A mobile virtual network operator is provided. The operator includes a server that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device. The mobile device includes application software provided by the virtual network operator for allowing phone call and data connectivity.

Disclosed is a method for providing information with a voice message to a subscriber A in response to a receipt of call connection attempt in a terminal device of a subscriber B, the method includes: detecting the call connection attempt from the subscriber A in the terminal device of the subscriber B; generating a message including data carrying a dedicated voice message to the subscriber A; outputting the generated message to the subscriber A. Also disclosed is relates to a system implementing the method and a computer program product.

According to a multifunction machine as an electronic apparatus according to the present invention, a badge is arranged on a screen displayed on a display. A number indicating an undelivery number is assigned to the badge. The multifunction machine includes a human sensor that senses the presence or absence of a user in a predetermined area at the periphery of the multifunction machine. Based on a sensing result by the human sensor, determination on whether or not a message is delivered to the user is made. Then, based on such a determination result, the undelivery number is managed.

A mobile virtual network operator is provided. The operator includes a server that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device. The mobile device includes application software provided by the virtual network operator for allowing phone call and data connectivity.

Each user of a telecommunications system may speak and record their own name, in their own voice, and a recording of their spoken name may subsequently be accessed by or delivered to other users of the system, thereby facilitating communication between users by enabling users to better know how to pronounce the names of other users. A user may listen to the recorded spoken name of another user before placing a call to another user. When a user joins a conference call, their spoken name may be announced to other users (attendees) already in the call. A user joining a conference call may listen to the recorded spoken names of attendees in the call. A button on users' phones may invoke these features.

The invention relates to a method for creating and transmitting a telephone call requested by a transmitting service to the telephone of a recipient, wherein a server of the transmitting service is capable of submitting a call request to a call server, the call request containing digital information enabling the call server to initiate a call to the telephone of the recipient using a calling number to be displayed on the telephone, wherein the call contains an enhanced voicemail, consisting of a voicemail constructed by the call server from a portion of the information contained in the call request and intended to be broadcast during the call, and additional non-voice information contained in the call request and used by the call server to form the calling number.

A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority.

To provide a service providing system capable of providing network information flexibly in response to a request from a server provided by a third party so as to provide services using various information, the service providing system includes an information collection unit (10) that collects node holding information held by each node device in a mobile communication network when a service information acquisition request needed for providing a service is transmitted from a service providing server (50) located in an external communication network, an information generation unit (20) that generates mobile communication network information based on the node holding information collected from each of node devices (41) to (43), and a communication unit (30) that transmits the mobile communication network information to the service providing server (50).

A mobile virtual network operator is provided. The operator includes a server that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device. The mobile device includes application software provided by the virtual network operator for allowing phone call and data connectivity.

A digital content provider server comprises a memory and a processor configured for: receiving respective unique authentication tokens from each of a first device and a second device, and transferring to a content selection interface on the first device an indication of content available from a content provider, wherein the content selection interface is associated with an application installed on the first device. The memory and processor are further configured for: transmitting selected content to the first device in response to a user selection of content available from the content provider server at the first device, and automatically transmitting the selected content to the second device.