Patent ID: 6529500
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A system for unified messaging, comprising:a message-waiting interface, the message interface configured to provide an indication of a number of messages for each of a plurality of message types; a first switching matrix in electrical communication with the message interface; a first gateway in electrical communication with the first switching matrix; a wideband network in electrical communication with the first gateway; a second gateway in electrical communication with the wideband network; a second switching matrix in electrical communication with the second gateway; and a message server in electrical communication with the second switching matrix and programmed with a message server application, the message server operatively coupled to message mailboxes data storage, the message server application programmed to selectively access a message mailbox of the message mailboxes data storage, the message mailboxes data storage adapted to store each of the plurality of message types.