Patent ID: 8406746
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to provide a voicemail service, the method comprising: receiving at a messaging server at least one voicemail message from a first wireless mobile station and storing the at least one voicemail message in memory at the messaging server; establishing a packet switched data communication over a wireless telephony network with a recipient of the at least one voicemail message, wherein the recipient is a second wireless mobile station; transmitting over the packet switched data communication a copy of the at least one voicemail message to the second wireless mobile station to facilitate display of the at least one voicemail message in an inbox; maintaining the at least one voicemail message at the messaging server; determining that a data format of the at least one voicemail message is not reproducible by the second wireless station; and responsive to the determining that the data format is not reproducible, automatically establishing a telephone call between the messaging server and the second wireless mobile station such that the messaging server plays the at least one voicemail message for the second wireless mobile station during the telephone call.