Apparatus and method for providing messaging services

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a cordless phone system, a session initiation protocol message from a voicemail server, the session initiation protocol message transmitted in response to a triggering event, the session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with a voicemail message directed to a user associated with the cordless phone system and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user; retrieving, by the cordless phone system, status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user; displaying, by the cordless phone system, the status information to the user; transmitting, by the cordless phone system, a request to the voicemail server for the voicemail message in response to user input, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message; and receiving, by the cordless phone system, from the voicemail server, the voicemail message transcoded to a predetermined format of the cordless phone system.