System and method for integrating notification functions of two messaging systems in a universal messaging system
US6317485A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/537
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for notifying subscribers to first and second communications networks that a message has been received at either the first communications network (such as a voice messaging system) or the second communications network (such as an e-mail messaging system). A subscriber receives notification at one point regardless of which communications network receives the new message. The subscriber can be notified by an outcall, a page, an e-mail, a lighted lamp, and/or a stutter dial tone.
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