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World wide web voice mail system

  • US 6,282,270 B1
  • Filed: 11/21/1997
  • Issued: 08/28/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for accessing messages stored in a voice mail system over the Internet World Wide Web, said method including the steps of:

  • receiving at a WWW server a request specifying a URL, said WWW server being separate from said voice mail system but having a link thereto over a communications network, said client request being sent to the WWW server from a WWW client terminal;

    analysing the URL included in said client request to determine if said URL corresponds to a message client application, and if so, launching said message client application;

    passing at least one parameter derived from said URL to the message client application;

    transmitting a network request over said communications network by the message client application to a message server program running on said voice mail system;

    responsive to said network request retrieving information stored in the voice mail system by the message server program, said information being dependent upon said at least one parameter and relating to the stored voice mail messages;

    returning said information from the message server program to the message client application;

    formatting the information by the message client application for presentation by a WWW browser;

    and returning said formatted information to the WWW client terminal from the WWW server.

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