Distributed voice mail system

US6577712B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Gunnar Larsson · Tumba, SE
• Patrik Wiss · Stockholm, SE
• Lars-Goran Petersen · Tumba, SE
• Ulf Ekstedt · Hallsberg, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: May 20, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S379/908
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A distributed voice mail system in a network includes a server in a control layer of the network and one or more media gateways in a connectivity layer of the network, wherein the server controls resources in the media gateways to provide distributed voice mail services.