Patent ID: 8666375
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An auto-reply-server-implemented method for automatically responding to a telephonic communication from a caller based at least in part on an event schedule, the method comprising: obtaining, by said auto-reply server from a remote mobile-telephony device, a plurality of audiovisual media messages, each audiovisual media message having been custom-recorded on said remote mobile-telephony device for a specific event or type of event of a plurality of events or types of event, said plurality of events or types of event corresponding respectively to a plurality of date and/or time periods, wherein at least some of said plurality of custom-recorded, event-specific audiovisual media messages are further associated with a set of one or more specific callers; receiving, by said auto-reply server from an interactive voice response (“IVR”) server at a current date and time, a request for a currently-appropriate audiovisual media message, said request having been sent in response to said IVR server's being notified that the caller is currently attempting to initiate the telephonic communication with said remote mobile-telephony device, including receiving a caller-identifier identifying the caller as being a member of said set of one or more specific callers; selecting, by said auto-reply server, an audiovisual media message of said plurality of custom-recorded, event-specific audiovisual media messages as having been custom-recorded for an event or type of event corresponding to said current date and time and based at least in part on said caller-identifier identifying the caller as being a member of said set of one or more specific callers; and sending, by said auto-reply server to said IVR server, an indication indicating that said IVR server should play said selected audiovisual media message to the caller.