US 12,316,809 B2
Method to access or manage an operator's voicemail system from a digital assist or smart device
Anthony Saadeh, Saint-Laurent (CA); Mario Georgakis, Montreal (CA); Lan Tran, Montreal (CA); Cheng Jun Li, Pierrefonds (CA); Kien Minh Huy Banh, Montreal (CA); Elie Wanna, Montreal (CA); and Antoine Daou, Chandler (CA)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/789,654
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/050104
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140470, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,168, filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035278 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 3/533 (2006.01); H04M 3/527 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/53333 (2013.01) [H04M 3/527 (2013.01); H04M 2203/1008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assistant network node configured to communicate with a voicemail system via a proxy network node, the assistant network node comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
receive, over an internet, a request message associated with a digital assistant device, the request message inquiring about a voicemail function of the voicemail system related to a user of a fixed or cellular network;
access the voicemail system in the fixed or cellular network based at least in part on the request message, the accessing of the voicemail system being performed without establishing a voice channel in the fixed or cellular network; and
return a response message to the digital assistant device over the internet based at least in part on the access of the voicemail system in the fixed or cellular network, the response message being associated with the request message inquiring about the voicemail function of the voicemail system.