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Message management system

  • US 5,586,173 A
  • Filed: 05/12/1994
  • Issued: 12/17/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A message management system comprising:

  • a memory subsystem;

    means for interfacing with a telephone network to which a plurality of facsimile machines and associated telephone sets are connected;

    means for receiving and storing a combined multi-media message having a facsimile portion and a related aurally sensible portion from one of said facsimile machines and an associated one of said telephone sets, respectively, in said memory subsystem; and

    single control means for receiving a subscriber'"'"'s command from a remote location over said telephone network to enable said message, including both said facsimile portion and said related aurally sensible portion, to be received by another at a future time designated by said command.

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