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Voicemail: History, Companies & Technology

A voicemail system (also known as voice message or voice bank) is a computer-based system that allows callers to leave a recorded message when the recipient has been unable (or unwilling) to answer the phone. Calls may be directed to voicemail manually or automatically. The caller is prompted to leave a message that the recipient can retrieve at a later…

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Voicemail topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Voicemail.

Related topics
80
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
89
Extracted relationships
210
Concept neighborhoods
32
Bridge connections
89

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 22 topics
History · 17 topics
Instant messaging in voice · 11 topics
Unified messaging with VoIP · 10 topics
Features · 8 topics
Virtual telephony · 5 topics
Unified messaging · 4 topics
Public telephone services · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Features

History

Public telephone services

Unified messaging

Virtual telephony

Instant messaging in voice

Unified messaging with VoIP

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Voicemail connects Entity context

The extracted context around Voicemail shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Voicemail → Bell Operating, Beusch, By, CCITT, ESSELTE VOICE AB, Europe, Finnigan, Finnigan USA, Geneva, In, Information Week Tour, ITU, Lars Olof Kanngard, MiniVoice, Paul Finnigan, PC-board, PDP, President, Radio-Suisse, René Beusch Another extracted example is Voicemail → Cohen HI, Connecticut, December, District, Elkins, Gerald, Hughes, IBM, Kalisky, Kolodny, Kolodny GM, Lanier, Matthews, New Hampshire, November, One, Paul Hughes, Pitney Bowes, Radiology, Rapid-access. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Voicemail

Top relations

related to International Voicemail Association · 32
Voicemail → Bell Operating, Beusch, By, CCITT, ESSELTE VOICE AB, Europe, Finnigan, Finnigan USA, Geneva, In, Information Week Tour, ITU, Lars Olof Kanngard, MiniVoice, Paul Finnigan, PC-board, PDP, President, Radio-Suisse, René Beusch
has application · 28
Voicemail → Cohen HI, Connecticut, December, District, Elkins, Gerald, Hughes, IBM, Kalisky, Kolodny, Kolodny GM, Lanier, Matthews, New Hampshire, November, One, Paul Hughes, Pitney Bowes, Radiology, Rapid-access
related to Invention · 22
Voicemail → By, December, Ediphone, Edison, Edison's, For, Hayes, In, Letter, Motorola Pageboy, New York, November, Operators, President Rutherford, Scientific American, Telescribe, The, These, Thomas, US
related to Unified messaging with VoIP · 22
Voicemail → Adomo, Avaya, AVST, Cisco, Comverse Technology, Corporate, Interactive Intelligence, Internet Protocol, IP, IP-based, Lucent Technologies, Mitel, Nortel, PBX, PBXs, TDM, The, Their, This, Unified Messaging
related to Public telephone services · 18
Voicemail → Bell Operating Companies, BOC, BOCs, Boston Technology, Comverse Technology, FCC, Greene, In, Judge Harold, March, NEBS, Octel, PTT, Regional Bell Operating, The, Unisys, US, Voicemail International's
related to history · 17
Voicemail → Although VMI, ATT, Google Voice, In September, Internet, PC-based, Skype, Televoice International, The, They, US-wide Voicemail, USA Today, VMI, VMX, Voice Message Exchange, Voicemail International, Vonage
related to Unified messaging · 17
Voicemail → AT, Bell Labs, Deborah Mill, For, GUI, June, Kenneth Huber, Microsoft, Microsoft Exchange, Patent, PC, Roberta Cohen, The, TUI, Unified Messaging, Users, Voice
related to Virtual telephony · 15
Voicemail → As, Cellular, Giving, If, In, Octel, Other, South Africa, South America, The, This, Virtual Telephony, When, Wiring, With
related to Instant messaging in voice · 13
Voicemail → April, As, By, Cellular, Email, GotVoice, IP-based Wi-Fi, Services, SMS, SpinVox, Systems, The, YouMail
related to Features · 7
Voicemail → More, Most, PCs, Simple, Simpler, Some, To

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

voice message system systems telephone services patent phone messages ibm computer used messaging called service technology answering also first us

Voicemail relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 210 structured relationships around Voicemail. Examples in this analysis include PCs or smartphones.Simple voicemail systems function as a remote answering machine using touch-tones as the user interface → instance of → permitting recipients and callers to retrieve or leave messages through multiple methods and voice or a computer interface → instance of → More complicated systems may use other input devices. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PCs or smartphones.Simple voicemail systems function as a remote answering machine using touch-tones as the user interfaceinstance ofpermitting recipients and callers to retrieve or leave messages through multiple methods0.80text
voice or a computer interfaceinstance ofMore complicated systems may use other input devices0.80text
Skypeinstance ofVoicemail popularity continues today with Internet telephone services0.80text
Google Voiceinstance ofVoicemail popularity continues today with Internet telephone services0.80text
ATT that integrate voiceinstance ofVoicemail popularity continues today with Internet telephone services0.80text
voicemailinstance ofVoicemail popularity continues today with Internet telephone services0.80text
text services for tabletsinstance ofVoicemail popularity continues today with Internet telephone services0.80text
smartphones.Voicemail systems were developed in the late 1970s by Voice Message Exchangeinstance ofVoicemail popularity continues today with Internet telephone services0.80text
voicemailinstance ofThis set the stage for a creation of a broad spectrum of computer based Central Office and Customer Premises Equipment that would eventually support enhanced voice solutions0.80text
audiotexinstance ofThis set the stage for a creation of a broad spectrum of computer based Central Office and Customer Premises Equipment that would eventually support enhanced voice solutions0.80text
interactive voice responseinstance ofThis set the stage for a creation of a broad spectrum of computer based Central Office and Customer Premises Equipment that would eventually support enhanced voice solutions0.80text
paginginstance ofthe Bell Operating Companies and their cellular divisions had been prohibited by the FCC from offering voicemail and other enhanced services0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Voicemail bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Would, Us and Center. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • message
    • Center
    • Voice
    • Voicemail
    • System
    • Systems
    • Phone
    • Company
    • Would
    • Called
    • Computer
    • Public
    • Could
  • phone
    • Could
    • Would
    • Answering
    • Service
    • Voicemail
    • Called
    • System
    • Systems
    • Calls
    • Time
    • Company
    • Telephony
  • answering machines
    • Telephone
    • Using
    • Calls
    • Companies
    • Company
    • Could
    • Messages
    • User
    • Phone
    • Services
    • Use
    • Technology
  • ibm thomas j. watson research center
    • Message
    • System
    • First
    • Company
    • Systems
    • May
    • Would
    • Public
    • Including
    • Voice
    • Technology
    • Computer
  • ibm system/7
    • Ibm
    • System
    • First
    • Voicemail
    • Message
    • Called
    • Systems
    • Developed
    • Also
    • Voice
    • Telephone
    • Messaging
  • ibm vm370
    • System
    • First
    • Systems
    • Public
    • Including
    • Voice
    • Technology
    • Computer
    • Message
    • Messaging
    • Patent
    • Services
  • ibm series/1
    • System
    • First
    • Systems
    • Public
    • Including
    • Voice
    • Technology
    • Computer
    • Message
    • Messaging
    • Patent
    • Services
  • ibm 2750 and 3750 switching systems
    • Voicemail
    • Use
    • System
    • First
    • Corporate
    • Voice
    • Ibm
    • Systems
    • Companies
    • Including
    • Computer
    • Messages

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Voicemail, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Voicemail with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Voicemail — Overview · splits 67 ⟂ 23
Voicemail — History · splits 72 ⟂ 18
Voicemail — Instant messaging in voice · splits 77 ⟂ 13
Voicemail — Unified messaging with VoIP · splits 79 ⟂ 11
Voicemail — Features · splits 81 ⟂ 9
Voicemail — Virtual telephony · splits 84 ⟂ 6
Voicemail — Unified messaging · splits 85 ⟂ 5
Voicemail — Public telephone services · splits 86 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Voicemail

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples210
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Voicemail to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Voicemail · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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