Abstract: A system that allows a computer user to designate a cellular telephone buddy to whom to send a text message asking the cellular telephone buddy to call the user back. The buddy calls the user by having the cellular telephone automatically place a call back telephone call to the user at the computer.

Abstract: A system that allows a computer user to designate a cellular telephone buddy to whom to send a text message asking the cellular telephone buddy to call the user back. The buddy calls the user by having the cellular telephone automatically place a call back telephone call to the user at the computer.

Abstract: The present invention is a system that uses a migration server to access voicemail of a source system through a front-end switch via a telephony interface, obtain voice messages stored on the source system and store them on a destination system via a data interface. A host processor initiates a migration based on a mailbox migration status stored in a host database and controls the switch to provide a path from the migration server to the source system. The host processor also controls call flow and initiates pass code (PIN) digit capture of a subscriber's pass code by the switch for mailboxes to be migrated. Call flow control includes determining to which system to route an arriving call based on migration status and determining whether to output a message-waiting indicator for newly stored messages. A migration server controls call tree navigation aspects of call flow during migration.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for using an audio input from a telephony device to perform an action on an Internet protocol (“IP”) network. The method includes providing a telephony interface module and receiving at the telephony interface module from the telephony device a first packet signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol. The method further includes receiving at the telephony interface module from a second module in communication with the telephony interface module (i) a second packet signal conforming to an IP, the second packet signal having an audio portion and (ii) a command. The method further includes routing the first packet signal in accordance with the received command, converting, in the telephony interface module, the second packet signal to a third packet signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol and transmitting the third packet signal to the telephony device.

Abstract: In one aspect the invention relates to a method for retrieving an audio application attachment to an electronic mail message (“email”). The method includes establishing a telephone call with a user connecting to an audio web telephone system using a telephony device, processing a command from the user to enable the user to retrieve an email from a buffer location accessible to the audio web telephone system and detecting an audio application attachment to the email. The method further includes passing the audio application attachment to an audio browser, executing the audio application attachment by processing Voice XML code within the audio application attachment and generating an audio message. The method further includes providing the audio message to the user via the telephony device.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for pre-fetching an audio signal for a user. The method includes establishing a telephone call from a user of an audio web telephone system, providing a system greeting; determining a user profile of the user and retrieving one or more audio signals from an Internet protocol (“IP”) network based on the user profile while the user is listening to the system greeting. The method further includes storing the one or more retrieved audio signals, obtaining a request for an audio signal from the user, retrieving the requested audio signal to the user from the stored one or more retrieved audio signals and converting the requested audio signal to a packet based signal conforming to a telephony packet protocol.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for forwarding an audio message to a recipient. The method includes establishing a telephone call from a user of an audio web telephone system using a telephony device, processing a command from the user to enable the user to retrieve an audio signal accessible to the audio web telephone system via an Internet protocol (“IP”) network and providing the audio signal to the user via the telephony device. The method further includes receiving a request from the user to forward an audio message, the audio message at least a part of the audio signal, storing the audio message in a buffer location and creating a reference pointer to the buffer location. The method further includes receiving from the user at least one address for a recipient and forwarding the reference pointer to the address of the recipient.