System and Method for Processing Voicemail Messages Remotely Over A Network Connection
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1. Performed by a web server, a method comprising:
- establishing communications with a voicemail system; and
controlling processing of content stored within the voicemail system by a computing device remotely located from the voicemail system and in communication with the web server.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises establishing communications between a web server and a voicemail system, and thereafter, controlling processing of content stored within the voicemail system by a computing device. The computing device is remotely located from the voicemail system and in communication with the web server.
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18 Claims
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1. Performed by a web server, a method comprising:
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establishing communications with a voicemail system; and controlling processing of content stored within the voicemail system by a computing device remotely located from the voicemail system and in communication with the web server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication system comprising:
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a voicemail system including a database to store digital content represented as voicemail messages and a server; and a web server coupled to the server of the voicemail system, the web server being adapted to control processing of digital content stored within the voicemail system and to retrieve the digital content as prompted by a computing device for either display or playback at the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Software embodied within machine-readable medium and executed by a processor implemented within a web server, the software comprising:
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a first module to detect a message from a computing device requesting information from the voicemail system over an Internet connection and to initiate a request message to the voicemail system on behalf of the computing device; and a second module to receive the information as requested by the request message and providing the information to the computing device, thereby allowing the computing device to remotely control the voicemail system over the Internet connection.
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