SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING VOICEMAIL GREETINGS
A wireless handheld telephony device comprising a microprocessor, machine-readable memory, and machine-readable instructions configured to cause the device to: receive from a telecommunications server signals representing a request to establish with the device a communications session for an incoming voice call; using at least one of data coded within the received signals and data associated with at least one application executable by the device, determine whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied; based on the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied, select, from a plurality of voicemail data sets stored in memory resident on the device, a voicemail data set to be transmitted to the server; and transmit to the server signals representing the selected voicemail data set.
1 . A wireless handheld telephony device comprising a microprocessor, machine-readable memory, and machine-readable instructions configured to cause the device to:
receive from a telecommunications server signals representing a request to establish with the device a communications session for an incoming voice call;
using at least one of data coded within the received signals and data associated with at least one application executable by the device, determine whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied;
based on the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied, select, from a plurality of voicemail data sets stored in memory resident on the device, a voicemail data set to be transmitted to the server; and
transmit to the server signals representing the selected voicemail data set.
2 . The device of claim 1 wherein the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied is made using data associated with the at least one application executable by the device.
3 . The device of claim 1 wherein data coded within the received signals is associated with a voicemail data set and is used in the determination whether the at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied.
4 . The device of claim 1 wherein there are at least two pre-set voicemail criteria, each of the at least two pre-set voicemail criteria being associated with a different associated voicemail data set, each of the at least two pre-set criteria associated with a different relative priority, and
wherein the machine-readable instructions are further configured to cause the device to select the voicemail data set associated with the highest priority pre-set criterion.
5 . The device of claim 1 wherein the transmitted voicemail data set includes at least one greeting parameter.
6 . The device of claim 1 wherein the at least one pre-set criterion comprises at least one of: a caller designation, a location designation, a time designation, a speed designation, a battery level designation, a profile setting designation, an event designation.
7 . The device of claim 6 wherein the at least one application comprises a calendar application and the at least one pre-set criterion comprises an event designation associated with an event scheduled in the calendar application, and the pre-set criterion may be satisfied at least for a duration of the scheduled event.
8 . The device of claim 1 , comprising a global positioning system (GPS), wherein the at least one pre-set criterion comprises at least one of a speed designation and a location designation determined using the GPS.
9 . The device of claim 1 wherein at the at least one pre-set criterion comprises a logical combination of two or more designations.
10 . A method, performed by a wireless handheld telephony device, comprising:
receiving, from a telecommunications server, signals representing a request to establish with the device a communications session for an incoming call;
determining, using at least one of data coded within the received signals and data associated with at least one application executable by the device, whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied;
selecting, based on the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied, a voicemail data set from a plurality of voicemail data sets stored in memory resident on the device to be transmitted to the server; and
transmitting to the server signals representing the selected voicemail data set.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the determining whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied is performed using data associated with the at least one application executable by the device.
12 . The method of claim 10 wherein data coded within the received signals is associated with a voicemail data set and is used in the determining whether the at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied.
13 . The method of claim 10 wherein there are at least two pre-set voicemail criteria, each of the at least two pre-set voicemail criteria being associated with a different associated voicemail data set, each of the at least two pre-set criteria associated with a different relative priority, and the selecting the voicemail data set is performed using the highest priority pre-set criterion.
14 . The method of claim 10 wherein the selected voicemail data set includes at least one greeting parameter.
15 . The method of claim 10 wherein the at least one pre-set criterion comprises at least one of: a caller designation, a location designation, a time designation, a speed designation, a battery level designation, a profile setting designation, an event designation.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the at least one application comprises a calendar application and the at least one pre-set criterion comprises an event designation associated with an event scheduled in the calendar application, and the pre-set criterion may be satisfied at least for a duration of the scheduled event.
17 . The method of claim 15 wherein the wireless handheld telephony device comprises a global positioning system (GPS) and the at least one pre-set criterion comprises at least one of a speed designation and a location designation determined using the GPS.
18 . The method of claim 15 wherein at least one of the at least one pre-set criterion comprises a logical combination of two or more designations.
19 . A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable instructions configured to cause a wireless handheld telephony device to:
receive, from a telecommunications server, signals representing a request to establish with the device a communications session for an incoming call;
determine, using at least one of data coded within the received signals and data associated with at least one application executable by the device, whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied;
selecting, based on the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied, a voicemail data set from a plurality of voicemail data sets stored in memory resident on the device to be transmitted to the server; and
transmitting to the server signals representing the selected voicemail data set.
20 . The computer program product of claim 19 wherein the determination whether at least one pre-set voicemail criterion has been satisfied is uses data associated with the at least one application executable by the device.
21 . The computer program product of claim 19 wherein there are at least two pre-set voicemail criteria, each of the at least two pre-set voicemail criteria being associated with a different associated voicemail data set, each of the at least two pre-set criteria associated with a different relative priority, and the selection of the voicemail data set made using the highest priority pre-set criterion.
22 . The computer program product of claim 19 wherein there are at least two pre-set criteria, each of the at least two pre-set criteria being associated with a different respective associated voicemail data set, each of the at least two pre-set criteria having a different relative priority; the computer program product further embodying instructions configured to cause the device to select the voicemail data set associated with the highest priority pre-set criterion.
23 . The computer program product of claim 19 wherein the selected voicemail data set includes at least one greeting parameter.
24 . The computer program product of claim 19 wherein the at least one pre-set criterion comprises at least one of: a caller designation, a location designation, a time designation, a speed designation, a battery level designation, a profile setting designation, an event designation.
25 . The computer program product of claim 24 wherein the at least one application comprises a calendar application and the at least one pre-set criterion comprises an event designation associated with an event scheduled in the calendar application, and the pre-set criterion may be satisfied at least for a duration of the scheduled event.
26 . The computer program product of claim 24 the wireless handheld telephony device comprises a global positioning system (GPS) and the at least one pre-set criterion comprises at least one of a speed designation and a location designation determined using the GPS.
27 . The computer program product of claim 24 wherein the at least one pre-set criterion comprises a logical combination of two or more designations.