Message service system network
First Claim
1. A method of interconnecting a plurality of voice message service systems in a network for transmitting a voice message received from a messge sender on a first one of said message service systems to a message recipient at one other one of said message service systems comprising the steps of:
- encoding in digitally compressed form said received message;
appending to said encoded message in text form, the name of said message sender for display purposes at said other one of said message service systems;
storing the appended encoded message in a memory of said one message service system as a data file; and
transmitting, as a computer-to-computer file transfer operation, said stored encoded message from said first message service system to said other message service system.
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Abstract
This invention relates to business communication systems and, in particular, to a message service system network that interconnects a plurality of message service systems and provides a voice mail message transfer capability between voice mail message service systems. The voice mail message transfer is performed as a computer-to-computer data file transfer operation over high speed data lines. The data file consists of the digitally encoded and compressed voice mail message to which is appended the message sender'"'"'s name and telephone number as well as the message recipient'"'"'s telephone number.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of interconnecting a plurality of voice message service systems in a network for transmitting a voice message received from a messge sender on a first one of said message service systems to a message recipient at one other one of said message service systems comprising the steps of:
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encoding in digitally compressed form said received message; appending to said encoded message in text form, the name of said message sender for display purposes at said other one of said message service systems; storing the appended encoded message in a memory of said one message service system as a data file; and transmitting, as a computer-to-computer file transfer operation, said stored encoded message from said first message service system to said other message service system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of interconnecting a plurality of voice message service systems in a network for transmitting a voice message received from a message sender on a first one of said message service systems to a message recipient at one other of said message service systems comprising the steps of:
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encoding in digitally compressed form said received message; appending to said encoded message the name of said message sender in text form; storing said appended encoded message in a memory of said first message service system as a data file; transmitting, as a computer-to-computer file transfer operation, said data file from said first message service system to said other message service system; retrieving, in response to a message retrieval request from said message recipient, said message sender name from said data file; and displaying said message sender'"'"'s name in text form on a communication terminal associated with said message recipient. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of interconnecting a plurality of voice message service systems in a network for transmitting a voice message received from a message sender on a first one of said message service systems to a message recipient at one other one of said message service systems comprising the steps of:
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encoding in digitally compressed form said received message; appending to said encoded message the name of said message sender in text form; recording a designated time of delivery for said appended encoded message in a message delivery queue of said first message service system; storing said appended encoded message in a memory of said first message service system as a data file; periodically scanning said message delivery queue to determine whether a stored message is presently due for delivery; establishing a data call connection from said first message service system to said other message service system in response to determining the presence of a stored message in said message delivery queue that is presently due for delivery; and transmitting said stored message from said first message service system to said other message service system over said data call connection.
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