Patent ID: 8503625
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. In a digital voice communication environment that includes a client device capable of capturing conversational data from a caller, a method of saving a voicemail message as a draft, the method comprising: forwarding the caller to a voicemail system associated with a callee after attempting to establish a conversation channel between the caller and the callee; receiving a voicemail message from the caller using the voicemail system associated with the callee without delivering the voicemail message from the caller to the callee; receiving input from the caller to save the voicemail message as a draft in the voicemail system associated with the callee such that the voicemail is not delivered to the callee for access; associating contextual information with the voicemail message that indicates the voicemail message is a draft; wherein the voicemail message comprises conversational data packets and contextual data packets; wherein the contextual data packets are used to store the contextual information that indicates the voicemail message is the draft; wherein the contextual information is not in an audio-based format; storing the voicemail message as the draft using the voicemail system associated with the callee without delivering the voicemail to the callee such that the callee is unable to access the voicemail message; and in response to receiving a selection to send the saved draft of the voicemail message, delivering the voicemail message to the callee such that the callee is able to access the voicemail message.