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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Gary P. Russell, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Robert T. Miller, Dresher, PA (US);
Reginald V. Blue, Potomac Falls, VA (US);
Gary P. Russell, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Robert T. Miller, Dresher, PA (US);
Reginald V. Blue, Potomac Falls, VA (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods to allow messaging systems to efficiently perform multi-media processing functions are provided. An exemplary messaging system comprises a host computer interconnected to a network interface unit (NIU), that is, itself, interconnected to external telephone networks. An embedded services platform (ESP) within the NIU provides a general-purpose computing capability within the ESP and provides a network interface for connecting the ESP to an external network. A media resource server (MRS) connected to the external network is used to offload multi-media processing function from the host computer to the MRS via the ESP.