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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Mukund N. Thapa, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mukund N. Thapa, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Optical Fusion Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a request to initiate a video conference is received from a caller. The request identifies one or more called parties for the video conference. A request for the video conference is sent to one of the called parties. The called party does not accept the request. In response to a lack of acceptance of the request by the called party, a videomail service is provided. A videomail message from the caller is recorded. The caller is the sender of the videomail message and the called party is the recipient of the videomail message. The called party is notified that he has a videomail message.