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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1993
Yigal Brandman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charlotte Koerschen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Frank C Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Peter D Olson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Shahryar Soroosh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jason Subramaniam, Fremont, CA (US);
Bruce Todd, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Octel Communications Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for non-simultaneously creating and storing in electronic format a composite voice/data message having a recorded voice message portion and a facsimile transmittal portion. The method provides for creating a voice message and sending a time-wise separated facsimile transmittal to a voice message/data storage system, and then associating the separate voice message and facsimile transmittal portions to form a composite voice/data message. The methods include a message identification scheme wherein a message identification number is assigned to the first-received message portion, and the caller is prompted to provide that message identification number in connection with the later-received message portion. Apparatus to accomplish these methods steps is also provided.