Patent ID: 6330079
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
In a telecommunications network, an apparatus comprising:a plurality of telephony network interface servers, each interface server being coupled to receive voice and facsimile messages from the telecommunications network;a plurality of routing hubs coupled to the plurality of interface servers;a centralized mass storage device that stores subscriber accounts, each account for storing the voice and facsimile messages for at least one subscriber;a platform coupled to the routing hubs for providing single phone number access to a caller to multiple services on behalf of a subscriber to the services; anda plurality of management servers each coupled to the mass storage device and the plurality of routing hubs, wherein at least one management server routes incoming voice and facsimile messages for storage in accounts within the mass storage device, while at least another management server is configured to replace functionality of the at least one management server if the at least one management server experiences a fault.