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System and method for notification upon successful message delivery

US6535585B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2000
Grant dateMar 18, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2203/2083
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and related apparatus for delivering a message from a calling party at a calling station to a called party at a called station, the method including: in response to an unsuccessful attempt to communicate from the calling station to the called station, storing a message from the calling station, using a messaging system, for later delivery to the called station; obtaining address information, using the messaging system, for the calling party and for the called station, from the calling station; attempting to deliver the message, using the messaging system, to the called station by initiating a communication from the messaging system to the called station using the address information for the called station that was obtained from the calling station; determining, using the messaging system, whether the message delivery attempt was successful; and, in response to successful delivery of the message, attempting to notify the calling party that the message to the called station was successfully delivered.

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