Patent ID: 9001981
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A voicemail system for interrupting a voicemail session between a first user and a voicemail box of a second user, the system comprising: a network input/output device associated with a cellular network and configured to receive and send call-related information between the first user and the second user; a voicemail box configured to receive and store a voicemail message associated with a cellular phone call from the first user to the second user, an interrupt handler configured to handle an interrupt request from the second cellular device to interrupt the voicemail session while the voicemail message is being received by the voicemail box of the second user, wherein the interrupt request is to be associated with a monitoring of the voicemail session between the first user and the voicemail box; wherein the interrupt handler is configured to interrupt the voicemail session based on the interrupt request being received while the voicemail is being received by the voicemail box of the second user and is configured to issue an interrupt invitation to the first user, and wherein the first user is enabled to accept or not accept the interrupt invitation, and wherein based on the first user accepting the interrupt invitation, the second user is notified that the second user is being redirected to the first user and/or the first user is notified that the first user is being directed to the second user.