Voice processing system
Abstract
A method of providing a voice mail service is disclosed using a voice processing system having a communications link to one or more voice mail systems. A voice message for a subscriber to said one or more voice mail systems is received at said voice processing system, which prompts a determination as to the voice mail system on which said subscriber has a voice mailbox. The voice message is the transmitted to the voice mail system on which said subscriber has a voice mailbox. In the preferred embodiment, the communications link forms part of the Internet, and received messages are processed independently by two separate voice processing systems to provide redundancy.
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- 0804010
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0804010
- Application
- 97300434
- Application, DOCDB
- 97300434
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19970300434
Titles3
- German
- Sprachverarbeitungssystem
- English
- Voice processing system
- French
- Système de traitement de la parole
Classification
- CPC, 4
- H04M3/533
- H04M3/12
- H04M3/53325
- H04M7/12
- IPC, 8
- G06F13 00
- H04M3 00
- H04M3 12
- H04M3 42
- H04M3 50
- H04M3 533
- H04M7 12
- H04M11 00
Designated states3
- Contracting states, 3
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom