Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
41 words
A message storage system, comprising: a multimedia mailbox storing voice messages
and text messages; a voice interface providing access to the
messages via a telephone; and a network interface providing access to the
messages over a network via a personal computer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein
said network interface comprises an Internet server and said
voice interface comprises a voicemail server.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
A system as recited in claim 2, wherein
said network interface provides a home page and an access by
a user of the home page by an Internet browser gets an audio
voice message when a the user selects a voice message and
gets an image when the user selects a text message.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A system as recited in claim 3, wherein
said home page is refreshed each time it is accessed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system as recited in claim 4, wherein
said home page includes an expired expiration date.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
a system as recited in claim 1, wherein
said mailbox stores still and motion video messages.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system as recited in claim 4, wherein
said network interface streams the messages to the user.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as recited in claim 7, further
comprising a personal computer including a prowser which
plays/displays messages streamed to the user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein
said voice interface outputs the voice and text messages as
audio to said telephone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein
the network interface includes a data conversion cache for
storing converted messages.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein
said network interface provides for recording messages.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein
message identifiers include a session number and a randomly
assigned identifier.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
35 words
An apparatus, comprising: a message storage system including a
multimedia mailbox storing voice messages and text messages,
providing access to the messages via a telephone, and
providing access to the messages via a personal computer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
267 words
A message storage and retrieval system,
comprising: a telephone; a telephone network coupled to said telephone; a computer including a digital network
browser; a digital network couplable to the computer;
and a distributed architecture message system
coupled to sad telephone network and said digital network,
said message system comprising: a digital switch coupled to said
telephone network; a control unit storing addresses of
multimedia messages including voice, text, and video
messages, and controlling switching of said digital switch; a processing unit coupled to said digital
switch, storing and retrieving the multimedia messages, and
outputing the voice and text messages to said telephone as
audio over said telephone network responsive to telephone
commands; a local network coupled to said control
unit and said processing unit; and a network unit coupled to the digital
network and said local network including a data conversion
cache, providing a home page with a message list including
message identifiers comprising a session number and a
randomly assigned file identifier responsive to a home page
request by the browser, retrieving the messages from the
processing unit and streaming the messages to the computer
responsive to browser message play requests to the home page
having an expired expiration date, the computer playing an
audio of the voice messages in real-time as the voice
messages are received, displaying an image of the text
messages in real-time as the text messages are received and
displaying images of video messages in real-time as the
video messages are received, and said computer recording a
message and forwarding a message to said network unit for
storage in said processing unit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A storage media, comprising: a multimedia mailbox storing voice messages
and text messages, a process providing access to the
messages via a telephone, and a process providing access to
the messages via a personal computer.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
30 words
A method, comprising: providing access to messages in a multimedia
mailbox storing voice messages and text messages via a
telephone; and providing access to the messages via a
personal computer.