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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Badri Subramanyan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Ayodeji Abidogun, Overland Park, KS (US);
William Routt, Leawood, KS (US);
Piyush Upadhyay, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Ways of presenting a custom greeting to a user who retrieves a voicemail that was left by a caller are disclosed. In one embodiment, a voicemail server facilitates storing a voicemail in connection with an identifier that is associated with a calling device that was used by a caller in an attempt to call the user. A user-specific name is automatically retrieved based on the identifier. This name can be retrieved from the user's mobile device or from a remote address book. When the user retrieves his or her messages, the voicemail server presents a custom announcement introducing the message, where the custom announcement is based on the name retrieved.