System and Method for Email Notification
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorMark Kirkpatrick
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Abstract
Email subscribers are notified of the receipt of new email messages when they are not at their computers via voice or page. An email notification server polls the email server corresponding to the subscriber's email account for the presence of new email messages. New email messages are obtained. Header information is extracted. If new email notification is by voicemail, the extracted header information is converted from text to voice. A voicemail message containing the extracted header information is saved on the voicemail system corresponding to the subscriber for whom the email message was intended. The email notification server can also send a page to notify the subscriber of the presence of new email.
Claims20
A method for notifying a subscriber of a presence of new email messages, comprising:
- detecting a newly received email message of a subscriber at an email server;
- extracting at least a portion of a header of the newly received email message responsive to a determination that the newly received email message is present at the email server;
- converting the extracted portion of the header to a speech message;
- and
- calling, by a notification server, a voicemail server to access a voicemail box of the subscriber and transferring the speech message to the voicemail box at the voicemail server, wherein the speech message indicates that the newly received email message is present at the email server.
A notification system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions executable by the processor that cause the processor to:
- detect a newly received email message of a subscriber at an email server;
- extract at least a portion of a header of the newly received email message responsive to a determination that the newly received email message is present at the email server;
- convert the extracted portion of the header to a speech message;
- and
- call a voicemail server to access a voicemail box of the subscriber and transfer the speech message to the voicemail box at the voicemail server, wherein the speech message indicates that the newly received email message is present at the email server.
A method for notifying a subscriber of a presence of new email messages, comprising:
- detecting a newly received email message of a subscriber at an email server;
- extracting at least a portion of a header of the newly received email message responsive to a determination that the newly received email message is present at the email server;
- converting the extracted portion of the header to a speech message;
- calling, by a notification server, a voicemail server to access a voicemail box of the subscriber and transferring the speech message to the voicemail box at the voicemail server, wherein the speech message indicates that the newly received email message is present at the email server;
- and
- sending, by the notification server, a text message to the subscriber indicating presence of the newly received email message at the email server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.