SCALABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES OVER A NETWORK

• US 20020181496A1
• Filed: 06/12/1998
• Published: 12/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: j2 Cloud Services, LLC (Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: J2 Global, Inc.
• Inventors: KUMAR, AMIT, NARASIMHAN, ANAND, SHEMESH, YAACOV
• Granted Patent: US 6,597,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6424 Access arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

A method and apparatus for accepting an incoming message over a packet network and transmitting it over a circuit switched network using a highly scalable architecture. The architecture utilizes a message queue and a router/filter within a private data network which is connected to an external data network such as the Internet, with separate outbound resource servers to provide the high degree of scalability, for handling a variety of message types.

Claims

1. A system for scalable architecture for the transfer of messages in one of a plurality of formats to a user in at least a second one of said plurality of formats comprising:

a) an internal data network for coupling to an external data network;

b) at least one first server coupled to the internal data network, said first server including a message queue and a router/filter;

c) at least one second server coupled to the internal data network and adapted to communicate with a third network type;

d) at least one database server coupled to the internal data network.