Patent ID: 7095828
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A distributed voice messaging system comprising: a first voice messaging platform having a database of subscribers to a voice messaging application executing on said first voice messaging platform, each subscriber of said first voice messaging platform having an associated voice mailbox on said first voice messaging platform; a first network interface unit that provides an interface between the first voice messaging platform and a telephone network; a second voice messaging platform having a database of subscribers to a voice messaging application executing on said second voice messaging platform, each subscriber of said second voice messaging platform having an associated voice mailbox on said second voice messaging platform; a second network interface unit that provides an interface between the second voice messaging platform and the telephone network; and a parallel access wide area network connection between said first and second network interface units, wherein signaling and voice data of a call received from said telephone network by said first network interface unit can be transferred in real time to said second network interface unit via said parallel access wide area network connection between them for processing by said second voice messaging platform instead of said first voice messaging platform.