Patent ID: 6314168
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for output handling of messages stored in mailboxes of a message storage system of a telecommunications system, which comprises:setting up a first connection between a terminal device of a mailbox holder and the message storage system;setting up a second connection between the telecommunications system associated with the terminal device of the mailbox holder and the message storage system, a telephone number of the terminal device of the mailbox holder and a telephone number of the message storage system being stored in a memory of the telecommunications system;setting up a third connection between the terminal device of the mailbox holder and a terminal device of a subscriber if a message has been left for the mailbox holder by the subscriber where the third connection replaces the first connection; andsetting up a new first connection between the terminal device of the mailbox holder and the message storage system using the telephone number of the terminal device of the mailbox holder and the telephone number of the message storage system stored in the telecommunications system upon a termination, instigated by the subscriber, of the third connection between the terminal device of the mailbox holder and the terminal device of the subscriber.