Visual voicemail provisioning and notification

US8428563B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jack Jianxiu Hao · Lexington, US
• Chris Helbling · Norwalk, US
• Gaurav D. Mehta · Brookline, US
• Michael R. Oliver · Hoboken, US
• Guillermo Ortiz · Woburn, US
• Okeno R. Palmer · Woburn, US
• Dahai Ren · Lincoln, US
• Diego S. Rozensztejn · Brookline, US
• Atul Thaper · Flemington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2215/2073
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.