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Voice processing system

  • US 5,963,618 A
  • Filed: 04/18/1997
  • Issued: 10/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A voice processing system for connection to a public telephone network and having a digital communications link to two or more voice mail systems, each supporting a plurality of subscriber voice mailboxes, and wherein no subscriber mailboxes are stored on said voice processing system, said system including:

  • means for receiving over the public telephone network a voice message for a subscriber to one of said two or more voice mail systems, said voice message being from a caller who is not necessarily a subscriber to any of said two or more voice mail systems;

    means for determining the voice mail system on which said subscriber has a voice mailbox by accessing a directory listing substantially all the subscribers who have a voice mailbox on said two or more voice mail systems;

    means for temporarily storing the received voice message; and

    means, responsive to said determination, for transmitting in digital format the stored voice message to the voice mail system on which said subscriber has a voice mailbox.

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