Method and apparatus for delivery of a response in a messaging system
First Claim
1. A method for delivering a response to a message, the response communicated through a messaging system comprising a switched telephone network (STN) to a messaging terminal at a response telephone number, using a system controller, wherein the messaging terminal includes at least one of a voice receive mode and a data receive mode, and wherein the system controller comprises a telephone interface, a message input handler, a message memory, and a telephone response handler, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the message and the response telephone number by the message input handler;
storing, in the message memory, the message and the response telephone number corresponding thereto;
associating the message stored in the message memory with a response received by the system controller;
retrieving from the message memory the response telephone number corresponding with the message associated with the response;
delivering the response, using the retrieved response telephone number to establish a response telephone call coupled from the telephone interface through the STN to the messaging terminal, the response delivered in accordance with the receive mode of the messaging terminal and, wherein the messaging system further comprises a selective call radio communication system and wherein the response is received at the system controller, by the message input handler, for delivery to the messaging terminal, from a selective call radio terminal device.
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Abstract
A system controller (102) operates in a messaging system (100) to deliver a response to a message. The response is communicated to a messaging terminal (115) at a response telephone number. The messaging terminal (115) includes a voice receive mode or a data receive mode, or both. A message input handler (404) receives the message and the response telephone number during a telephone call. A memory (408) stores the response telephone number in correspondence with the message. The message input handler (404) also receives the response, associates the message stored in the message memory with the response, and retrieves the response telephone number corresponding with the message associated with the response. A telephone response handler (420) delivers the response in accordance with the receive mode of the messaging terminal (115), using the retrieved response telephone number.
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1. A method for delivering a response to a message, the response communicated through a messaging system comprising a switched telephone network (STN) to a messaging terminal at a response telephone number, using a system controller, wherein the messaging terminal includes at least one of a voice receive mode and a data receive mode, and wherein the system controller comprises a telephone interface, a message input handler, a message memory, and a telephone response handler, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the message and the response telephone number by the message input handler; storing, in the message memory, the message and the response telephone number corresponding thereto; associating the message stored in the message memory with a response received by the system controller; retrieving from the message memory the response telephone number corresponding with the message associated with the response; delivering the response, using the retrieved response telephone number to establish a response telephone call coupled from the telephone interface through the STN to the messaging terminal, the response delivered in accordance with the receive mode of the messaging terminal and, wherein the messaging system further comprises a selective call radio communication system and wherein the response is received at the system controller, by the message input handler, for delivery to the messaging terminal, from a selective call radio terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system controller operating in a messaging system for delivering a response to a message, the response communicated through a messaging system comprising a switched telephone network (STN) to a messaging terminal at a response telephone number, wherein the messaging terminal includes at least one of a voice receive mode and a data receive mode, said system controller comprising:
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a telephone interface coupled to the STN for connecting telephone calls to and from the STN; a message input handler coupled to said telephone interface for receiving the message and the response telephone number during a telephone call; a message memory, coupled to said message input handler for storing the response telephone number in correspondence with the message; said message input handler further for receiving the response and associating the message stored in said message memory with the response and for retrieving from said message memory the response telephone number corresponding with the message associated with the response; and a telephone response handler, coupled to said message input handler and said telephone interface for delivering the response in accordance with the receive mode of the messaging terminal, using the retrieved response telephone number to establish a response telephone call coupled from said telephone interface through the STN to the messaging terminal and, wherein the messaging system further comprises a selective call radio communication system comprising one or more selective call radio terminal devices and at least one transmitter/receiver, said system controller further comprising; communications interface means, coupled to said message handler means and the transmitter/receiver, for receiving the response from one of the one or more selective call radio terminal devices, for delivery to the messaging terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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