Method and system for administering multiple messages over a public switched telephone network
First Claim
1. A method of deleting email messages sharing a common trait over a public switched telephone network independently of email system capabilities, comprising:
- operating a unified messaging system that is operatively coupled to an email server, wherein the unified messaging system is operatively coupled to a telephone by the public switched telephone network, wherein the unified messaging system is configured to process voicemail and email messages;
playing a first message from the unified messaging system over the public switched telephone network on the telephone;
receiving a command from the telephone instructing the unified messaging system to delete all messages that have the common trait with the first message;
deleting the first message with the unified messaging system;
retrieving a second message from the email server that is different from the first message, wherein the second message includes an email that has the common trait with the first message;
determining with the unified messaging system that the second message has the common trait with the first message; and
deleting the second message from the email server in response to said determining;
retrieving a third message from the email server that is different from the first message, wherein the third message includes an email that has the common trait with the first message;
recognizing with the unified messaging system that the third message has the common trait with the first message; and
deleting the third message from the email server in response to said recognizing.
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Abstract
A unified messaging system is configured to store and retrieve email, facsimile, pager, and voicemail messages. A telephone operated by a person is operatively coupled over a public switched telephone network to the unified messaging system. The system receives over the public switch telephone network a signal from the telephone corresponding to an administer multiple messages command for multiple messages having a common trait. In one form, the multiple messages having the common trait are then deleted from the database in response to this command. In another form, the multiple messages are filed into a folder specified by the person.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of deleting email messages sharing a common trait over a public switched telephone network independently of email system capabilities, comprising:
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operating a unified messaging system that is operatively coupled to an email server, wherein the unified messaging system is operatively coupled to a telephone by the public switched telephone network, wherein the unified messaging system is configured to process voicemail and email messages; playing a first message from the unified messaging system over the public switched telephone network on the telephone; receiving a command from the telephone instructing the unified messaging system to delete all messages that have the common trait with the first message; deleting the first message with the unified messaging system; retrieving a second message from the email server that is different from the first message, wherein the second message includes an email that has the common trait with the first message; determining with the unified messaging system that the second message has the common trait with the first message; and deleting the second message from the email server in response to said determining; retrieving a third message from the email server that is different from the first message, wherein the third message includes an email that has the common trait with the first message; recognizing with the unified messaging system that the third message has the common trait with the first message; and deleting the third message from the email server in response to said recognizing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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operating a unified messaging system configured to process email and voicemail messages, wherein the system is operatively coupled to a telephone by a public switched telephone network; transmitting a first message with the unified messaging system over the public switched telephone network to the telephone; receiving a command from the telephone instructing the unified messaging system to delete all messages that have a trait in common with the first message; deleting the first message with the unified messaging system; determining with the unified messaging system that an email message on the email server has the trait in common with the first message, wherein the email message has content that differs from the first message; and deleting the email message from the email server in response to said determining without transmitting the email message to the telephone. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
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an email server; a unified messaging system operatively coupled to the email server, wherein the unified messaging system is operable to process voicemail and email messages, wherein the unified messaging system is operable to process communications with a telephone over a public switched telephone network; the unified messaging system being operable to play a first message over the public switched telephone network on the telephone; the unified messaging system being operable to receive a command from the telephone instructing the unified messaging system to delete all messages that have the common trait with the first message; the unified messaging system being operable to delete the first message in response to the command; and the unified messaging system being operable to delete an email message from the email server in response to determining that the email message has the common trait in common with the first message, wherein the email message and the first message were received at different times. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus, comprising:
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an email server; a unified messaging system operatively coupled to the email server, wherein the unified messaging system is operable to process voicemail and email messages wherein the unified messaging system is operable to process communications with a telephone over a public switched telephone network; the unified messaging system being operable to play a first message over the public switched telephone network on the telephone; the unified messaging system being operable to receive a command from the telephone instructing the unified messaging system to delete all messages that have the common trait with the first message; the unified messaging system being able to delete the first message in response to the command; the unified messaging system being operable to delete an email message from the email server in response to determining that the email message has the common trait in common with the first message; and wherein the first message includes a facsimile message.
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