A method for creating and managing a distribution list can include creating a distribution list at a voicemail system. The distribution list can include at least one recipient and at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients. The method can further include selecting the created distribution list and recording an audio message to be sent to the at least one recipient. Translating the audio message into the at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients thereby creating at least one translated audio message and sending the at least one translated audio message to the at least one recipient.

Claims

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20 granted claims

›1.independentA method, for operating a voicemail system, comprising:nreceiving a call for a called party at the voicemail system, the voicemail system comprising a…+6

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the call at the voicemail system is performed at a network voicemail system comprising a plain old voicemail …d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the call at the voicemail system is performed at a network voicemail system comprising a visual voicemail sys…d2

›4.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein sending the translated message to the user device comprises sending the translated message to a visual voicemail applic…d2

›5.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein creating the message comprises creating the message having a message type selected from a group of message types consis…d2

›6.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein overriding the stored language preference for the called party with the calling-party-selected language preference comp…d2

›7.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein overriding the stored language preference for the called party with the calling-party-selected language preference comp…d2

›8.independentA voicemail system comprising:na tangible computer processor; anda non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that, when executed by …+6

›9.↳ 8The voicemail system of claim 8, wherein the voicemail system comprises a plain old voicemail system.d2

›10.↳ 8The voicemail system of claim 8, wherein the voicemail system comprises a visual voicemail system.d2

›11.↳ 8The voicemail system of claim 8, wherein sending the translated message to the user device comprises sending the translated message to a visual voicem…d2

›12.↳ 8The voicemail system of claim 8, wherein the message is a message type selected from a group of message types consisting of:na video message;a text me…d2

›13.↳ 8The voicemail system claim 8, wherein the instructions for overriding the stored language preference for the called party with the calling-party-selec…d2

›14.↳ 8The voicemail system claim 8, wherein the instructions for overriding the stored language preference for the called party with the calling-party-selec…d2

›15.independentA non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operation…+5

›16.↳ 15The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the medium is a component of a system selected from a group of systems consis…d2

›17.↳ 15The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for sending the translated message to the user device associ…d2

›18.↳ 15The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the message is a message type selected from a group of message types consisti…d2

›19.↳ 15The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium claim 15, wherein the instructions for overriding the stored language preference for the called pa…d2

›20.↳ 15The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium claim 15, wherein the instructions for overriding the stored language preference for the called pa…d2

Classifications

7 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section H — Electricity

H04M11/10
H04M1/64
H04M1/725

USPC · US Patent Classification

455/413455/412.1455/412.2379/88.6

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Kent Chang

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31 Aug 2007

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60969419	31 Aug 2007
related publication	US 20130252589 A1	26 Sep 2013

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