WO2000019697A1 - A method of sending and forwarding e-mail messages to a telephone - Google Patents

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WO2000019697A1
WO2000019697A1 PCT/IL1999/000516 IL9900516W WO0019697A1 WO 2000019697 A1 WO2000019697 A1 WO 2000019697A1 IL 9900516 W IL9900516 W IL 9900516W WO 0019697 A1 WO0019697 A1 WO 0019697A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
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    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
    • H04M3/5307—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
    • H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
    • H04L51/212—Monitoring or handling of messages using filtering or selective blocking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2201/00—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42314—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers in private branch exchanges
    • H04M3/42323—PBX's with CTI arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M7/00—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
    • H04M7/12—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal

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  • the present invention relates to a method of sending voice messages between remotely located telephones and text messages as voice messages from a computer to remotely located telephones, utilizing e-mail properties.
  • Forwarding of e-mail to a fax is well known and an example can be seen in the functions of software such as Microsoft's Outlook" application. Forwarding of e-mail to a telephone is also known, such as the Mailpush service provided by several cellular telephone companies, for example, as described on their web site (http://www.mailpush.com). In this method a server computer checks the e-mail box of each registered client and forwards the e-mail to the mailbox owner's telephone and reads the text through the voice modem or CTI card (for example Dialogic's Proline/2V or Dialogic/4, Dialogic Corporation, 1115 Route Ten, Parsippany, N.J. 070-4596, USA).
  • voice modem or CTI card for example Dialogic's Proline/2V or Dialogic/4, Dialogic Corporation, 1115 Route Ten, Parsippany, N.J. 070-4596, USA.
  • a voice message can be transmitted as an attached wave file that can be played to the telephone directly, or be converted to text using a Speech-to-text engine such as commercially available from IBM and Lernout & Hauspie).
  • the receiver of the e-mail can record a reply wave file through the telephone and use the reply function of the e-mail software to send a reply via the telephone.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method of sending messages, via the internet, originating from a text file, prepared on a computer, to a remotely located telephone as a voice message.
  • the present invention also provides a method of sending and receiving voice messages between remotely located telephones.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a method of sending and receiving voice messages, as well as faxes, between telephones which are at remote locations, which overcomes the limitations and disadvantages of prior art devices.
  • the invention utilizes e-mail properties for forwarding faxes and e-mails for forwarding voice messages to a telephone.
  • an e-mail is sent to a remote station and automatically forwarded to a telephone or a fax machine, as desired by the sender.
  • a method of sending an e-mail message from a computer to a telephone is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the method includes the steps of: preparing the e-mail message and attaching forwarding information of at least one addressee thereto, the forwarding information including at least the e-mail address of a remote proxy server; sending the e-mail message via the Internet to the remote proxy server's e-mail address; the remote proxy server ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee; and forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to the telephone number.
  • the forwarding information contains a facsimile or telephone number.
  • the step of sending the e-mail message includes the steps of: routing the e-mail message to a MAPI (Message Application Program Interface) Spooler located on a local proxy server coupled to the computer; and converting the e-mail message to a voice message format.
  • the local proxy server includes a Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) card or a voice modem and the step of sending the e-mail message includes the step of the CTI card or the voice modem transmitting the voice message.
  • CTI Computer Telephone Integration
  • the step of ascertaining the addressee's telephone number includes the step of: looking-up the addressee's telephone number from a look-up database table located at the remote proxy server, the look-up database table includes at least the addressee's telephone number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
  • the step of forwarding the email message as a voice message includes the step of: verifying the sender's details; and if the sender is an authorized user forwarding the message.
  • the step of forwarding the email message as a voice message includes the step of converting text messages to speech format. Additionally, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of -the invention, the method further includes the steps of : recording the addressee's reply to the voice message as a wave file; and transmitting the reply via the Internet to a Voice Proxy Message Store Server located at the local proxy server.
  • a forwarder which includes means for extracting forwarding information from an incoming e-mail message, means for verifying the sender, and means for forwarding the voice message to the addressee of the forwarding information.
  • the forwarder further includes a look-up table containing at least the addressee's telephone number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
  • the forwarder further includes means for converting the e-mail message to a voice message.
  • a method of forwarding an incoming message to a telephone includes forwarding information of at least one addressee attached thereto.
  • the method includes the steps of: ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee; and forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to the telephone number.
  • the incoming message may be any one of a group including faxes, telephone voice messages and text messages.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the inter-city communication system between remote locations, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a detailed schematic illustration of the Voice Proxy Servers used in the communication system of Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic illustration of a sample e-mail form for use with the system of Figs. 1 and 2; and
  • Fig. 4/A; 4/B is a schematic flow chart illustration of the operation of sending and forwarding messages.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of the inter-city communication system, generally designated 10, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a detailed schematic illustration of the Voice Proxy Servers used in the communication system 10.
  • inter-city communication system 10 comprises a computer user 12 located in city A who wishes to send a fax, or a voice message, to a telephone at an address 14 in city B, which is located at a long distance area code from city A.
  • an e-mail message is sent from computer user 12 via a local proxy server computer 14 connected to the computer, and via the Internet 15, to a remote proxy server computer 16 located in the local dialing code area of city B.
  • the remote proxy server computer 16 forwards the received message to a telephone 18 or fax 19 in city B.
  • each of these components are identified by either suffix a (for local proxy server computer 14) or suffix b (for remote proxy server computer 16).
  • E- mail form 32 includes at least two addresses; the e-mail address 34 of remote proxy server computer 16 (city B) and the telephone (or fax) number of the addressee 36 in the locality of city B.
  • the e-mail address 34 of remote proxy server computer 16 city B
  • the telephone (or fax) number of the addressee 36 in the locality of city B the e-mail address 34 of remote proxy server computer 16 (city B)
  • the telephone (or fax) number the addressee 36 in the locality of city B.
  • form 32 preferably includes details of the sender, such as name 38 and email
  • proxy server computer 16 activates a telephone call (a local call) to the
  • the remote proxy server In a further embodiment of the invention, the remote proxy server
  • the remote proxy server computer 16 may cal the addressee based on the database information within its address book 26b even if the incoming message is lacking this information.
  • system is applicable to a network of remote stations call any of a network of remote receiving stations (B) which handle the incoming e-mail traffic.
  • computers A and B may form part of a LAN or WAN network with the computer B acting as a proxy server for voice messages.
  • the Client prepares the message on his computer, chooses recipients and sends the message with addressee details, (step 202).
  • the messages are routed to the MAPI (Message Application Program Interface) Spooler 24a on the local proxy server computer 14 (step 204).
  • the MAPI checks the addressee information and calls the corresponding transport provider 20a (step 206).
  • the transport provider extracts the message from the MAPI message store and converts it to the Voice Proxy's own message format (step 208) and then makes a connection to the Voice Proxy Message Store server 26a and sends the message through the Internet (step 210).
  • the remote Voice Proxy's transport provider 20b connects to the Voice Proxy Message Store server 26b (step 220). Messages are stored in the MAPI receiving folder 24b (Inbox) (step 222).
  • the Voice Proxy Telephone server 25b connects to the Voice Proxy Message Store server 26b, checks the outgoing messages queue and gets messages for each detected phone line (step 224).
  • the Voice Proxy Telephone server 25b extracts information regarding the phone destination (phone number) from the message's recipient table (step 226) checks whether the sender is an authorized user of the service and thus whether the e-mail message may be forwarded (step 228).
  • the Voice Proxy Telephone server 25b extracts the body of the message (plain text), text and any wave attachments (step 230), and initiates a phone call to the addressee (step 232).
  • Messages having Wave attachments are played through the wave device associated with TAPI (Telephone Application Program Interface) phone line directly using a wave API (Application Program Interface).
  • TAPI Telephone Application Program Interface
  • Application Program Interface Application Program Interface
  • Text messages the text is converted using a Text-to-Speech engine.
  • the API Application Program Interface
  • Text-to-Speech engine may be any suitable commercially available known in the art product.
  • the addressee's reply to the wave file is then recorded (step 234) and a reply message created with a wave attachment (step 236).
  • the file is sent back to the Voice Proxy Message Store Server 26a of the originating local proxy server computer 14, which places this reply message in the appropriate mailbox (step 234)
  • fax messages and voice messages can be sent via the local proxy server and the Internet to the remote proxy server.
  • the local proxy server computer 14 which treats the telephone ( or fax) message in a manner similar to the addressee's reply to the wave file (steps 234 and 236), described hereinabove with respect to Fig. 4.

Abstract

A method of sending an e-mail message from a computer (12) to a telephone (18) is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing the e-mail message and attaching forwarding information of at least one addressee thereto, the forwarding information including at least the e-mail address of a remote proxy server (16); sending the e-mail message via the Internet (15) to the remote proxy server's e-mail address; the remote proxy server (16) ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee; and forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to the telephone number.

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A METHOD OF SENDING AND FORWARDING E-MAIL MESSAGES TO A
TELEPHONE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of sending voice messages between remotely located telephones and text messages as voice messages from a computer to remotely located telephones, utilizing e-mail properties.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Forwarding of e-mail to a fax is well known and an example can be seen in the functions of software such as Microsoft's Outlook" application. Forwarding of e-mail to a telephone is also known, such as the Mailpush service provided by several cellular telephone companies, for example, as described on their web site (http://www.mailpush.com). In this method a server computer checks the e-mail box of each registered client and forwards the e-mail to the mailbox owner's telephone and reads the text through the voice modem or CTI card (for example Dialogic's Proline/2V or Dialogic/4, Dialogic Corporation, 1115 Route Ten, Parsippany, N.J. 070-4596, USA).
A voice message can be transmitted as an attached wave file that can be played to the telephone directly, or be converted to text using a Speech-to-text engine such as commercially available from IBM and Lernout & Hauspie). The receiver of the e-mail can record a reply wave file through the telephone and use the reply function of the e-mail software to send a reply via the telephone. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of sending messages, via the internet, originating from a text file, prepared on a computer, to a remotely located telephone as a voice message. The present invention also provides a method of sending and receiving voice messages between remotely located telephones.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of sending and receiving voice messages, as well as faxes, between telephones which are at remote locations, which overcomes the limitations and disadvantages of prior art devices.
The invention utilizes e-mail properties for forwarding faxes and e-mails for forwarding voice messages to a telephone. In one embodiment, an e-mail is sent to a remote station and automatically forwarded to a telephone or a fax machine, as desired by the sender. There is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a method of sending an e-mail message from a computer to a telephone. The method includes the steps of: preparing the e-mail message and attaching forwarding information of at least one addressee thereto, the forwarding information including at least the e-mail address of a remote proxy server; sending the e-mail message via the Internet to the remote proxy server's e-mail address; the remote proxy server ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee; and forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to the telephone number.
Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the forwarding information contains a facsimile or telephone number. Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of sending the e-mail message includes the steps of: routing the e-mail message to a MAPI (Message Application Program Interface) Spooler located on a local proxy server coupled to the computer; and converting the e-mail message to a voice message format. Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the local proxy server includes a Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) card or a voice modem and the step of sending the e-mail message includes the step of the CTI card or the voice modem transmitting the voice message.
Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of ascertaining the addressee's telephone number includes the step of: looking-up the addressee's telephone number from a look-up database table located at the remote proxy server, the look-up database table includes at least the addressee's telephone number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of forwarding the email message as a voice message includes the step of: verifying the sender's details; and if the sender is an authorized user forwarding the message.
Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the step of forwarding the email message as a voice message includes the step of converting text messages to speech format. Additionally, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of -the invention, the method further includes the steps of : recording the addressee's reply to the voice message as a wave file; and transmitting the reply via the Internet to a Voice Proxy Message Store Server located at the local proxy server.
There is also provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a forwarder which includes means for extracting forwarding information from an incoming e-mail message, means for verifying the sender, and means for forwarding the voice message to the addressee of the forwarding information.
The forwarder further includes a look-up table containing at least the addressee's telephone number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the forwarder further includes means for converting the e-mail message to a voice message.
Finally, there is also provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a method of forwarding an incoming message to a telephone. The message includes forwarding information of at least one addressee attached thereto. The method includes the steps of: ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee; and forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to the telephone number.
The incoming message may be any one of a group including faxes, telephone voice messages and text messages.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be understood and appreciated more fully from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the appended drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of the inter-city communication system between remote locations, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a detailed schematic illustration of the Voice Proxy Servers used in the communication system of Fig. 1 ; Fig. 3 is a schematic illustration of a sample e-mail form for use with the system of Figs. 1 and 2; and
Fig. 4/A; 4/B is a schematic flow chart illustration of the operation of sending and forwarding messages.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Reference is now made to Figs 1 and 2. Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of the inter-city communication system, generally designated 10, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detailed schematic illustration of the Voice Proxy Servers used in the communication system 10.
As illustrated in the example of Fig. 1 , inter-city communication system 10 comprises a computer user 12 located in city A who wishes to send a fax, or a voice message, to a telephone at an address 14 in city B, which is located at a long distance area code from city A. Instead of messages being sent from city A to city B via a long-distance carrier, an e-mail message is sent from computer user 12 via a local proxy server computer 14 connected to the computer, and via the Internet 15, to a remote proxy server computer 16 located in the local dialing code area of city B. The remote proxy server computer 16 forwards the received message to a telephone 18 or fax 19 in city B. The local proxy server computer 14 and remote proxy server computer
16 comprise similar components, including a transport provider 20, address book 22, MAPI (Message Application Program Interface) Spooler 24, Voice Proxy Telephone Server 25, Voice Proxy Message Store 26 and a Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) card 28 or alternatively a voice modem 30. For clarity, in order to differentiate between the local proxy server computer 14 and the remote proxy server computer 16, each of these components are identified by either suffix a (for local proxy server computer 14) or suffix b (for remote proxy server computer 16).
Reference is now made to Fig. 3, which is a schematic illustration of a sample e-mail form, generally designated 32, for use with the inter-city communication system 10. E- mail form 32 includes at least two addresses; the e-mail address 34 of remote proxy server computer 16 (city B) and the telephone (or fax) number of the addressee 36 in the locality of city B. In addition, the e-mail
form 32 preferably includes details of the sender, such as name 38 and email
address 40 and may also include a password 42 or any other means of restricting regular senders from using this service, and any other additional information, such
as the time frame (T1 to T2) during which the message should be sent 44, an
alternative telephone (or fax) number 46 for the addressee, and any other details
48. It will be appreciated that the e-mal form 32 may is not rested to the amount
of information which may be added.
When the remote proxy server computer 16 in City B receives the
incoming message for an addressee, it checks whether the incoming e-mail
contains any additional data such as a forwarding telephone (or fax) address, and
whether the sender is an authorized user of the service and thus whether the e-mail message may be forwarded.
If the incoming message is authorized for onward delivery, the remote
proxy server computer 16 activates a telephone call (a local call) to the
addressee, receives the answer and sends a confirmation of receipt, via e-mail,
back to local proxy server computer 14 in city A.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the remote proxy server
computer 16 in city B utilizes its address book 22b, which is constructed to contain
telephone numbers corresponding to internet addresses to call any telephone.
Thus, the remote proxy server computer 16 may cal the addressee based on the database information within its address book 26b even if the incoming message is lacking this information.
It will be appreciated that the system is applicable to a network of remote stations call any of a network of remote receiving stations (B) which handle the incoming e-mail traffic.
In a further embodiment of the invention, computers A and B may form part of a LAN or WAN network with the computer B acting as a proxy server for voice messages.
The operation of the service utilizing the Voice Proxy Server for sending and forwarding messages is now described with reference to the flow chart diagram of Fig. 4.
The Client (sender) prepares the message on his computer, chooses recipients and sends the message with addressee details, (step 202).
The messages are routed to the MAPI (Message Application Program Interface) Spooler 24a on the local proxy server computer 14 (step 204). The MAPI checks the addressee information and calls the corresponding transport provider 20a (step 206). In the case of a telephone address (T-Mail), the transport provider extracts the message from the MAPI message store and converts it to the Voice Proxy's own message format (step 208) and then makes a connection to the Voice Proxy Message Store server 26a and sends the message through the Internet (step 210).
At the other end, after the new mail messages have arrived at the remote proxy server computer 16, the remote Voice Proxy's transport provider 20b connects to the Voice Proxy Message Store server 26b (step 220). Messages are stored in the MAPI receiving folder 24b (Inbox) (step 222).
The Voice Proxy Telephone server 25b connects to the Voice Proxy Message Store server 26b, checks the outgoing messages queue and gets messages for each detected phone line (step 224).
Then the Voice Proxy Telephone server 25b extracts information regarding the phone destination (phone number) from the message's recipient table (step 226) checks whether the sender is an authorized user of the service and thus whether the e-mail message may be forwarded (step 228). The Voice Proxy Telephone server 25b extracts the body of the message (plain text), text and any wave attachments (step 230), and initiates a phone call to the addressee (step 232).
Messages having Wave attachments are played through the wave device associated with TAPI (Telephone Application Program Interface) phone line directly using a wave API (Application Program Interface). Alternatively for Text messages, the text is converted using a Text-to-Speech engine. The API (Application Program Interface) and Text-to-Speech engine may be any suitable commercially available known in the art product.
The addressee's reply to the wave file is then recorded (step 234) and a reply message created with a wave attachment (step 236). The file is sent back to the Voice Proxy Message Store Server 26a of the originating local proxy server computer 14, which places this reply message in the appropriate mailbox (step
238). In a further embodiment of the invention, fax messages and voice messages (via a telephone, for example) can be sent via the local proxy server and the Internet to the remote proxy server. In thus case, the local proxy server computer 14 which treats the telephone ( or fax) message in a manner similar to the addressee's reply to the wave file (steps 234 and 236), described hereinabove with respect to Fig. 4.
It will be further appreciated that the present invention is not limited by what has been described hereinabove and that numerous modifications, all of which fall within the scope of the present invention, exist. Rather the scope of the invention is defined by the claims which follow:

Claims

1 . A method of sending an e-mail message from a computer to a telephone, comprising the steps of:
preparing the e-mail message and attaching forwarding
information of at least one addressee thereto, said forwarding
information including at least the e-mail address of a remote proxy server;
sending the e-mail message via the Internet to said remote proxy
server's e-mail address;
said remote proxy server ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee; and
forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to said
telephone number.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein said forwarding information
contains a facsimile or telephone number.
3. A method according to claim 1 wherein said step of sending the e-mail
message comprises the steps of:
routing the e-mail message to a MAPI (Message Application
Program Interface) Spooler located on a local proxy server coupled to said computer; and
converting the e-mail message to a voice message format.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein said local proxy server comprises
a Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) card or a voice modem and
wherein said step of sending the e-mail message comprises the step of: said CTI card or said voice modem transmitting said voice
message.
5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said step of ascertaining the
addressee's telephone number comprises the step of:
looking-up the addressee's telephone number from a look-up
database table located at said remote proxy server, said look-up
database table comprising at least the addressee's telephone
number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said step of forwarding the email
message as a voice message comprises the step of: verifying the sender's details; and
if the sender is an authorized user forwarding the message.
7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said step of forwarding the email
message as a voice message comprises the step of:
converting text messages to speech format.
8. A method according to claim 1 and further comprising the steps of :
recording the addressee's reply to the voice message as a wave
file; and transmitting the reply via the Internet to a Voice Proxy Message Store Server located at said local proxy server.
9. A forwarder comprising:
means for extracting forwarding information from an incoming e-mail message;
means for verifying the sender, and
means for forwarding said voice message to the addressee of _ said forwarding information.
10. A forwarder according to claim 9, further comprising:
a look-up table containing at least the addressee's telephone
number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
1 1. A forwarder according to claim 9, further comprising:
means for converting said e-mail message to a voice message.
12. A method of forwarding an incoming message to a telephone, said
message comprising forwarding information of at least one addressee
attached thereto, the method comprising the steps of:
ascertaining the telephone number of the at least one addressee;
and
forwarding the e-mail message as a voice message to said
telephone number.
13. A method according to claim 12, wherein said step of ascertaining the
addressee's telephone number comprises the step of:
looking-up the addressee's telephone number from a look-up database table located at said remote proxy server, said look-up database table comprising at least the addressee's telephone number and the addressee's incoming internet address.
14. A method according to claim 12, wherein said step of forwarding the email message as a voice message comprises the step of: verifying the sender's details; and if the sender is an authorized user forwarding the message.
15. A method according to claim 12, wherein said step of forwarding the email message as a voice message comprises the step of: converting text messages to speech format.
16. A method according to claim 12, wherein said incoming message is any one of a group including faxes, telephone voice messages and text messages.
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