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Mobile voice mail message transmission system
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1996-08-27
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Granted: 1999-03-16
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Expires: 2016-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A mobile voice mail message transmission system includes a voice mail device, an announcement trunk, a message transmitting section, and a message erasing section. The voice mail device temporarily stores voice mail messages from callers in correspondence with called mobile terminals when the mobile terminals are in a communication disabled state. The announcement trunk urges the mobile terminal to receive voice mail messages on the basis of a parameter associated with voice mail messages stored in the voice mail device. In response to a request for reception of voice mail messages from the mobile terminal, the message transmitting section transmits the corresponding voice mail messages stored in the voice mail device to the mobile terminal which has generated the request for reception of the voice mail messages. The message erasing section erases voice mail messages which are stored in the voice mail device and have been transmitted upon completion of transmission of the voice mail messages from the message transmitting section to the mobile terminal which has generated the request for reception of the messages.
Inventors
- 👤 Norio Kanazaki
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 22:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/50; H04M3/53; H04M3/533; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
423 words
A mobile voice mail message transmission system comprising: message storing means for temporarily storing voice mail messages from callers in correspondence with called mobile terminals when said called mobile terminals are in a communication disabled state; reception notifying means for notifying at least one of said called mobile terminals to receive voice mail messages on the basis of a parameter associated with voice mail messages stored in said message storing means that are destined for said at least one of said called mobile terminals; message transmission means for, in response to a request for reception of voice mail messages from said at least one of said called mobile terminals, transmitting the corresponding voice mail messages stored in said message storage means to said at least one of said called mobile terminals which has generated the request for reception of the voice mail messages; and message erasing means for erasing voice mail messages, which are stored in said message storage means and have been transmitted, upon completion of transmission of the voice mail messages from said message transmission means to said at least one of said called mobile terminals which has generated the request for reception of the voice mail messages, wherein said message storage means comprises a memory having a first memory area for storing messages demanding normal processing and a second memory area for storing messages demanding urgent processing, and said reception notifying means notifies said at least one of said called mobile terminals to receive voice mail messages on the basis of the parameter associated with voice mail messages, wherein voice mail messages for all of said plurality of mobile terminals are stored in said first and second memory areas, wherein if said at least one of said mobile terminals has a number of voice mail messages stored in the first and second memory areas that exceeds a predetermined number, any further normal voice mail messages demanding normal processing that are addressed to said at least one of said mobile terminals are not stored in the first memory area but rather are discarded, until a time when said at least one of said mobile terminals retrieves said corresponding stored messages addressed to said at least one of said mobile terminals, and wherein a particular voice mail message demanding urgent processing requires one of said callers to pay a fee to have said particular voice mail message stored in the second memory area and to have said at least one of said mobile terminals immediately notified of said particular voice mail message.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
423 words
A mobile voice mail message transmission system comprising: message storing means for temporarily storing voice mail messages from callers in correspondence with called mobile terminals when said called mobile terminals are in a communication disabled state; reception notifying means for notifying at least one of said called mobile terminals to receive voice mail messages on the basis of a parameter associated with voice mail messages stored in said message storing means that are destined for said at least one of said called mobile terminals; message transmission means for, in response to a request for reception of voice mail messages from said at least one of said called mobile terminals, transmitting the corresponding voice mail messages stored in said message storage means to said at least one of said called mobile terminals which has generated the request for reception of the voice mail messages; and message erasing means for erasing voice mail messages, which are stored in said message storage means and have been transmitted, upon completion of transmission of the voice mail messages from said message transmission means to said at least one of said called mobile terminals which has generated the request for reception of the voice mail messages, wherein said message storage means comprises a memory having a first memory area for storing messages demanding normal processing and a second memory area for storing messages demanding urgent processing, and said reception notifying means notifies said at least one of said called mobile terminals to receive voice mail messages on the basis of the parameter associated with voice mail messages, wherein voice mail messages for all of said plurality of mobile terminals are stored in said first and second memory areas, wherein if said at least one of said mobile terminals has a number of voice mail messages stored in the first and second memory areas that exceeds a predetermined number, any further normal voice mail messages demanding normal processing that are addressed to said at least one of said mobile terminals are not stored in the first memory area but rather are discarded, until a time when said at least one of said mobile terminals retrieves said corresponding stored messages addressed to said at least one of said mobile terminals, and wherein a particular voice mail message demanding urgent processing requires one of said callers to pay a fee to have said particular voice mail message stored in the second memory area and to have said at least one of said mobile terminals immediately notified of said particular voice mail message.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
330 words
A voice mail message method for a mobile communications system, comprising the steps of: a) temporarily storing, by a switching center, voice mail messages from callers in correspondence with called mobile terminals when said called mobile terminals are in a communication disabled state; b) notifying, by said switching center, at least one of said called mobile terminals to receive voice mail messages on the basis of a parameter associated with said stored voice mail messages; c) transmitting, by said at least one of said called mobile terminals in response to the notification received in the step b), a request for reception of voice mail messages; d) transmitting, by said switching center in response to reception of the request for reception of voice mail messages, the corresponding voice mail messages to said at least one of said called mobile terminals, wherein the step c) comprises the substeps of: c1) determining, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, whether a fixed dialing number has been dialed by a user of said at least one of said mobile terminals in response to reception of the notification received in the step b), the fixed dialing number being used to obtain the corresponding voice mail messages, and if the determination is that the fixed dialing number has been dialed, performing the following substeps: c2) determining, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, if a fixed time period has elapsed between the reception of the notification received in the step b) and the dialing of the fixed dialing number in the step c1); c3) if the fixed time period has elapsed, generating and transmitting, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, the request for reception of voice mail messages; and c4) if the fixed time period has not elapsed, ignoring the dialing of the fixed dialing number by said at least one of said mobile terminals, and not generating and not transmitting the request for reception of voice mail messages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
330 words
A voice mail message method for a mobile communications system, comprising the steps of: a) temporarily storing, by a switching center, voice mail messages from callers in correspondence with called mobile terminals when said called mobile terminals are in a communication disabled state; b) notifying, by said switching center, at least one of said called mobile terminals to receive voice mail messages on the basis of a parameter associated with said stored voice mail messages; c) transmitting, by said at least one of said called mobile terminals in response to the notification received in the step b), a request for reception of voice mail messages; d) transmitting, by said switching center in response to reception of the request for reception of voice mail messages, the corresponding voice mail messages to said at least one of said called mobile terminals, wherein the step c) comprises the substeps of: c1) determining, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, whether a fixed dialing number has been dialed by a user of said at least one of said mobile terminals in response to reception of the notification received in the step b), the fixed dialing number being used to obtain the corresponding voice mail messages, and if the determination is that the fixed dialing number has been dialed, performing the following substeps: c2) determining, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, if a fixed time period has elapsed between the reception of the notification received in the step b) and the dialing of the fixed dialing number in the step c1); c3) if the fixed time period has elapsed, generating and transmitting, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, the request for reception of voice mail messages; and c4) if the fixed time period has not elapsed, ignoring the dialing of the fixed dialing number by said at least one of said mobile terminals, and not generating and not transmitting the request for reception of voice mail messages.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
136 words
The voice mail message method according to claim 2, wherein, if the determination in the substep c1) is that the fixed dialing number has not been dialed, performing the following substeps: c5) determining, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, whether a mail box number has been dialed by the user in response to reception of the notification received in the step b); c6) if the determination in the substep c5) is that the mail box number has been dialed, generating and transmitting, by said at least one of said mobile terminals, the request for reception of voice mail messages, the request for reception of voice mail messages being made irrespective as to a time difference between when the mail box number was dialed and when the notification was received in the step b).
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