US 7,254,612 B2Granted

Mailbox profile portion copying among voicemail system components of networks

AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.

InventorsMerle Leland Green, Theodore Edward Kraft, Alton David Patterson, David Alan Roberson, Paul Raymond Sand

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Abstract

Node component(s) of apparatus in one example, upon registration of user(s) in second network subsequent to registration of one or more of user(s) in first network, serve to cause mailbox profile portion(s) for voice mailbox(es) that are associated with one or more of user(s) to be copied from first voicemail system component(s) that are associated with first network to second voicemail system component(s) that are associated with second network contemporaneous with location of voicemail message(s), for one or more of user(s), on storage device(s) that are coupled with second voicemail system component(s) through internet protocol network. Mailbox profile portion(s) comprise address(es) for location(s) on storage device(s) that serve to allow one or more of user(s) to employ voice mailbox(es) on second voicemail system component(s) to access one or more of voicemail message(s) on storage device(s).

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

one or more node components that, upon registration of one or more users in a second network subsequent to registration of one or more of the one or more users in a first network, serve to cause one or more mailbox profile portions, for one or more voice mailboxes that are associated with the one or more of the one or more users, to be copied from one or more first voicemail system components that are associated with the first network to one or more second voicemail system components that are associated with the second network, on a location with one or more voicemail messages, for the one or more of the one or more users, on one or more storage devices that are coupled with the one or more second voicemail system components through an internet protocol network;
wherein the one or more mailbox profile portions comprise a) at least one greeting, b) at least one distribution list of identifiers of the one or more users, and c) one or more addresses for one or more locations on the one or more storage devices that serve to allow the one or more of the one or more users to employ the one or more voice mailboxes on the one or more second voicemail system components to access one or more of the one or more voicemail messages on the one or more storage devices, and
wherein the one or more addresses comprise one or more domain names, one or more directory names, and one or more file names of files on a file server;
and
wherein one of said first network and said second network is a wireless network.

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