Patent ID: 9071689
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for backing up one or more messages, the method comprising: initiating, by a processor of a computing system, establishment of an active telephone call to a voicemail server of a telecommunications service, the voicemail server storing a voicemail message, wherein initiating establishment of the active telephone call comprises communicating with an intermediary system to place the telephone call to the voicemail server, wherein the intermediary system establishes the active telephone call between the computing system and the voicemail server; receiving an audio stream from the voicemail server during the active telephone call, the audio stream being part of the active telephone call, wherein the voicemail message is played back as part of the audio stream, and wherein the audio stream of the active telephone call passes through the intermediary system; initiating recording of at least a portion of the audio stream of the active telephone call, the portion of the audio stream comprising the voicemail message, wherein the portion of the audio stream is recorded as it is being received during the active telephone call, wherein recording the portion of the audio stream records the voicemail message during playback thereof as part of the audio stream, and wherein initiating recording of the portion of the audio stream of the active telephone call comprises: storing the recorded portion of the audio stream, wherein the stored recorded portion of the audio stream comprises the voicemail message; automatically isolating the voicemail message from the recorded portion of the audio stream by removing at least some content of the recorded portion of the audio stream; and sending the isolated voicemail message to a remote backup server for backup of the voicemail message.