1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first telecommunications terminal from a voicemail management system:
(i) a first plurality of voicemail indicia associated with voicemails stored on a first voicemail platform, and
(ii) a second plurality of voicemail indicia associated with voicemails stored on a second voicemail platform; and
displaying, by the first telecommunications terminal, the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia interleaved in a chronological order,
wherein the voicemail management system interleaves the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia into the chronological order that is displayed by the first telecommunications terminal.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the first telecommunications terminal from the voicemail management system, presence information of one or more callers associated with at least one of the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
displaying, by the first telecommunications terminal, an indicator of the presence information of the one or more callers;
wherein the indicator of the presence information is displayed adjacent to each corresponding voicemail indicium of the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the indicator is indicative of whether the one or more callers are available to answer a call.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the indicator is indicative of a locale of the one or more callers.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the first telecommunications terminal, a user input selecting a voicemail indicium from among the indicia that are displayed at the telecommunications terminal; and
transmitting, by the first telecommunications terminal, a signal to the voicemail management system, wherein the signal is to establish a communications session with a user of a second telecommunications terminal corresponding to the selected voicemail indicium; and
wherein the signal instructs the voicemail management system to transmit a telephone number of a third telecommunications terminal to the second telecommunications terminal as a caller identification of the first telecommunications terminal.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
periodically transmitting, by the first telecommunications terminal to the voicemail management system, a signal to poll the first voicemail platform and the second voicemail platform for voicemail indicia.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the first telecommunications terminal, a user input selecting a voicemail indicium from among the indicia that are displayed at the telecommunications terminal;
transmitting, by the first telecommunications terminal to the voicemail management system, a first signal to delete a voicemail message that is associated with the selected voicemail indicium;
wherein, in response to receiving the first signal from the first telecommunications terminal, the voicemail management system:
(i) deletes the voicemail message that is stored at the voicemail management system, and
(ii) transmits a second signal to the first voicemail platform to delete a corresponding voicemail message that is stored at the first voicemail platform.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the first telecommunications terminal, a first signal from the voicemail management system, wherein the signal causes the first telecommunications terminal to transition from an idle state to an active state; and
transmitting, by the first telecommunications terminal to the voicemail management system, a second signal to retrieve a voicemail indicium from the voicemail management system.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the first telecommunications terminal from a user of the first telecommunications terminal, an input to exclude a voicemail indicium that is associated with a user of a second telecommunications terminal;
transmitting, by the first telecommunications terminal to the voicemail management system, a signal to exclude the voicemail indicium that is associated with the user of the second telecommunications terminal; and
receiving, by the first telecommunications terminal from the voicemail management system, a third plurality of voicemail indicia, wherein the voicemail management system excludes from the third plurality of voicemail indicia all voicemail indicia that are associated with the user of the second telecommunications terminal based on the input.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first telecommunications terminal is a wireless telecommunications terminal.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the first voicemail platform is connected to a first network that is different from a second network to which the second voicemail platform is connected.
13. A method comprising:
receiving by a voicemail management system:
(i) a first plurality of voicemail indicia associated with voicemails stored on a first voicemail platform, and
(ii) a second plurality of voicemail indicia associated with voicemails stored on a second voicemail platform; and
interleaving, by the voicemail management system, the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia into a list of indicia that are in chronological order; and
transmitting, by the voicemail management system, the list of indicia to a first telecommunications terminal.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
receiving by the voicemail management system from the first voicemail platform and the second voicemail platform, presence information of one or more callers who are correspondingly associated with the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia; and
transmitting, by the voicemail management system to the first telecommunications terminal, an indicator of the presence information of the one or more callers.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the indicator is indicative of whether the one or more callers are available to answer a call.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein the indicator is indicative of a locale of the one or more callers.
17. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
receiving, by the voicemail management system, a signal from the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the signal is indicative of a voicemail indicium selected from the list of indicia by a user of the first telecommunications terminal; and
establishing, by the voicemail management system, a communications session between the first telecommunications terminal and a second telecommunications terminal after receiving the signal;
wherein a telephone number of a third telecommunications terminal is transmitted by the voicemail management system to the second telecommunications terminal as a caller identification of the first telecommunications terminal.
18. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
periodically receiving, by the voicemail management system, a signal from the first telecommunications terminal to poll the voicemail management system for other voicemail indicia.
19. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
receiving, by the voicemail management system, a signal from the first telecommunications terminal to synchronize the first voicemail platform and the second voicemail platform with the voicemail management system.
20. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
transmitting, by the voicemail management system, a first signal to the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the first signal causes the first telecommunications terminal to transition from an idle state to an active state;
receiving, by the voicemail management system, a second signal from the first telecommunications terminal when the first telecommunications terminal transitions from the idle state to the active state; and
transmitting, by the data-processing system, the list of indicia to the first telecommunications terminal based on the second signal.
21. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
receiving, by the voicemail management system, a signal from the first telecommunications terminal to exclude from a third plurality of voicemail indicia any voicemail indicia that are associated with a user of a second telecommunications terminal; and
transmitting, by the voicemail management system to the first telecommunications terminal, the third plurality of voicemail indicia, wherein the voicemail management system excludes from the third plurality of voicemail indicia all voicemail indicia that are associated with the user of the second telecommunications terminal based on the signal.
22. The method of claim 13 wherein the first voicemail platform is connected to a first network that is different from a second network to which the second voicemail platform is connected.
23. A voicemail management system comprising:
a server having a connection to a local area network, wherein the connection enables the server to communicate with a first voicemail platform and a second voicemail platform, and wherein the server is operative to:
receive a first plurality of voicemail indicia associated with voicemails stored on the first voicemail platform, and a second plurality of voicemail indicia associated with voicemails stored on the second voicemail platform;
interleave the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia into a list of indicia in a chronological order that is to be displayed by a first telecommunications terminal; and
transmit the list in the chronological order to the first telecommunications terminal.
24. The voicemail management system of claim 23, wherein the server is further operative to:
receive from the first voicemail platform and the second voicemail platform, presence information of one or more callers who are correspondingly associated with the first plurality of voicemail indicia and the second plurality of voicemail indicia; and
transmit to the first telecommunications terminal, an indicator of the presence information of the one or more callers.
25. The voicemail management system of claim 24 wherein the indicator is indicative of whether the one or more callers are available to answer a call.
26. The voicemail management system of claim 24 wherein the indicator is indicative of a locale of the one or more callers.
27. The voicemail management system of claim 23, wherein the server is further operative to:
receive a signal from the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the signal is indicative of a voicemail indicium selected from the list of indicia by a user of the first telecommunications terminal; and
establish a communications session between the first telecommunications terminal and a second telecommunications terminal after receiving the signal;
wherein a telephone number of a third telecommunications terminal is transmitted by the server to the second telecommunications terminal as a caller identification of the first telecommunications terminal.
28. The voicemail management system of claim 23, wherein the server is further operative to:
periodically receive a signal from the first telecommunications terminal to poll the voicemail management system for other voicemail indicia.
29. The voicemail management system of claim 23, wherein the server is further operative to:
receive a signal from the first telecommunications terminal to synchronize the first voicemail platform and the second voicemail platform with the voicemail management system.
30. The voicemail management system of claim 23, wherein the server is further operative to:
transmit a first signal to the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the first signal causes the first telecommunications terminal to transition from an idle state to an active state;
receive a second signal from the first telecommunications terminal when the first telecommunications terminal transitions from the idle state to the active state; and
transmit the list of indicia to the first telecommunications terminal based on the second signal.
31. The voicemail management system of claim 23, wherein the server is further operative to:
receive a signal from the first telecommunications terminal to exclude from a third plurality of voicemail indicia any voicemail indicia that are associated with a user of a second telecommunications terminal; and
transmit to the first telecommunications terminal, the third plurality of voicemail indicia, wherein the server excludes from the third plurality of voicemail indicia all voicemail indicia that are associated with the user of the second telecommunications terminal based on the signal.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A preformed composition in shaped-form comprising:
a base composition comprising at least one sulfur-containing polymer, and at least one electrically conductive filler; and
a curing agent composition;
wherein the preformed composition is capable of shielding EMIRFI radiation.
2. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the preformed composition comprises 5 parts to 20 parts by weight of the curing agent composition, and 100 parts by weight of the base composition.
3. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one sulfur-containing polymer is present in an amount ranging from 10% by weight to 50% by weight of the total weight of the base composition.
4. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one sulfur-containing polymer is chosen from a polysulfide polymer, a mercapto-terminated polymer, and a combination of a polysulfide polymer and a mercapto-terminated polymer.
5. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one electrically conductive filler is present in an amount ranging from 40% to 80% by weight of the total weight of the base composition.
6. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one electrically conductive filler comprises Ni fiber, and Ni-coated graphite.
7. The preformed composition of claim 6, wherein the Ni fiber is present in an amount ranging from 4% to 8% by weight of the total weight of the base composition, and the Ni-coated graphite is present in an amount ranging from 50% to 70% of the total weight of the base composition.
8. The preformed composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one corrosion inhibitor.
9. The preformed composition of claim 8, wherein the at least one corrosion inhibitor inhibits galvanic corrosion.
10. The preformed composition of claim 8, wherein the at least one corrosion inhibitor comprises calcium chromate.
11. The preformed composition of claim 8, wherein the at least one corrosion inhibitor is present in an amount ranging from 3% by weight to 7% by weight of the total weight of the base composition.
12. The preformed composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one adhesion promoter.
13. The preformed composition of claim 12, wherein the at least one adhesion promoter comprises a phenolic adhesion promoter, a mercapto-silane adhesion promoter, and an epoxy-silane adhesion promoter.
14. The preformed composition of claim 12, wherein the at least one adhesion promoter is present in an amount ranging from 1% by weight to 6% by weight of the total weight of the base composition.
15. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the preformed composition is curable at a temperature ranging from 10 C. to 30 C.
16. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the preformed composition is refrigerated prior to application.
17. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the cured preformed composition exhibits a surface resistivity of less than 0.50 .
18. The preformed composition of claim 1, wherein the curing agent composition comprises a manganese dioxide curing agent.
19. The preformed composition of claim 18, wherein the manganese dioxide is present in the curing agent composition in an amount ranging from 25% to 75% by weight of the total weight of the curing agent composition.
20. A method of sealing an aperture to provide EMIRFI shielding effectiveness comprising applying a preformed composition in shaped-form comprising at least one sulfur-containing polymer, and at least one electrically conductive filler to a surface associated with an aperture to seal the aperture and provide EMIRFI shielding effectiveness.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the performed composition comprises a preformed composition according to claim 1.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein the surface is a surface of a removable panel.
23. The method of claim 20, wherein the surface is a surface adjacent to an opening.
24. The method of claim 20, wherein the aperture is on an aviation or an aerospace vehicle.
25. The method of claim 20, further comprising applying an adhesion promoter to at least one surface associated with the aperture prior to application of the preformed composition.
26. The method of claim 20, further comprising applying a release agent to a least one surface associated with the aperture prior to application of the preformed composition.
27. The method of claim 20, wherein the sealed aperture exhibits shielding effectiveness from 1 MHz to 18 GHz.