Methods and systems for confirming message delivery

摘要

Methods and systems for processing messages and providing notifications regarding the same are described. An optional embodiment includes a telecommunications interface, a data network interface, and an answering system coupled to the telecommunications interface and the data network interface, the call processing system configured to receive a first call from a caller via the telecommunications interface, store a message from the caller, transmit a message notification using the data network to the intended recipient of the call via which the intended recipient can access the message, and transmit information related to the intended recipient's receipt of the message.

主权项

1. A method of providing a message played notification, comprising:
providing a software program for a mobile computing device associated with a first user; storing one or more phone addresses in one or more contact records, wherein at least a portion of the one or more phone addresses are associated with one or more inbound calls directed to the mobile computing device associated with the first user; wherein the one or more contact records are stored in a contacts data store accessible by the software program installed on the mobile computing device of the first user; receiving at the software program, installed on the mobile computing device of the first user, a voice message directed to the first user wherein the voice message originated from a second user, wherein the second user is associated with a contact record in the contacts data store; providing a user interface via the software program, installed on the mobile computing device of the first user, by which the received voice message can be played by the first user; and at least partly in response to receiving a first indication that the software program has played a portion of the received voice message while the software program, installed on the mobile computing device of the first user, is online, automatically transmitting a corresponding notification to the second user.