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US 6,208,638 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for transmission and retrieval of facsimile and audio messages over a circuit or packet switched network
Assigneej 2 Global Communications, Inc.
InventorsJack Rieley, Jaye Muller
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for accepting an incoming message over a circuit switched network and transmitting it over a packet switched network. The apparatus including means for implementing the steps of receiving an incoming call signal along with a inbound address; determining a user account and a final address on said packet switched network associated with said inbound address; allocating a message processing resource; processing said incoming call into a processed message; and, sending said processed message to said final address.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a set of switches coupled to a circuit switched network for receiving a set of incoming call signals, wherein the incoming call signal includes an inbound address, and wherein a switch in the set of switches redirects an incoming can signal from a first communications server to a second communications server if a first condition occurs;
- and,
- a set of communications servers coupled to the set of switches for receiving the set of incoming call signals, each communications server being coupled to a network and containing a message processing resource configured to process a received audio message into a digital representation, wherein each communications server further comprises a trunk line interface to extract the inbound address and stores the inbound address, a set of final destination addresses and account status, and the message processing resource is further configured to determine, based on the inbound address, a user account and a destination on a packet switched network and send the digital representation to the destination,
- wherein the inbound address is assigned to the user account and the outbound address comprises at least one email address.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a first incoming call signal destined for a first communications server for processing of an audio message into a digital representation;
- determining if a first condition has occurred;
- redirecting the first incoming call signal from the first communications server to a second communications server based on the determining of the first condition, wherein the incoming call signal includes an inbound address;
- extracting the inbound address;
- determining, based on the inbound address, a user account status and a destination on a packet switched network;
- and,
- sending the digital representation to the destination, wherein the inbound address is assigned to the user account and the destination comprises at least one email address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.