Methods and apparatus for providing messaging using voicemail

摘要

Methods and apparatus for providing voicemail services to callers of wireless devices may include providing customized outgoing messages to callers based upon the caller's identification. A subscriber to the voicemail service may select one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to receive a customized outgoing message while the remaining callers receive a general outgoing message. The methods and apparatus may further include distributing voicemail messages from a subscriber's voicemail accounts to one or more social networking sites. The subscriber to the voicemail services may share one or more received voicemail messages via one or more social networking accounts associated with the subscriber.

主权项

1. A method for providing a customized outgoing message to a caller calling a wireless device, the method comprising:
receiving, at the wireless device, a selection of one or more contacts to receive a customized outgoing message; recording the customized outgoing message; and sending the recorded customized outgoing message to the voicemail service account, wherein, based on one or more undelivered voicemails directed from a user of the wireless device to a contact of the one or more contacts being present during an attempt by the contact of the one or more contacts to record a voicemail message directed to the user of the wireless device, the one or more undelivered voicemails are delivered to the contact of the one or more contacts during the attempt in addition to, or in place of, the customized outgoing message, and wherein, based on no undelivered voicemails directed from the user of the wireless device to the contact of the one or more contacts being present during the attempt, the customized outgoing message is delivered to the contact of the one or more contacts.