Patent ID: 6212550
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A multi-format communications client-server, comprising:a plurality of communication interfaces in communication with one or more subscriber units, a communication interface adapted to receive one or more audio/visual messages from at least a first of the one or more of the subscriber units and to transmit a selected one or more messages to at least a second of the one or more of the subscriber units;a controller and processor coupled to the plurality of communication interfaces, the controller and processor configured to sense a return address and data format of the first of the one or more subscriber units and for automatically converting one or more of the received messages from a first communication format to a second communication format in response to a message retrieval query from the second of the one or more of the subscriber units instructing the communication interface to transmit the selected messages from the communication interface to the querying subscriber units, wherein the second communication format is compatible with the data format of a subscriber unit generating the message retrieval query.