Abstract:
A method for operating a voicemail system (110) can include receiving a call (302, 502) at the voicemail system (110), wherein the call originates from a calling party device (106), determining if the calling party device (106) is compatible with a video greeting feature (306, 506), sending a video greeting (308, 510) to the called party device (106) if it is determined that the calling party device (106) is compatible with the video greeting feature, and recording a voicemail message (314) received in response to the video greeting being played on the called party device (106). Another method can include sending a video greeting identifier to the called party device (106), the video greeting identifier being used to identify a video greeting stored on the calling party device (106). Methods for operating a mobile device (200) and a voicemail system (110) are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method, a multimedia network gateway control device and an application server for implementing intercommunication of color ring back tone are provided. When the user of the circuit switched domain initiates a call to the user of multimedia ring back tone in the multimedia subsystem, the multimedia ring back tone service is triggered. The method includes the following steps: receiving the signal sent by the multimedia ring back tone application server (201), the signal including the information of the video ring back tone; if determining to play the video ring back tone to the calling terminal, informing the mobile services switching center to connect the calling terminal (202). The multimedia gateway control device includes: the receiving unit, the determining unit, and the informing unit. The multimedia ring back tone application server includes: the receiving unit, the determining unit, and the adding or connecting unit. The problem of playing the video ring back tone when the user of Circuit Switched domain calls the user of IMS domain at that time of network intercommunication is resolved.
Abstract:
A first device uses a secondary communication channel to send its public IP address to a second device to setup point-to-point communication over a primary communication channel, such as a public computer network. The secondary channel may be a public switched telephone network, a circuit-switched voice channel in cellular network, a packet-switched voice channel in cellular network, a conventional VoIP service, a text or multimedia channel in a cellular network, a data channel in a cable television or a satellite television network, or a radio frequency channel. Once the connection over the pubic computer network has been established, the first and the second devices exchange data packets carrying text, voice, video, or other data.
Abstract:
A voicemail system (18, 30) includes a memory (38, 64) and a processor (34, 62). The memory (38, 64) can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system (18, 30) and provided with functionality based upon a user's preferences, for example. The voicemail system (18, 30) can include functionality to allow a user to convert a voicemail message to a desired format and forward the file to one or more designated destinations. Methods (700, 800, 900, 1000) for forwarding one or messages are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method (400) for creating and managing a distribution list can include creating a distribution list (410) at a voicemail system. The distribution list can include at least one recipient and at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients. The method can further include selecting the created distribution list (504) and recording an audio message (508) to be sent to the at least one recipient. Translating the audio message (510) into the at least one language preference for one or more of the at least one recipients thereby creating at least one translated audio message and sending the at least one translated audio message (512) to the at least one recipient.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for real-time cellular to Internet video transfer during a voice call between an initiator and a recipient handset. In some embodiments, the systems and methods deliver the video stream in real-time from a cellular phone to a personal computer using the Internet.
Abstract:
Conventional video call attempts encountering a device inoperable according to a desired capability will fail if the receiving device is unable to complete the call at the desired service level (i.e. video). In addition to frustrating the communication attempts between users, another issue is that resources consumed in the attempted but failed exchange are not recoverable, since the call never completed. Accordingly, configurations herein substantially overcome such shortcomings by providing a fallback mechanism that identifies a service level operable by both the initiating device and the receiving devoice, and completes the call at a lower service level operable by both devices. The disclosed approach allows a call to complete at an alternate service level (i.e. voice instead of video) rather than failing the call completely, resulting in a source of lost revenue to the service provider (operator).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and system of ring back tone service using multimedia codec. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a call originating request signal to a mobile switching center by an originating terminal having a codec; the mobile switching center transmitting a ring back tone service request signal to a ring back tone service device in response to the call originating request signal; the ring back tone service device processing a sound source data provided from a sound source data provision unit in order to fit the sound source data for the codec used in the originating terminal and then transmitting the same to the originating terminal; the mobile switching center or a vocoder of a controller bypassing the processed sound source data to the originating terminal; and the originating terminal reproducing the processed sound source data through the codec.