ACCESSING MESSAGES STORED IN ONE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BY ANOTHER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for accessing messages stored in one communication platform by another communication platform, the system comprising:
- (A) a standard telephone system;
(B) a standard legacy voicemail system storing a voicemail message;
(C) a digital voicemail store; and
(D) a messaging server coupled to the standard telephone system, the messaging server further being coupled to the standard legacy voicemail system, the messaging server further being coupled to the digital voicemail store, the messaging server comprising;
(D1) means for extracting the voicemail message from the legacy voicemail system;
(D2) means for digitizing the extracted voicemail message; and
(D3) means for storing the digitized voicemail message in the digital voicemail store.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing messages in one communication system by another communication system. In some embodiments, a request to access data is received from a second communication system. The data is located at a first communication system. The first communication system is configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol, while the second communication system is configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol. The received request is converted to a command of the first standard communication protocol. Using the command, the data at the first communication system is accessed.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for accessing messages stored in one communication platform by another communication platform, the system comprising:
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(A) a standard telephone system;
(B) a standard legacy voicemail system storing a voicemail message;
(C) a digital voicemail store; and
(D) a messaging server coupled to the standard telephone system, the messaging server further being coupled to the standard legacy voicemail system, the messaging server further being coupled to the digital voicemail store, the messaging server comprising;
(D1) means for extracting the voicemail message from the legacy voicemail system;
(D2) means for digitizing the extracted voicemail message; and
(D3) means for storing the digitized voicemail message in the digital voicemail store.
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3. A system for accessing messages, the system comprising:
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a legacy voicemail system having a voicemail message, the voicemail message being accessible by a command of the legacy voicemail system;
an Internet-based communication system configured to transmit an Internet-based request; and
a messaging server configured to convert an Internet-based request into the command of the legacy voicemail system.
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4. A system for accessing messages, the system comprising:
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a first communication system having data, the first communication system being configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol, the data being accessible by a command of the first standard communication protocol;
a second communication system being configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol; and
a messaging server configured to convert a request of the second standard communication protocol into the command of the first standard communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for accessing messages, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request to access a voicemail message in a legacy voicemail system, the request being received over the Internet;
converting the request to a command of the legacy voicemail system;
retrieving the voicemail message using the command;
converting the voicemail message to a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) message; and
transmitting the VoIP message over the Internet.
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16. A method for accessing messages, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request to access data, the data being located at a first communication system, the request being received from a second communication system, the first communication system being configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol, the second communication system being configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol;
converting the request to a command of the first standard communication protocol; and
accessing the data at the first communication system using the command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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