Message forwarding in voice-mail system
US5680444A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/53325
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A voice system and method in which messages are stored as data files. One or more tags are associated with each file, which identify the mailboxes intended to receive the message contained in the file. An owner of a mailbox can transfer a message to another mailbox by changing the tag to designate a transferee-mailbox. This tag manipulation saves memory space because the message file is not copied into the transferee-mailbox, only a tag is changed. Time is also saved because no delay is imposed by a copying process.
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