Techniques are disclosed for recording a voicemail greeting for a user device that is based on the communication state of the device. As depicted, the communication state may be defined as the user device connected with the core network via the cellular network, the user device connected with the voicemail system via Wi-Fi, the user device not being connected with any wireless network, the user device geolocation and the user device being blocked for a period of time. The embodiment allows the user device to update the communication state and record a voicemail greeting via the cellular network or a Wi-Fi signal.

Techniques are disclosed for recording a voicemail greeting for a user device that is based on the communication state of the device. As depicted, the communication state may be defined as the user device connected with the core network via the cellular network, the user device connected with the voicemail system via Wi-Fi, the user device not being connected with any wireless network, the user device geolocation and the user device being blocked for a period of time. The embodiment allows the user device to update the communication state and record a voicemail greeting via the cellular network or a Wi-Fi signal.

Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for transmitting a message. A method of operating an electronic device may include: determining by a processor whether a call with a counterpart electronic device is possible; and transmitting a call wish message through a communication network to the counterpart electronic device when the call is not possible based on a result of the determination.

A system and method matches a digitized stream of audio signals to a known audio recording by receiving an audio stream from an application. The method performs signal analysis on sound and silence in the audio stream to compute a stream audio print of the audio stream, to identify a pattern associated with the audio stream. The method compares the stream audio print to one or more known audio prints from a library of known audio prints. The method first applies a silence constraint to match periods of silence. If application of the silence constraint is successful, the method computes a total scoring metric function to identify a match between the stream audio print and the known audio print. The total scoring metric function employs a scoring metric function that is computed at a subset of temporal points in the non-silent portion of the audio stream audio print.

Speech-to-text analysis is performed on a greeting portion of a communication directed to a recipient to identify a name. The identified name is determined not to correspond to the recipient. A forwardee is identified based on determining that the identified name does not correspond to the recipient. The communication is forwarded to a message box of the forwardee.

Disclosed is an SIP based message service. If a message service server receives a quick answer addition request from a user terminal, the server detects a quick answer text and a quick answer ID, assigned corresponding to the quick answer text, in the quick answer addition request, and stores the detected quick answer text and quick answer ID in a quick answer list corresponding to the user terminal's user, thereby implementing quick answer addition. Further, if the message service server receives a quick answer sending request from the user terminal, the server detects a quick answer text, corresponding to a user ID contained in the quick answer sending request, in the quick answer list, configures a message containing the detected quick answer text, and sends the configured message to a recipient user terminal, thereby implementing quick answer sending.

A method is provided for safeguarding anonymity during a communication with a correspondent, between a caller and a user being called. The communication has an anonymous nature. The method includes the following steps: upon receiving a response from the correspondent to the communication sent by the caller, putting the caller on hold; analysis of the response received from the correspondent, for determining whether the correspondent corresponds to the voicemail of the user being called; and in the case of a positive determination, playing to the caller an anonymous welcome message in which the identity of the user being called is masked.

Methods and apparatus for providing voicemail services to callers of wireless devices may include providing customized outgoing messages to callers based upon the caller's identification. A subscriber to the voicemail service may select one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to receive a customized outgoing message while the remaining callers receive a general outgoing message. The methods and apparatus may further include distributing voicemail messages from a subscriber's voicemail accounts to one or more social networking sites. The subscriber to the voicemail services may share one or more received voicemail messages via one or more social networking accounts associated with the subscriber.

Techniques are disclosed for using voicemail fingerprints to detect when a call has been answered by voicemail. A voicemail fingerprint of a known voicemail greeting is stored in association with a telephone number. The voicemail fingerprint contains a set of audio analysis streams, each of which contains audio characteristics of the known voicemail greeting beginning at a different offset from the beginning of the known voicemail greeting. A current audio analysis stream is generated containing audio characteristics of audio received beginning when a call to the telephone number is answered. If the current audio analysis stream matches one of the audio analysis streams contained in the voicemail fingerprint of the known voicemail greeting associated with the telephone number, the call to the telephone number has been answered by a voicemail box of the telephone number, and may be transferred to a secondary destination.

Methods and apparatus for providing voicemail services to callers of wireless devices may include providing customized outgoing messages to callers based upon the caller's identification. A subscriber to the voicemail service may select one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to receive a customized outgoing message while the remaining callers receive a general outgoing message. The methods and apparatus may further include distributing voicemail messages from a subscriber's voicemail accounts to one or more social networking sites. The subscriber to the voicemail services may share one or more received voicemail messages via one or more social networking accounts associated with the subscriber.