At&t Bell Laboratories

At&t Company

Other

At&t Information Systems Inc.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company; At&t Information Systems

John R Lothrop

Thomas M O'Dell

Henry M Forson

Rick L Overmyer

Andrew D Franklin

Paul E Miller

Garry D Kepley

Albert Mizrahi

Stella Y Lo

John D Wiidakas

Steven E Brown

Mary L Warren

Robin C Baker

Steven G Spearman

Roman Lozyniak

The functionality of the SMSI protocol is extended by adding to the SMSI protocol messages having the same format as the conventional SMSI protocol messages but implementing leave word calling functions for a voice message system adjunct processor and integrating maintenance functions of an adjunct processor and an SMSI protocol-to-non-SMSI protocol converter.

Switch-adjunct interface

In a network (10) of voice-mail message service systems (12-14), each system includes an arrangement (22) for automatically moving the serving of one or more subscribers from itself to another system. In response to administrator (29) input, the source system retrieves each moving subscriber's mailbox (200) contents, translates subscriber I.D.s appearing therein into universal names and extension numbers, and transfers the translated contents, including delivery lists (222) and messages (211), to the destination system. The destination system creates a new mailbox for each moved subscriber, translates the universal information into subscriber I.D.s, and populates the new mailbox with the transferred contents. The source system informs third systems of the move, so they can update their information. During audits, the source and destination systems search their databases to find any information affected by the move and update it; the source system also deletes the moved subscribers' old mailboxes.

Automatically-effected move of a subscriber between electronic message

This invention relates to business communication systems and, in particular, to a message service system network that interconnects a plurality of message service systems and provides a voice mail message transfer capability between voice mail message service systems. The voice mail message transfer is performed as a computer-to-computer data file transfer operation over high speed data lines. The data file consists of the digitally encoded and compressed voice mail message to which is appended the message sender's name and telephone number as well as the message recipient's telephone number.

Message service system network

The subject communication system is an improved cellular mobile telecommunication system which provides business communication features to cellular mobile telecommunication customers. This is accomplished by using a business communication system as the switch element in the mobile telecommunication office. The master-slave relationship between the mobile telecommunication controller and the system processor that is found in the prior art is replaced by a peer-peer relationship. The mobile telecommunication control functions are handled by the mobile telecommunication controller while the call processing/connection control functions are handled by the system processor. Thus, the existing business communication call processing software can be used directly and any new business communication service provided by the business communication system is also available to the cellular mobile telecommunication customer. The mobile unit is now a 'mobile office' and it is treated as any other business communication station set.

Communication system for providing business communication features to

In a communication switching system controlled by a control processor, line port circuit connections are served by line call processing algorithms and trunk port circuit connections are served by trunk call processing algorithms. Trunk call processing algorithms offer the user a wide variety of call processing features and system management capabilities which are not included in normal line call processing algorithms. Host computer interconnections are typically established between digital line port circuits and therefore, host interconnections are administered by line call processing algorithms which offer only a limited set of services. To provide trunk services for host computer interconnections, an auxiliary algorithm has been added to the normal line call processing algorithms to interlink line to trunk call processing. In particular, when a host computer is served, the normal line call processing algorithm branches to the auxiliary algorithm. The auxiliary algorithm simulates the signalling characteristics associated with a trunk port circuit during the call set-up phase of a connection. Following simulation, the auxiliary algorithm intercepts the normal trunk call processing algorithms. The control processor 'perceives' the service request as originating from an analog trunk port circuit rather than a digital line port circuit, and therefore administers the request according to trunk call processing algorithms. Call processing features and system management capabilities associated with trunk services are now automatically available for the host computer interconnection.

Trunk call processing services for host computer interconnections

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John R Lothrop