Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid communications mailbox
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Application No.: US13910017Application Date: 2013-06-04
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Publication No.: US08606240B1Publication Date: 2013-12-10
- Inventor: Douglas David Gravino , Radhakrishnan Gopinath , Michael L. Poffenberger
- Applicant: Cox Communications, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Merchant & Gould
- Main IPC: H04M11/10
- IPC: H04M11/10

Abstract:
Hybrid communications voicemail systems and methods are disclosed. A wireline telephone number may be operatively associated with a wireless telephone voicemail box such that calls placed to the wireline telephone number and subsequently routed to voicemail may be routed to the wireless telephone voicemail box. Thus, the user of both wireline and wireless telephones may check voicemail messages at a single wireless voicemail box. Parents or supervisors may check voicemail messages or converted text messages deposited for children or employees at the single wireless voicemail box. A wireless telephone user may allow calls to be routed to his/her wireless telephone from his/her wireline telephone if he/she cannot be reached at the wireline telephone or as designated by the user.
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