Patent ID: 7929559
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing scheduled message delivery in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving, at a network element of the wireless communication system, a request from a scheduling party to schedule message delivery to a destination party; obtaining message delivery parameters in response to the request, the message delivery parameters including a date of delivery and contact information for the destination party; obtaining the message to be delivered by recording a voice message from the scheduling party; sending the obtained message to the destination party as set forth by the obtained message delivery parameters, wherein the sending step calls the destination party, and plays back the voice message if the call is recognized as answered by the destination party, and if the call is not recognized as answered, the sending step retries calling the destination party a number of times at a set time interval between tries, and wherein the obtaining message delivery parameters step includes obtaining the number of times the sending step retries calling the destination party if the call is unanswered and the set time interval between tries.