Method and process for signaling, communication and administration of networked objects
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a first set of communication servers to be coupled to a first set of switches of a first circuit switched network, for receiving a first set of incoming call signals, wherein the first set of incoming call signals are from a first origin and include a first inbound address identifying a first destination or receiver of said first set of incoming call signals wherein said first set of communication servers are to be further coupled to a first data network and containing a message processing resource configured to receive and process said first set of incoming call signals into a first digital representation, wherein each communication server is coupled to said first circuit switched network to extract the first inbound address, and said message processing resource being further configured to determine, based on the first inbound address, a) a first set of attributes that define a disposition of said first set of incoming call signals and how to send the first digital representation of said first set of incoming call signals to said first destination, b) and via an instant messaging protocol whether a user is connected to the first set of communication servers by a device that can accept a message obtained from the incoming call signals.
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Abstract
Systems and processes for communication of messages between one or more networked objects on circuit and packet data networks are described. Specifically, means for representation of various communication types, including content description and disposition rules, delivery and routing descriptions and rules, conversion and translation descriptions and rules, and methods for interactions and for administration over one or more network types, through one or more communication protocol types, to one or more destination types are described. The delivery of messages and other communication over various communication protocols in addition to email is described. Methods for administering and managing rules for directing and transforming said messages and communications for purposes of routing or delivery to one or more specific destinations are also presented.
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62 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a first set of communication servers to be coupled to a first set of switches of a first circuit switched network, for receiving a first set of incoming call signals, wherein the first set of incoming call signals are from a first origin and include a first inbound address identifying a first destination or receiver of said first set of incoming call signals wherein said first set of communication servers are to be further coupled to a first data network and containing a message processing resource configured to receive and process said first set of incoming call signals into a first digital representation, wherein each communication server is coupled to said first circuit switched network to extract the first inbound address, and said message processing resource being further configured to determine, based on the first inbound address, a) a first set of attributes that define a disposition of said first set of incoming call signals and how to send the first digital representation of said first set of incoming call signals to said first destination, b) and via an instant messaging protocol whether a user is connected to the first set of communication servers by a device that can accept a message obtained from the incoming call signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for supporting a message delivery service, comprising:
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a media gateway to process one or more signals, associated with an incoming call, from a telecommunications switch into a digital representation, and extract from one or more of the signals an inbound address and a message being one of a voice message and a fax message; a call management system to communicate with the media gateway, to verify that the inbound address is that of an authorized customer of the message delivery service and determine based on the inbound address a set of attributes that indicates a destination for delivering the message, and determine whether the authorized customer can accept the message via an instant messaging protocol; and a communication server to communicate with the call management system and the authorized customer, to initiate the sending of the message to the user via said instant messaging protocol. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A system for supporting a message delivery service, comprising:
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a call management system to communicate with a media gateway, to verify that an incoming fax or voice call to the media gateway is for an authorized customer of the message delivery service and determine a set of attributes of the authorized customer'"'"'s account that indicate a destination for delivering a message contained in the incoming fax voice call, and determine whether the authorized customer can accept the message via a distributed authoring and versioning protocol; and a communication server to communicate with the call management system and the authorized customer, to initiate the sending of the message to the customer via said protocol. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method for supporting a message delivery service, comprising:
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receiving a first set of incoming call signals that include an inbound address of a customer of the message service and a message being one of an audio and facsimile message; determining, based on the inbound address, a set of attributes that describe how to process the message and how to deliver the message to its destination; encapsulating some of said set of attributes using a markup language together with the message; and delivering the message to its destination via a network, using said set of encapsulated attributes to define a path through the network. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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