Patent ID: 7457281

Claim:
A method for telecommunication, said method comprising: transmitting a message and paging data from a first telephone device located in a first service area through a telecommunication medium, said telephone device being configured to transmit an analog signal or digital signal through said telecommunication medium; receiving at said first service area said message and said paging data in a first access device, said first access device being coupled to a network; converting said message into a first digital signal; converting said paging data into a second digital signal; utilizing said paging data and a look-up-table to determine a network address of a second access device, said second access device being coupled to a network; transmitting said first digital signal and said second digital signal over a network of interconnected computers to said second access device; converting said first digital signal into data for storage into a memory at said second access device; converting said second digital signal into delivery notification information at said second access device; notifying of delivery of said data; and retrieving said data from said memory at said second access device using a second telephone device.