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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1994
Allen Theivendran Arumainayagam, Malden, MA (US);
Robert Flagg Penfield, Maynard, MA (US);
Stephen Gerard Reppucci, Haverhill, MA (US);
Boston Technology, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method that implements a network of voice mail systems using a telephone network. Each node of the network queues voice messages to be sent to remote locations in a voice mailbox created for that remote location until a scheduled time for sending messages to that remote location. When the messages are sent, conventional telephone lines of the telephone network are used by dialing through the public telephone network to establish a node to node connection. When the connection is established, the messages in the queue are transferred over the telephone network in either analog or digital form. Multiple message processors in each node can allow multiple connections and simultaneous transmission and receipt of messages between nodes.