Patent ID: 7535997
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for silent message delivery, comprising: a message receiver configured to receive a text message from a message source and convert said text message to a corresponding speech message, transmission of said text message to said message receiver being initiated by a message sender and not an intended recipient, said text message identifying said intended recipient and a telephone number of the intended recipient which is used to deliver contents of the text message as a voice message to the intended recipient, the telephone number of the intended recipient being entered in the text message by the message sender; a message router in communication with said message receiver and configured to route said speech message dependent on information included within said speech message; a voice mail format conversion agent in communication with said message router and configured to convert said speech message to a corresponding voice mail format message and deliver said voice mail format message to a voice mailbox of the intended recipient residing on a voice mail system, wherein said intended recipient initiates a call to the voice mail system to access the voice mail format message and the voice mail format conversion agent is co-located with the message receiver and the message router; a delivery confirmation notifier in communication with said voice mail format conversion agent and configured to deliver a delivery confirmation message to said message source, said message source comprising a text messaging device; a voice agent in communication with said message router and configured to deliver said speech message to a media server and cause said media server to deliver said speech message to a telephonic device, wherein said voice agent is in communication with said delivery confirmation notifier; and wherein said delivery confirmation message indicates the status of the delivery attempt of said voice mail format message to said voice mail system and said speech message to said telephonic device.