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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Mon-Mei Chen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Howard Paul Katseff, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Ashok K Kuthyar, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Robert Edward Markowitz, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Robert F Mortenson, Chatham, NJ (US);
Ram S Ramamurthy, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Bethany Scott Robinson, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Peter H Stuntebeck, Little Silver, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp, Middletown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system is disclosed for handling multimedia messages when the intended recipient is unavailable. The telecommunication based method and system allows a party to leave a greeting message which will be furnished to a caller when the party is unavailable. The method and system further allows a caller to leave a multimedia message for the unavailable intended recipient. The method and system further alerts the party that a multimedia message has been recorded and allows the party to retrieve the multimedia message.