Patent ID: 8068589

Claim:
A system for managing announcement messages, the system comprising: a first messaging device; a first messaging server in communication with the first messaging device, the first messaging server having a first platform protocol; a second messaging device; a second messaging server in communication with the first messaging device and the first messaging server, the second messaging server having a second platform protocol incompatible with the first platform protocol; wherein one or more of the first messaging device and the second messaging device is used to update an announcement message on both the first messaging server and the second messaging server, wherein when the announcement message is created on the first messaging device the announcement message is translated on the first messaging server and transmitted to the second messaging server where the announcement message is delivered in response to a communication to the second messaging device, and when the announcement message is created on the second messaging device the announcement message is translated on the second messaging server and transmitted to the first messaging server where the announcement message is delivered in response to a communication to the first messaging device.