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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Chris Helbling, Norwalk, CT (US);
Gaurav D. Mehta, Brighton, MA (US);
Michael R. Oliver, Wayne, NJ (US);
Guillermo Ortiz, Brookline, MA (US);
Okeno Palmer, Woburn, MA (US);
Dahai Ren, Waltham, MA (US);
Diego S. Rozensztejn, Brookline, MA (US);
Atul Thaper, Flemington, NJ (US);
Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Chris Helbling, Norwalk, CT (US);
Gaurav D. Mehta, Brighton, MA (US);
Michael R. Oliver, Wayne, NJ (US);
Guillermo Ortiz, Brookline, MA (US);
Okeno Palmer, Woburn, MA (US);
Dahai Ren, Waltham, MA (US);
Diego S. Rozensztejn, Brookline, MA (US);
Atul Thaper, Flemington, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.