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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Emerando Delos Reyes, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Parker, Foster City, CA (US);
Samir Ait-ameur, Fremont, CA (US);
Emerando Delos Reyes, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Parker, Foster City, CA (US);
Samir Ait-Ameur, Fremont, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to receive a request for a first user, of a first telephone device, to leave a voice mail message for a second user of a second telephone device; retrieve a profile associated with the second telephone device and to determine, based on the profile, whether the second telephone device is registered for a selective voice mail service; determine, based on the profile, whether the first user is allowed to leave the voice mail message when the second telephone device is registered for the selective voice mail service; and allow the first user to leave the voice mail message for the second user of the second telephone device when the second telephone device is not registered for the selective voice mail service or when the first user is allowed to leave the voice mail message.