Patent ID: 6339591
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A method for telecommunication, said method comprising:transmitting a message and paging data from a first telephone device located in a first service area through a telecommunication medium, said paging data comprising a destination telephone number; receiving at said first service area said message and said paging data in a first access device, said first access device being my computer capable of coupling to a network; converting said message into a first digital signal in said first access device; converting said paging data into a second digital signal in said first access device; comparing said destination telephone number with a look-up table to determine a network address of a second access device, said second access device being any computer capable of coupling in to a network; transmitting said first digital signal and the second digital signal over a network of interconnected computers to said second access device at a second service area; converting said first digital signal into data for storage into a memory at said second access device; converting said second digital signal into telephone key codes at said second access device and dialing a paging unit at a receiver location using a paging systems, said paging unit being able to receive pages or messages, said paging system comprising both local and wide area paging networks; and retrieving said data from said memory at said second service area using a second telephone device.