Method and apparatus for management of EMail originated by thin client devices
US6351523B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2207/18
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for providing a voice response to an EMail message, wherein the voice response is generated by a thin client device and transmitted to a cellular, or similar, service and then to a world-wide communications network, includes a conversion mechanism co-located with the cellular service for converting the voice response into a voice data file which is transmitted over the world-wide communications network; an EMail server connected to the world-wide communications network for receiving conventional EMail and voice data files; an EMail-to-voicemail gateway for identifying voice data files; a voicemail interface for receiving voice data files from said EMail-to-voicemail gateway and converting said voice data files into voice streams; a voicemail system, including recipient voicemail boxes; for directing said voice streams into a recipient's voicemail box. A method of generating a voicemail message with a thin client device and transmitting that voicemail message over an EMail system, includes sending a voice mail message over a wireless phone system; converting the voice mail message into a voice data file; transmitting a the voice data file over a world-wide communications ne…
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