| US 7,574,487 B1 | ||
| Messaging system configured for selectively accessing subscriber spoken name from a directory server based on determined unavailability of messaging server | ||
| Geetha Ravishankar, Glen Allen, Va. (US); Satish Joshi, Glen Allen, Va. (US); Nagendran Parasu, Richmond, Va. (US); and Zhiwei Zhang, Richmond, Va. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/820,884. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—219 [709/217; 379/88.13; 379/88.17; 379/88.22; 379/88.23; 379/265.09] | 40 Claims |
| 1. A method in a server configured for initiating a messaging session for an incoming call by accessing subscriber profile
information from a directory server, the method comprising:
attempting retrieval of a subscriber announcement for the messaging session from a messaging server based on the subscriber
profile information, the subscriber announcement stored in the messaging server as a first data file having a first size;
determining an inaccessibility of the subscriber announcement for the messaging session from the messaging server;
retrieving from the directory server an audible subscriber identifier, stored in the directory server as a second data file
having a second size substantially smaller than the first size, based on the determined inaccessibility of the subscriber
announcement; and
playing for the messaging session an alternate subscriber announcement including the audible subscriber identifier.
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