Patent ID: 7320026

Claim:
A method of sending a message from one platform to a subscriber on another platform, the method comprising: sending a request for subscriber address information to a domain name server, the request identifying a telephone number for the subscriber, the request comprising a query indicating a naming authority pointer record stored on the domain name server, the query configured to determine available services for the subscriber, wherein the available services include ENUM-registered services, wherein sending the request for subscriber address information to the domain name server comprises; sending the telephone number to the domain name server, requesting an IP address for a directory server associated with the telephone number, obtaining mapping information from the domain name server for the telephone number, and accessing at least one available Internet resource for the telephone number, wherein the at least one available Internet resource comprises one of the following: an IP telephony address, an e-mail address, a Web address, and the address of a directory server; receiving address information from the domain name server assigned to the subscriber wherein the address information received from the domain name server identifies a directory server associated with the subscriber; using the address information, sending the message in a predetermined format to the other platform, wherein the predetermined format is a voice profile for internet mail (VPIM) format and wherein sending the message comprises, receiving a user input configured to initiate sending the message, recording, after receiving the user input configured to initiate sending the message and in response to receiving the user input configured to initiate sending the message, an accompanying message, and generating, in response to receiving the user input, the message in the predetermined format, using the message, the address information, and the accompanying message; querying the directory server for specific address information for the subscriber, wherein of query includes the telephone number or the subscribe; and receiving an internet address for the subscriber from the directory server; and wherein the act of sending the message uses the internet address for the subscriber.