Patent ID: 6535585
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of delivering a message from a calling party at a calling station to a called party at a called station, the method comprising:in response to an unsuccessful attempt to communicate from the calling station to the called station, storing a message from the calling station, using a messaging system, for later delivery to the called station; obtaining address information for the calling party, from a user contact database configured to store a plurality of addresses for the calling party and a communication technique associated with each of the plurality of addresses, said user contact database being further configured to store periods of time when said each of the plurality of addresses can contact the calling party, and obtaining address information for the called station, from the calling station; attempting to deliver the message, using the messaging system, to the called station by initiating a communication from the messaging system to the called station using the address information for the called station that was obtained from the calling station; determining, using the messaging system, whether the message delivery attempt was successful; and in response to successful delivery of the message, attempting to notify the calling party that the message to the called station was successfully delivered, said notification attempt being sent to at least one of the plurality of addresses of the calling party based on the time the notification attempt was sent.