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System and method for message recall in a unified messaging

US8255470B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

James Jackson · Austin, US
Niral Sheth · Austin, US
Mehrad Yasrebi · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 2009
Grant date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2203/4554
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for managing messages in a unified messaging (UM) platform to enable message recall is disclosed. The UM platform deposits a message from a sender into a UM mailbox of a recipient. It is then determined whether the sender of the message is a UM subscriber. If the sender is a UM subscriber, a copy of the message or a link to the message is deposited into a UM mailbox of the sender. The UM platform then provides a message recall option with the copy of the message or the link to the message in the UM mailbox of the sender. If the sender is not a UM subscriber, a recall message including a randomly generated message recall URL is sent to the sender. This allows the sender to select the randomly generated message recall URL to send a message recall request to the UM platform, which deletes the message from the mailbox of the recipient in response to the message recall request.

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