Policy based PC-to-phone text messaging for enterprise networks
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1. A text messaging method comprising:
- transmitting a text message in a first format from a network end device;
converting the text message from the first format to a second format;
transmitting the text message in the second format to a telephone switching device; and
displaying the text message on a telephone.
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Abstract
A system for transmitting text messages over an enterprise network is disclosed. The system includes a network end device having a messaging application for constructing text message in a first format and a messaging server coupled to the network end device via the enterprise network for converting the text message from the first format to a second format. The messaging server may then forward text messages in the second format to a PBX via the enterprise network for transmitting the text message to one or more PBX phones. The messaging server may determine the PBX phones entitled to receive the message based on a stored policy rule.
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1. A text messaging method comprising:
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transmitting a text message in a first format from a network end device;
converting the text message from the first format to a second format;
transmitting the text message in the second format to a telephone switching device; and
displaying the text message on a telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for transmitting text messages comprising:
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a network end device;
a server coupled to the network end device;
a telephone switching device coupled to the server; and
a telephone coupled to the telephone switching device, characterized in that the network end device transmits a text message in a first format to the server, the server converts the text message from the first format to a second format and transmits the text message in the second format to the telephone switching device, further characterized in that the telephone switching device transmits the text message to the telephone for display thereon. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A text messaging method comprising:
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transmitting from a network end device a text message including a source address of the network end device and a destination extension of a telephone;
checking whether the text message is authorized; and
transmitting the text message to the telephone if the text message is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for transmitting text messages comprising:
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a network end device;
a server coupled to the network end device;
a telephone coupled to the server, characterized in that the network end device transmits to the server a text message including a source address of the network end device and a destination extension of the telephone, the server checks whether the text message is authorized and transmits the text message to the telephone for display thereon if the text message is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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