IP Library Granted Patent US 10,735,596
Granted Patent B2
US 10,735,596 · App. 15/946,842 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Methods, systems, and products for notifications

Inventor: Darryl Cynthia Moore (Social Circle, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROERTY I, L.P.
H04M3/537H04M3/42034H04M3/42102H04M3/42357H04M3/53333H04M2203/2083
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Patent No.
US 10,735,596
App. No.
15/946,842
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A message notification indicates a message has been retrieved and/or read. The message notification may be sent to any destination, such as a sender's device. When the sender's device receives the message notification, an icon or other graphical indicator may be displayed to indicate the message has been retrieved and/or read.

Claims (34)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a recordation notification identifying a recording of a voicemail message;

receiving, by the server, a retrieval notification specifying a retrieval of the voicemail message;

receiving, by the server, a location associated with the retrieval of the voicemail message; and

adding, by the server, entries to a database, the entries electronically associating the receiving of the recordation notification to the receiving of the retrieval notification and to the location.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a date and time associated with the retrieval of the voicemail message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a sender associated with the recordation notification.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a location coordinate describing the location.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying an icon that is associated with the retrieval of the voicemail message.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying an icon that is associated with the recording of the voicemail message.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising associating the icon to the location associated with the retrieval of the voicemail message.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising associating the icon to a date and a time associated with the retrieval of the voicemail message.

9. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a recordation notification that identifies a recording of a voicemail message;

receiving a retrieval notification that specifies a date and a time of a retrieval of the voicemail message;

receiving a location associated with the date and the time of the retrieval of the voicemail message; and

adding entries to a database, an entry of the entries logging the receiving of the recordation notification, and another entry of the entries electronically associating the location to the date and the time specified by the retrieval notification.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a text message at the date and the time of the retrieval.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a sender of the voicemail message.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a recipient of the voicemail message.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying an icon that is electronically associated with the recording of the voicemail message.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying an icon that is associated with the retrieval of the voicemail message.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the icon to the location.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the icon to the date and the time of the retrieval.

17. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a recordation notification sent to a server identifying a recording of a voicemail message;

receiving a retrieval notification sent to the server specifying a date and a time of a retrieval of the voicemail message;

receiving a location sent to the server, the location associated with the date and the time of the retrieval of the voicemail message; and

adding entries to a database accessible to the server, an entry of the entries logging the recordation notification, and another entry of the entries electronically associating the location to the retrieval notification.

18. The memory device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a text message at the date and the time of the retrieval at the mobile device.

19. The memory device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a sender associated with the voicemail message.

20. The memory device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying an icon associated with at least one of the recordation notification and the retrieval notification.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: MOORE, DARRYL CYNTHIA
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045476/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 045476/0581 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 045582/0143 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 045582/0236 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 045862/0624 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15009895 · Jan 29, 2016
Continuation 14334727 · Jul 18, 2014
Continuation 13170224 · Jun 28, 2011
Continuation 11707805 · Feb 16, 2007
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