Multiple service voice messaging system
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1. An interface to access a plurality of types of service in a voice messaging system, said interface comprising:
- at least one dedicated telephone line devoted to each of said types of service, each said dedicated telephone line identified by a dedicated directory number and operatively associated with said voice messaging system;
means operatively associated with said voice messaging system, for forwarding to said voice messaging system a call made from a calling telephone line to one of said dedicated telephone lines; and
means, operatively associated with said voice messaging system for recognizing said dedicated directory numbers.
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Abstract
A centralized multiple service voice messaging system. Additional directory numbers are dedicated to the message service system. The central office switching processor is programmed to forward calls dialed to these dedicated directory numbers to the voice mail system. The voice mail system, in turn, is programmed to recognize these numbers and perform a service based on the directory number dialed by the calling party and, in some cases, the directory number of the calling party.
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1. An interface to access a plurality of types of service in a voice messaging system, said interface comprising:
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at least one dedicated telephone line devoted to each of said types of service, each said dedicated telephone line identified by a dedicated directory number and operatively associated with said voice messaging system; means operatively associated with said voice messaging system, for forwarding to said voice messaging system a call made from a calling telephone line to one of said dedicated telephone lines; and means, operatively associated with said voice messaging system for recognizing said dedicated directory numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing a plurality of types of services in a voice messaging system comprising the steps of:
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devoting at least one dedicated telephone line to each of said types of services; forwarding to said voice messaging system calls made from a calling telephone line to one of said dedicated telephone lines; identifying said one of said dedicated telephone lines to said voice messaging system; and providing a service to said calling telephone line dependent upon the results of said step of identifying. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a telephone network including:
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a plurality of access lines; a multiline hunt group operatively associated with said telephone network; an input/output processor operatively associated with said telephone network; a simplified message desk interface operatively associated with said input/output processor; and a voice mail system operatively associated with said simplified standard message desk interface and said multiline hunt group for providing a plurality of types of voice messaging services, the improvement comprising; a plurality of dedicated lines each identified by a dedicated directory number, each of said dedicated lines associated with a particular one of said types of voice messaging services and operatively associated with said telephone network; wherein said input/output processor is programmed to forward to said multiline hunt group calls made from said access lines to said dedicated directory numbers. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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