Appeal No. 2002-1761
Application No. 09/169,757
the subscriber outside of the wireline and wireless networks.
The SMS message notification is routed through the Internet to
the voice mail subscriber at one or multiple locations or message
receiving devices. It is alleged that SMS is conventionally
operable only within a wireless network.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for providing voice messaging notification to a
voice mail subscriber over the Internet, the voice mail
subscriber having a telephone serviced by one of a wireless and
wireline switch, the method comprising:
receiving a voice message from a calling party for the
telephone associated with the voice mail subscriber;
forwarding the voice message to a mailbox for storage
therein;
generating a Short Message Services message notification
upon receipt of the voice message;
transmitting the message notification to a messaging service
node; and
routing the message notification to the voice mail
subscriber over a local Internet gateway to provide indication to
the voice mail subscriber of the stored voice message.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Pepe et al. (Pepe) 5,742,905 Apr. 21, 1998
Amin 6,014,559 Jan. 11, 2000
(filed Apr. 10, 1997)
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