Modular integration of communication modalities
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1. A system for integrating communication modalities, the system comprising:
- (A) a standard telephone system;
(B) a standard legacy voicemail system;
(C) a digital voicemail store;
(D) a network access server (NAS) communicatively coupled to the telephone system, the NAS being configured to receive analog voice signals from the telephone system, the NAS further being configured to transmit analog voice signals to the telephone system, the NAS further being configured to digitize the analog voice signals, the NAS further being configured to transmit the digitized signals; and
(E) a digital messaging server (DMS) communicatively coupled to the NAS, the DMS further being communicatively coupled to the digital voicemail store, the DMS further being communicatively coupled to the legacy voicemail system, the DMS being configured to receive the digitized signals from the NAS, the DMS further being configured to transmit the digitized signals in the digital voicemail store, the DMS further being configured to convert the digitized signal into an analog message, the DMS further being configured to transmit the analog message to the legacy voicemail system.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for integrating standard communication modalities, in which a first communication is received from a first communication system using a first standard communication protocol. That first communication is then converted into a second communication at a messaging server. The second communication is compatible with a second standard communication protocol. The second communication is then transmitted to a second communication system using the second standard communication protocol.
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1. A system for integrating communication modalities, the system comprising:
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(A) a standard telephone system;
(B) a standard legacy voicemail system;
(C) a digital voicemail store;
(D) a network access server (NAS) communicatively coupled to the telephone system, the NAS being configured to receive analog voice signals from the telephone system, the NAS further being configured to transmit analog voice signals to the telephone system, the NAS further being configured to digitize the analog voice signals, the NAS further being configured to transmit the digitized signals; and
(E) a digital messaging server (DMS) communicatively coupled to the NAS, the DMS further being communicatively coupled to the digital voicemail store, the DMS further being communicatively coupled to the legacy voicemail system, the DMS being configured to receive the digitized signals from the NAS, the DMS further being configured to transmit the digitized signals in the digital voicemail store, the DMS further being configured to convert the digitized signal into an analog message, the DMS further being configured to transmit the analog message to the legacy voicemail system.
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2. A system for integrating communication modalities, the system comprising:
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(A) a standard telephone system;
(B) a standard legacy voicemail system;
(C) a digital voicemail store; and
(D) a messaging server comprising;
(D1) means for receiving a voice signal from the standard telephone system;
(D2) means for conveying the analog signal to the standard legacy voicemail system;
(D3) means for converting the analog signal into a digital signal; and
(D4) means for transmitting the digital signal to the digital voicemail store.
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3. A system for integrating standard communication modalities, the system comprising:
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a first communication system configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol;
a second communication system configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol; and
a messaging server communicatively coupled to the first communication system, the messaging server further being communicatively coupled to the second communication system, the messaging server being configured to receive a first communication from the first communication system using the first standard communication protocol, the messaging server being further configured to convert the first communication into a second communication, the second communication being compatible with the second standard communication protocol, the messaging server being further configured to transmit the second communication to the second communication system using the second standard communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for integrating standard communication modalities, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first communication from a first communication system, the first communication being compatible with a first standard communication protocol;
converting the first communication into a second communication at a messaging server, the second communication being compatible with a second standard communication protocol; and
transmitting the second communication to a second communication system using the second standard communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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