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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Morris Reese, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Morris Reese, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The method of the present invention allows a voice mail recipient to activate an automatic callback to a previous caller whose calling telephone number and recorded voice message have been left in the voice mail recipient's mailbox associated with a voice mail system coupled to an end office switch which serves the voice mail recipient. More particularly, the method of the present invention automatically delivers to the previous caller's busy or idle station caller identifying information (i.e., a directory telephone number (DN) and/or name) related to the voice mail recipient after the voice mail recipient activates the automatic callback to the previous caller by pressing a predetermined digit on a keypad of an apparatus at the voice mail recipient's station, or by saying a predetermined voice command, in response to an audible prompt from the voice mail system while or after listening to a verbal announcement of the previous caller's calling telephone number and recorded voice message left in the voice mail recipient's mailbox.