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Abstract

A method is disclosed for providing voice messaging notification to a voice mail subscriber over the Internet, wherein the subscriber has a telephone which is serviced by a switch. The method includes receiving a voice message from a calling party for the telephone associated with the subscriber and forwarding the voice message to a mailbox for storage therein. The method also includes generating the message notification upon receipt of the voice message and transmitting the message notification to a messaging notification node. The method further includes routing the message notification to the subscriber over a local Internet gateway to provide indication to the subscriber of the stored voice message. In a preferred embodiment, the method also routes the messaging notification to a server corresponding to or designated by the subscriber, or corresponding to a paging service provider or e-mail service provider, in which the method includes generating a paging signal to a pager of the subscriber, or e-mail message including the message notification.

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