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Universal Messaging system providing integrated voice, data and fax messaging services to PC/web-based clients, including a large object server for efficiently distributing voice/fax messages to web-based clients

  • US 6,301,245 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/1998
  • Issued: 10/09/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A Universal Messaging system, comprising:

  • (a) a messaging platform supporting an e-mail messaging system and a voice/fax messaging system;

    (b) a gateway/router connected to a wide area communications network for transmitting objects stored in e-mail and voice/fax message stores of said e-mail and voice/fax messaging systems, respectively, to a Web-based client computing device, (c) a Web platform operatively coupled to said messaging platform; and

    (d) a large object server operatively associated with said messaging platform, wherein large objects are transmitted to said gateway/router by said large object server whereby said large objects bypass TCP/IP interfacing and wherein small objects are transmitted to said gateway/router via said Web platform.

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