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System and method for transferring a message responding to an answer phone through a packet network

  • US 6,631,180 B1
  • Filed: 06/22/2000
  • Issued: 10/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for transferring a recorded telephone message using a packet network in which data are transferred in packets of defined format and to which are connected a plurality of transfer units that are each associated with respective exchanges, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at a first of the exchanges a first message from a first telephone that is addressed to a second telephone and that is to be recorded for replay;

    recording the first message at a first of the transfer units that is associated with the first exchange;

    receiving at a second of the exchanges a retrieve request from the second telephone to retrieve recorded messages addressed to the second telephone, and transferring the retrieve request to a second of the transfer units associated with the second exchange;

    after receiving the retrieve request, broadcasting from the second transfer unit to the plurality of transfer units over the packet network, a replay request for messages addressed to the second telephone;

    transmitting the first message over the packet network from the first transfer unit only after receipt of the replay request from the second transfer unit; and

    receiving the first message at the second transfer unit and replaying the first message at the second exchange for the second telephone.

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