Patent ID: 6442243
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for interfacing a subscriber to a voice mail component of a telecommunications system, comprising:immediately placing the subscriber in a message review area when the subscriber enters the voice mail system; playing messages to the subscriber when the subscriber is in the message review area; providing a plurality of functions to the subscriber, the functions being available while the messages are playing and including an option of accessing a settings area; placing the subscriber in a settings area in response to a subscriber's command to access the settings area; sequentially listing a series of settings features of the voice mail component that can be selected when the subscriber is in the settings area, by playing a prompt listing the title of each settings feature and, when a command to select the settings feature has not been entered, playing a second prompt describing each settings feature and, when the command to select the settings feature has still not been entered, again playing the first and second prompts describing the settings feature, and when the command to select the settings feature has still not been entered, playing prompts associated with a subsequent settings feature; and changing one of the settings features in response to a subscriber's command to change the one of the settings features.