Method and system for providing a call answering service between a source telephone and a target telephone

• Main Authors: AMIR OFIR, RAMATI NADAV
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.05.2013
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The invention relates to a voice mail system for providing a call answering service between a source telephone and a target telephone having access to the voice mail system via a switch, said voice mail system being adapted to: (a) receive an unanswered call directed to the target telephone, said call having embedded therein an address of the target telephone, an address of the source telephone, and an address of the voice mail system; (b) establish an outgoing call to the target telephone via the switch; (c) convey to the source telephone via the switch a response generated by the voice mail system; (d) receive media from the source telephone and convey said media to the target telephone, the voice mail system further adapted to: (e) terminate said response and bridge all media between the source telephone and the target telephone in response to an accept call instruction received from the target telephone.