MESSAGING ADVISE IN PRESENCE-AWARE NETWORKS

摘要

The present invention is directed generally to telephony networks and specifically to presence-aware telephony networks. One aspect of the inventi on provides a method for providing message-related information to a contacting party, comprising: (a) receiving a voice contact to a first communication device of a subscriber from a second communication device of a contacting party; (b) effecting an audio session between a messaging system associated with the subscriber and the second communication device; (c) thereafter performing at least one of the following steps: (i) transforming the audio session into a graphical user interface- based audio session between the messaging system and the second communication device; an d (ii) transforming the audio session into a session between the messaging system and the second communication device having a video channel or both audio and vid eo channels; and (d) providing message-related information to the communication device of the contacting party via the transformed session.