Patent ID: 8621017
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for notifying a subscriber of a presence of new email messages, comprising: polling a plurality of email accounts associated with a subscriber, each of the plurality of email accounts polled at a respective frequency designated by the subscriber; detecting a newly received email message of the subscriber at an email server associated with one of the plurality of email accounts; extracting a portion of a header of the newly received email message responsive to a determination that the newly received email message is present at the email server; converting the portion of the header extracted to a speech message; and calling, by a notification server, a voicemail server to access a voicemail box of the subscriber and transferring the speech message to the voicemail box at the voicemail server, wherein the speech message indicates that the newly received email message is present at the email server.