Patent ID: 9560205
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing a customized outgoing message to a caller calling a wireless device, the method comprising: receiving, at the wireless device, a selection of one or more contacts to receive a customized outgoing message; recording the customized outgoing message; and sending the recorded customized outgoing message to the voicemail service account, wherein, based on one or more undelivered voicemails directed from a user of the wireless device to a contact of the one or more contacts being present during an attempt by the contact of the one or more contacts to record a voicemail message directed to the user of the wireless device, the one or more undelivered voicemails are delivered to the contact of the one or more contacts during the attempt in addition to, or in place of, the customized outgoing message, and wherein, based on no undelivered voicemails directed from the user of the wireless device to the contact of the one or more contacts being present during the attempt, the customized outgoing message is delivered to the contact of the one or more contacts.