Patent ID: 6622021
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A system for implementing an automated response service in a telecommunication network that includes a short-message service center for receiving, storing and sending a short message, an electronic mail service base for receiving, storing and sending an electronic mail message, a mobile services switching center, and data terminal equipment of an intended recipient B-subscriber to whom a communication comprising one of a phone call and an electronic mail message is directed through the telecommunication network from an originating A-subscriber, wherein the B-subscriber has an electronic calendar containing stored information, the improvement comprising:a calendar database containing the stored information of the electronic calendar of the B-subscriber; and an answering server comprising means for generating a response to the communication from predetermined fields of the calendar database, the predetermined fields being selected by the B-subscriber for use in generating the response to the originating A-subscriber, and for automatically transmitting the generated response to the A-subscriber, when the intended B-subscriber recipient cannot be reached by the communication from the A-subscriber.