Enhancing messaging services using translation gateways

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(12) Ullltfild States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,539,291 B2 D’Angelo et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 26, 2009 (54) ENHANCING MESSAGING SERVICES USING 5,568,536 A 10/1996 Tiller et al. TRANSLATION GATEWAYS 5,568,540 A 10/1996 Greco et al. 5,579,472 A 11/1996 Keyworth, II et al. (75) Inventors: Leo A. D’Angelo, Lebanon, NH (US); Kamran Izadpanah, Pasadena, CA 5’608’786 A 3/1997 Gordon (US); John J. Bell, Anaheim, CA (US) 5,675,507 A 1°/1997 B°b°’ H 5,765,033 A 6/1998 Miloslavsky (73) Assignee: j2 Global Communications, 6,020,980 A 2/2000 Freeman Hollywood, CA (US) 6,061,448 A 5/2000 Smith etal. ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 6’073’165 A 6/2000 Namsimhan et al' patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. l54(b) by 1217 days. C t' d (21) Appl. NO.Z 10/686,107 1 °n ‘Hue ) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Oct. 15, 2003 PCT International Search Report (dated Apr. 27, 2004), related Inter(65) Prior Publication Data national Application NO. PCT/US03/32946—International Filing US 2004/0165603 A1 Aug. 26, 2004 Date 0°" 16’ 2°03 <6 Pg” Related U S Application Data (Continued) (60) Provisional application No. 60/419,166, filed on Oct. €;riSVlj2)0f:;:n;nL;;;(0)fjiliylnjigakelys Sokoloffi Taylor & 16, 2002. Zafman, LLP (51) Int. Cl. H04M 1/64 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT (52) U.S. Cl. ............................ .. 379/88.17; 379/100.08; (58) F_ Id f Cl _fi t_ S h In one embodiment, a translation gateway is for use between ie o assi ca ion earc .............. .. . ~ ~ ~ ~ 379/10009’ 10013 connection through the hostile network to a customer’s netSee application file for Complete Search history‘ work. Different types of inbound messages (e.g., voice; fax) (56) References Cited can be delivered to a single client process running on a cus

tomer machine on the customer network. In addition, the translation gateway may be used to securely forward different types of outbound messages originating from the client process to the service provider’s network (where the messages are retransmitted as voice calls or facsimiles into a telephone network). Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

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