Patent ID: 8731147
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a message receipt notification, comprising: receiving at a first system, comprising hardware, a call from a communication device of a caller intended for a called party; receiving, in call signaling information associated with the call, an address of the caller; receiving a caller message during the call and an instruction from the caller requesting a notification be provided indicating that the called party has accessed the caller message; determining, by the first system, if the communication device of the caller is a mobile device by querying one or more data stores, wherein the query is based at least in part on the address; and at least partly in response to receiving a first indication that the called party is aware of the message, and at least partly in response to determining the communication device of the caller is a mobile device from the querying of one or more data stores, transmitting a corresponding notification, wherein the notification is automatically addressed to the mobile device associated with the caller and the notification is a short message service notification or a multimedia message service notification.