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Abstract

In some embodiments, a method for providing answering service via an answering device comprises associating an answering service for a target telephone number of a user with the answering device; enabling the answering device to receive a call directed from a caller device to the target telephone number; storing an answering message; and configuring the answering device to send back the answering message to the caller device in response to receiving the call when a condition is satisfied. Moreover, in some embodiments, the condition is based on a date of the call or a time of the day of the call, a status of a business associated with the target telephone number, an origin of the call or a type of the caller device, or the condition is satisfied when the call is received at a specific occasion.

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