Messaging protocol over internet protocol

A process, by which a portable wireless telephone controls processing of a message on a message storage system, comprising:

• creating a resource database storing message service information;
• receiving in the portable wireless telephone the message service information from the resource database via a data channel between the portable wireless telephone and the resource database;
• storing a message in the portable wireless telephone without establishing a voice or data channel with the message storage system without establishing a voice or data channel with the message storage system;
• processing a message responsive to the message service information via a data channel between the portable wireless telephone and the message storage system according to the message service information;
• and
• updating the message service information in the resource database by the message storage system according to the processing via a data channel between the resource database and the message storage system.

A process, comprising:

• recording a message for a recipient subscriber in a portable wireless telephone without establishing a voice or data channel with the message storage system;
• querying address of a recipient-subscriber message storage system from a resource database via a data channel between the portable wireless telephone and the resource database;
• transmitting the message to the recipient-subscriber message storage system via a data channel between the portable wireless telephone and the recipient-subscriber message storage system;
• storing the transmitted message in a mailbox for the recipient subscriber in the recipient-subscriber message storage system;
• updating message service information of the recipient subscriber in the resource database by the recipient-subscriber message storage system according to the storing in the mailbox via a data channel between the resource database and the message storage system;
• alerting automatically a recipient-subscriber portable wireless telephone with the message service information by the resource database via a data channel between the resource database and the portable wireless telephone;
• establishing a data channel between the recipient-subscriber portable wireless telephone and the recipient-subscriber message storage system;
• processing the message in the recipient-subscriber portable wireless telephone via the data channel between the recipient-subscriber portable wireless telephone and the recipient-subscriber message storage system;
• and
• updating the message service information of the recipient subscriber in the resource database by the recipient-subscriber message storage system according to the processing in the recipient-subscriber portable wireless telephone via a data channel between the resource database and the message storage system.

A system, comprising:

• message storage systems storing messages;
• a resource database storing message service information relating to the messages;
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• a portable wireless telephone comprising a storage unit and a processor programmed to receive the message service information from the resource database via a data channel between the portable wireless telephone and the resource database, to store a message in the storage unit without establishing a voice or data channel with the message storage system, and to process a message responsive to the message service information via a data channel between the portable wireless telephone and the message storage system according to the message service information.

A system, comprising:

• a portable wireless telephone;
• message storage systems storing voice messages;
• and
• means for controlling processing voice messages on the message storage systems using a data channel with the message storage systems.