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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
William Joseph Sigmund, Cumming, GA (US);
Michael Robert Zubas, Marietta, GA (US);
Brian Keith Rainer, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a voicemail system can include receiving a call at the voicemail system, wherein the call originates from a calling party device, determining if the calling party device is compatible with a video greeting feature, sending a video greeting to the called party device if it is determined that the calling party device is compatible with the video greeting feature, and recording a voicemail message received in response to the video greeting being played on the called party device. Another method can include sending a video greeting identifier to the called party device, the video greeting identifier being used to identify a video greeting stored on the calling party device. Methods for operating a mobile device and a voicemail system are also disclosed.