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Network of voice and/or fax mail systems

US5454030A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 1995
Grant dateSep 26, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S379/908
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network comprising a plurality of voice and/or fax mail systems and one or more exchanges, each having one or more of the voice and/or fax mail systems connected thereto via a plurality of associated access lines, wherein each of the voice and/or fax mail systems has an associated network interface such as a Fiber Distributed Data Interface to a message path interconnecting all of the voice and/or fax mail systems. The network increases the total capacity of the voice and/or fax mail system so that subscribers can leave and retrieve messages in real time, even during busy times of the day.

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