Patent ID: 6350066
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for receiving and storing a message signal directed to an intended recipient and for relaying the message signal to a computer, comprising:a telephone interface for receiving an incoming call from a public switched telephone network, the incoming call including the message signal; a central processor for receiving the message signal from the telephone interface and for storing the message signal in a storage medium; a hyper-text transfer protocol deamon for receiving a request for the message signal from the computer and for forwarding the request to a network server, the request from the computer being formatted in a hyper-text transfer protocol; and the network server, in response to receiving the request from the hyper-text transfer protocol deamon, forwarding at least a part of the message signal to the hyper-text transfer protocol deamon; wherein the hyper-text transfer protocol deamon transmits at least part of the message signal to the computer.