caller identifier and the information is received as alpha numeric input through a telephonic device.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the voicemail message is a visual voicemail message, wherein the visual voicemail message is managed utilizing the associated profile.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the voicemail message, the caller identifier, and the information is received by an interactive voice response system and converted to text by a voice-to-text converter.

12. A voicemail system comprising:

a processor for executing a set of instructions;

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory operable to store the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are executed to:

receive a call from a caller;

record a voicemail message;

determine a caller identifier in response to recording the voicemail message, wherein the caller identifier is associated with one or more profiles;

file the voicemail message utilizing the associated profile in response to receiving the caller identifier;

interface with an email program to retrieve contact information for the caller;

compile, from the contact information retrieved from the email program, a plurality of contact numbers for the caller; and

store the compiled plurality of contact numbers with the filed voicemail message.

13. The voicemail system according to claim 12 , wherein the set of instructions is further executed to:

manage a plurality of voicemail messages based on the one or more profiles;

determine the caller identifier utilizing voice recognition of the visual voicemail message.

14. The voicemail system according to claim 12 , wherein the set of instructions is further executed to:

retrieve additional information about the caller from a plurality of other applications utilized by the user.

15. The voicemail system according to claim 12 , wherein the set of instructions is further executed to:

convert the visual voicemail message, the caller identifier, and the information to text associated with the one or more profiles.

16. The voicemail system according to claim 12 , wherein the caller identifier is associated with the one or more profiles utilizing voice recognition.

17. The voicemail system according to claim 12 , wherein the voicemail message is a visual voicemail message.

18. The voicemail system according to claim 12 , wherein the set of instructions are further executed to:

display the visual voicemail message to a user utilizing the one or more associated profiles.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining a caller identifier comprises receiving a caller identifier from the caller.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor to:

receive a call from a caller;

record a voicemail message;

determine a caller identifier in response to recording the voicemail message, wherein the caller identifier is associated with one or more profiles;

file the voicemail message utilizing the associated profile in response to receiving the caller identifier;

interface with an email program to retrieve contact information for the caller;

compile, from the contact information retrieved from the email program, a plurality of contact numbers for the caller; and

store the compiled plurality of contact numbers with the filed voicemail message.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 13, 2012
From: EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY, LLC
To: CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Reel/Frame 028959/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2008
From: CHATTERJEE, KOUSHIK; LIVESAY, AMANDA; HAWKINS, JOHNNY
To: EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 022010/0349 →
Continuity (1)
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