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Patent US7221739 - Callback function for messaging platform in public telephone system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA messaging system includes a messaging platform storing a message from a calling party, a switching mechanism for receiving a call from a subscriber to access the stored message, and a routing application at a server. The subscriber accesses the message at the messaging platform and signals for a callback...http://www.google.com/patents/US7221739?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7221739 - Callback function for messaging platform in public telephone systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7221739 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/294,360Publication dateMay 22, 2007Filing dateNov 14, 2002Priority dateNov 14, 2002Fee statusPaidPublication number10294360, 294360, US 7221739 B1, US 7221739B1, US-B1-7221739, US7221739 B1, US7221739B1InventorsAzhar I. Khan, Navneet A. PatelOriginal AssigneeBellsouth Intellectual Property CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (22), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (9), Classifications (18), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetCallback function for messaging platform in public telephone system
US 7221739 B1Abstract
A messaging system includes a messaging platform storing a message from a calling party, a switching mechanism for receiving a call from a subscriber to access the stored message, and a routing application at a server. The subscriber accesses the message at the messaging platform and signals for a callback connection with the calling party. In response, the messaging platform sends bookmark information to the routing application describing a current state of the messaging platform with regard to the subscriber. The routing application directs the switching mechanism to disconnect the subscriber from the messaging platform and connect the subscriber to the calling party. When the callback connection is completed, the routing application directs that the subscriber be re-connected with the messaging platform and sends the stored bookmark information back to same. The messaging platform employs such bookmark information to re-establish the current state.
The present invention relates to a telephone system with a messaging platform that stores a message from a caller for a subscriber, and a callback function that sets up a call between the subscriber and the caller. More particularly, the present invention relates to such a system where the callback function is more efficiently implemented.
The present invention satisfies the aforementioned need by providing a system and method in connection with a messaging system implemented as a service to a subscriber by a telephone service provider of the subscriber. The messaging system stores a message from a calling party calling the subscriber and a telephone number of the calling party, and allows the subscriber to access the stored message and call back the calling party based on the corresponding telephone number. The messaging system includes a switching mechanism for receiving a call from the subscriber to access the stored message, a messaging platform for storing the message from the calling party and the corresponding telephone number, and an application server running a routing application for routing communications between the subscriber, the messaging platform, and the calling party. The switching mechanism, the messaging platform, and the application server are all connected to a network.
Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals are used to indicate like elements throughout, there is shown in FIG. 2 a messaging system 10 for providing a message service with a callback function in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. When actuated, a call from a calling party 12 to a called party 14 is forwarded to a messaging platform 15. The messaging platform presents the calling party 12 with an opportunity to leave a voice message or the like for the called party 14, and records and stores such voice message and perhaps also the telephone number of the calling party 12, the call time, etc. The called party 14 may then call into the messaging platform 15 and retrieve the voice message. Typically, the called party 12 determines when the system 10 is actuated therefor.
Bearing in mind that the messaging platform 15 has stored a message from a calling party 12 for the called party/subscriber 14, and that the messaging platform 15 has also stored the telephone number of the calling party 12, the process begins by the calling party/subscriber 14 (hereinafter ‘subscriber 14’) calling into the messaging platform 15 (step 301). In response thereto, the SSP 105 of the subscriber 14 notifies the routing application 26 by way of the gateway 20 and the network 18 that the subscriber 14 is calling in to the messaging platform 15 (step 303), and the routing application 26 directs the setup of the call by appropriately instructing the SSP 105 how to establish communication between the subscriber 14 and the messaging platform 15 by way of the gateways 20 and the network 18 (step 305). Accordingly, the SSP 105 in fact establishes such communication according to the instructions from the routing application (step 307), and the subscriber 14 accesses the message from the calling party 12 as stored at the messaging platform 15 (step 309). In the meantime, the routing application 26 awaits any messages that may be generated therefor by the messaging platform 15 and sent thereto by way of the direct link 24 and the network 18 (step 311).
At some point during accessing of the message from the calling party 12 as stored at the messaging platform 15, the subscriber 14 may decide to call back the calling party 12, and therefore signals the messaging platform 15 that a callback connection with the calling party 12 is desired (step 313). Such signaling may be accomplished in any appropriate manner without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and may for example include entering a key sequence or verbally stating a command. In response to the signal, and in one embodiment of the present invention, the messaging platform 15 sends a message to the routing application 26 by way of the direct link 24 and the network 18, where the message includes ‘bookmark’ information relating to the current state of the messaging platform 15 with regard to the subscriber 14 (step 315). Such bookmark information may include an identifier of the subscriber 14 and/or a mailbox thereof at the messaging platform 15, an identifier of the accessed message that is the basis of the desired callback connection, the telephone number of the calling party 12 as correspondingly stored with the message, and the like.
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