Inventors:
Nicholas M. Luzeski - Paoli PA
Daniel P. Meyer - Downingtown PA
Allie A. Murphy - Frazer PA
John L. Homan - Ephrata PA
Gary Paul Russell - King of Prussia PA
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation - Blue Bell PA
International Classification:
H04L 1228
US Classification:
370352, 370230, 370235, 370401, 370428, 709206, 379 881
Abstract:
A Universal Messaging system provides e-mail, voice-mail and fax-mail services to subscribers that may utilize the Internet to access their messages. The system integrates an e-mail messaging system with a voice/fax messaging system on a messaging platform computer. E-mail messages are stored in an e-mail message store, and voice and/or fax messages are stored in a separate store controlled, e. g. , by a Voice Mail Message Manager (VMMM). Subscribers can access messages from a personal computer via the Internet using a standard Web browser with an applet that present each subscriber with a âuniversal inboxâ that displays all of that subscribers voice, fax, and e-mail messages. A Web platform controls the Web browser interface to the messaging platform, accepting requests from the Web browser (such as a request to read an e-mail or listen to a voice mail) and passing prescribed types of information back to the Web browser. The Web platform interfaces with the messaging platform via a generic TCP/IP interface/router. A Session Manager application manages the Web browsers âsessionâ with the messaging system.