Patent ID: 6157827
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A voice mail system in which a server is connected via a communication medium to at least one terminal and said server manages a memory for storing plural voice mail data as identifiable files in a memory region allocated to each said terminal,said server comprising:transmission means for, when a mail request is received via said communication medium from said terminal, reading the voice mail data from a memory region of said memory allocated to a transmitting-end terminal to transmit the data to the transmitting-end terminal; andmemory control means for, when receiving a mail editing signal, inserting or attaching and re-accumulating the voice mail data in the mail editing signal to a position indicated by the mail editing signal of the memory region of said memory allocated to the transmitting-end terminal,said terminal comprising:mail request transmission means for transmitting the mail request via said communication medium to said server;memory means for, when the voice mail data is received via said communication medium from said server, storing the received voice mail data;conversion means for converting the received voice mail data read from the memory means into a voice to output the voice;input means for entering optional voice mail data; andsignal transmission means for, when a voice mail is inputted by the input means while the voice is outputted from the conversion means, generating a signal including a position of the memory means from which the received voice mail data is read at the time of input, data of said inputted voice mail and a self terminal identification number as said mail editing signal to transmit the mail editing signal via said communication medium to said server.