Intersystem messaging using ENUM standard
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorMaria Adamczyk
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Abstract
A system and method for transforming voice mail messages into a package capable of being parsed and read by different proprietary voice mail systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method that allows for intersystem messaging through the use of the ENUM standard wherein the ENUM standard is used to locate the specific address information for a destination platform and/or subscriber.
Claims16
A method of sending a message from one platform to a subscriber on another platform, the method comprising:
- sending request for subscriber address information to a domain name server, the request identifying a telephone number for the subscriber;
- receiving address information from the domain name server related to the subscriber;
- and
- using the address information, sending the message in a predetermined format to the other platform.
A computer platform providing intersystem messaging, the platform having one or more subscribers wherein the subscribers use the platform to access messaging services, the platform comprising:
- a subscriber communications module for communicating information between a subscriber and the platform;
- a message delivery module for sending a message from within the platform to a destination platform in a predetermined format;
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- a destination address resolution module for resolving the destination address for a subscriber associated with the destination platform, the destination address resolution module using the ENUM standard to resolve the destination address information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.