Automatic delivery of visual voicemail

摘要

A visual voicemail may be automatically transmitted to a receiving mobile device after the visual voicemail fails to reach the receiving mobile device during an initial delivery attempt. For example, a visual voicemail delivery system may receive an indication of an incoming voicemail, and a visual voicemail associated with the incoming voicemail may be generated. The system may maintain the delivery status of the visual voicemail. For example, if the receiving mobile device retrieves the visual voicemail from the system via a communication session, the system may mark the visual voicemail as delivered. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the system may determine whether the visual voicemail has been delivered to the mobile device. If the system determines that the visual voicemail has not been delivered to the mobile device, the system may automatically transmit visual voicemail to the mobile device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a visual voicemail server, an indication of a first incoming voicemail; generating, by the visual voicemail server, a visual voicemail based on the indication of the first incoming voicemail; determining, by the visual voicemail server, whether the visual voicemail has been delivered to a mobile device, wherein determining whether the visual voicemail has been delivered to the mobile device comprises:
responsive to receiving an indication of a second incoming voicemail, determining periodically whether the visual voicemail has been delivered, wherein the indication of the second incoming voicemail arrives subsequent to the indication of the first incoming voicemail.