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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Keith M. Campbell, Cary, NC (US);
Caroline M. Metry, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Keith M. Campbell, Cary, NC (US);
Caroline M. Metry, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the coordination of a voicemail response (e.g., away message) with calendar scheduling. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a phone call; forwarding the phone call to a voicemail system; determining a phone number associated with the phone call; determining a calendar entry for a current time; and generating a voicemail response based on the phone number and the calendar entry.