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Automated message retrieval system

  • US 4,935,954 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1988
  • Issued: 06/19/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for use by subscriber of a communication switching system for obtaining stored messages from a plurality of message service systems via said communication switching system, each of said plurality of message service systems being capable of storing messages each with header information defining each message, comprising:

  • means responsive to a signal from said communication switching system indicating that at least one of said plurality of message service systems has a message for said subscriber for polling each of said plurality of message service systems to identify the one of said plurality of message service systems having said message;

    means for obtaining from said identified one of said plurality of message service systems a header defining said message;

    means for reading said message from said identified one of said plurality of message service systems; and

    means for storing said read message and said obtained header information.

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