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Multiple integrations unit for coupling different switching systems to a message storage system

US5260990A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1991
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/47
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is an apparatus that receives various types of call record information when a called number is busy or does not answer, and converts the call record information into uniform format information suitable for recording messages on a message storage system. The system receives the different call forwarding information from different devices and translates and reformats that information into mailbox information suitable for controlling a message storage operation. The system includes one integration process for each type of switching device even when plural devices of a particular type are connected to the system. The integration processes provide a uniform packet routed to the message storage system. Packets arriving from the message storage system defined for a switching device are presented to the integration processes in a uniform format.

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