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Method and apparatus for delivery of a response in a messaging system

  • US 5,457,732 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1994
  • Issued: 10/10/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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