Caching User Information in an Integrated Communication System
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Abstract
An integrated messaging system for performing various types of messaging across different types of networks, including integrated user interfaces and administrator interfaces. Embodiments include a communication server that couples among networks of different types, and an interface module that couples to the communication server. The interface module may be hosted on a messaging server of a network. The interface module pulls various user information from the messaging server, including information relevant to at least the network that includes the messaging server. A cache couples to the communication server and to the interface module to hold information from the communication server and/or the user information pulled from messaging server. The interface module directs a message from the messaging server and/or the cache to at least one device on the networks using the user information.
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34 Claims
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. A system comprising:
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a packet-based data network; a database software executing on a server coupled to the network and adapted for storing directory information concerning users of a first text-based messaging system; a messaging communication server (MCS) coupled to the network and to at least one communication network and adapted for providing a second streaming-media-based messaging system; and an interface software executing on a server coupled to the data network and adapted to transmit directory information pertaining to users of the first messaging system to the MCS from the database software; characterized in that the MCS uses the transmitted user information to provide the second type of messaging.
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