Patent ID: 8417223
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling voicemail features locally at a mobile phone coupled to a carrier network having a carrier voicemail system, comprising: receiving at the mobile phone a phone call from a caller; intercepting at the mobile phone the received phone call, wherein the intercepting occurs before the phone call is directed to the carrier voicemail system; automatically, without user intervention, sending a prerecorded message from the mobile phone to the caller after a configurable time-delay has elapsed; automatically, without user intervention, recording an incoming audio message from the caller; transcribing the recorded audio message, at the mobile phone, to obtain a text transcription, wherein the transcribing occurs independent of the carrier voicemail system; storing the recorded audio message and text transcription at a local data store of the mobile phone independent of the carrier voicemail system, wherein the recorded audio message is available to a voicemail application executable by the mobile phone; and graphically displaying at the mobile phone a visual progress marker indicating a location of at least one word in the text transcription during playback of the recorded audio message.