Patent ID: 7231021
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A distributed voicemail system comprising: a media server in communication with a telephone network, the media server adapted to send a request to invoke a voicemail service of the distributed telecommunications platform in response to receiving a telephone call from a caller, the telephone call being received from the telephone network; an application server in communication with the media server, the application server adapted to receive the request, wherein responsive to receiving the request the application server generates a Voice eXtensible Markup Language (VXML) page and provides the media server with the VXML page, wherein the media server renders a first portion of the VXML page to the caller; a central data and message store (CDMS) in communication with the application server, the CDMS having voicemail account attributes stored therein, wherein the CDMS provides the application server with an attribute for a specific voicemail account, and wherein the application server generates a custom VXML page using the attribute; and the media server being responsive to receive a selection indicator from the caller over the telephone network and, in response to the selection indicator, render a second portion of the VXML page independent of the application server and other components in the distributed voicemail gateway.