Technique for providing a personalized electronic messaging service through an information assistance provider
US7912206B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/42068
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To provide a personalized voice email service, data pertaining to one or more of a user's email accounts, e.g., email addresses and account access data, is maintained in a folder by an information assistance service, which is unaffiliated with the email service providers (e.g., AOL, Hotmail, etc.) maintaining the user's email accounts. When the user calls the information assistance service, the user's folder is retrieved. The user's email accounts may be accessed on behalf of the user based on the email addresses and account access data in the user's folder. An information assistance provider including, e.g., an operator and/or a voice server, may present information concerning the email messages received in the user's email accounts in different manners. For example, the information assistance provider may report to the user selected email messages that satisfy one or more predetermined criteria, e.g., only those email messages which have been received since the last time the user called the information assistance service. Header information (e.g., sender/address, subject, etc.) concerning the selected email messages may be announced to the user. At the user's request, the informa…
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