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Real-time voicemail monitoring and call control over the internet

  • US 6,031,896 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1998
  • Issued: 02/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication system for providing call connections and voice mail service to a network-based telephone device, the communication system comprising:

  • an internet telephone switch that selectively connects an incoming call to at least one end point including a called party having an internet telephone and a gateway for processing calls from a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to a computer-based network, said gateway further comprising a voice mail service which records messages;

    at least one gatekeeper, including an address table for processing the calls between endpoints, wherein the gatekeeper routes calls to endpoints by accessing the address table for a corresponding address of said endpoint; and

    at least one voice mail intercept service terminal for the voice mail service, said voice mail intercept service terminal receives the incoming call from said switch under the direction of said gatekeeper and said voice mail intercept service terminal further connects the incoming call to said internet telephone of said called party so the called party can monitor the call.

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