公开(公告)号：AU2007269819B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-29

申请号：AU2007269819

申请日：2007-06-27

Applicant: VONAGE NETWORK LLC

Inventor： DON SMITHEIMER

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  H04W80/10

Abstract: Apparatus and system for multi-stage media communications includes a handheld wireless means for transmitting and receiving multi-media communications and a base station means for relaying the multi-media communications to a multi-media communications service provider. The handheld wireless means is repeatably configurable to any one of a plurality of users associated with the system. The communications service provider includes a proxy server for receiving and directing communications requests and a plurality of communications servers each providing access to a different form of media/communications. The base station means has one or more connection means to third party communication service providers that provides email services, web-browsing service IM services and the like. As such, a localized environment can exploit wireless capabilities for a variety of users having a variety of default preferences without incurring extra charges for multiple phone lines or assigning dedicated devices to each user.

公开(公告)号：AU2007269702B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-21

申请号：AU2007269702

申请日：2007-06-29

Applicant: VONAGE NETWORK LLC

Inventor： DON SMITHEIMER

IPC: H04M1/253 ,  H04M3/537

Abstract: Method and apparatus to provide a numerical verification of new and existing voice messages as it relates to subscribers of VOIP services. The apparatus is placed on the subscriber's telephone line; the subscriber's VOIP voice message servers call and update the device with the subscriber's current voice message status including the number of existing messages and new message(s). The apparatus is equipped to display the number of existing and new messages.