Communication system, method and device for remotely re-transmitting received electronic mail directed to a destination terminal to a new destination terminal

In a communication system in which an electronic message for a user is transmitted over a data network and received at an original electronic destination, a method comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving a signal indicating a new electronic destination to which the received electronic message is to be re-transmitted;
• b) identifying a location and retrieving the electronic message stored at the location;
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• c) triggering the transmission of the electronic message transmitted to the original electronic destination to the new electronic destination.

In a communication system including an electronic mail server coupled to an electronic mail network and an alert network, a method for remotely re-transmitting received electronic mail at an original destination terminal to a new destination using a communication device, comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving message summaries indicative of electronic mail messages received at an original destination terminal;
• each received message summary including a sender identification, an E-mail identification and a destination terminal;
• b) generating in a server and transmitting over the alert network to the communication device a select signal and accompanying message summary;
• c) identifying a location and retrieving the electronic message stored at the location;
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• d) triggering the re-transmission of the received message to the new destination terminal.

A communication system in which an electronic message for a user is transmitted over a data network and received at an electronic destination, comprising:

• a) means for receiving a signal indicating a new electronic destination to which the received electronic message is to be re-transmitted;
• b) identifying a location and retrieving the electronic message stored at the location;
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• c) means for triggering the transmission of the electronic message transmitted to the original electronic destination to the new electronic destination.

A communication system for remotely re-transmitting a received message at an original destination terminal to a new destination terminal by a user using a communication device, comprising:

• a) an electronic mail server coupled to an electronic mail network and an alert network;
• the electronic mail server generating a message summary indicative of an electronic mail message received at the original destination terminal;
• the message summary including a sender identification and a destination terminal;
• b) means for transmitting over the alert network to the communication device a select signal including the message summary;
• c) means included in the communication device for storing the message summary and re-transmitting a revised message summary to the electronic mail server, the revised message summary containing a new destination for the electronic mail message received at the original destination terminal, said new destination inputted to the communication device by a user;
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• d) means for identifying a location and retrieving the electronic message stored at the location;
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• e) means responsive to the revised message summary for re-transmitting the electronic mail message received at the original destination terminal to the new destination terminal.

In a communication system including an electronic mail server coupled to an electronic mail network and an alert network, a communication device for remotely re-selecting and re-transmitting electronic messages at an original destination terminal to a new destination terminal, a communication device comprising:

• a) a transceiver coupled to the alert network for receiving and sending message summaries of received mail at a destination terminal coupled to the server;
• b) a memory coupled to the transceiver and a display, the memory storing message summaries;
• c) a processor coupled to a keyboard means, the processor responsive to a user through the keyboard for identifying in a selected message summary a new destination for an electronic message received at the original destination and indicated in the selected message summary stored in the memory;
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• d) sending means for forming and sending the selected message summary containing the new destination over the alert network to the electronic mail network for instructing the original destination or if not serving the new destination then an alternative destination to re-transmit the received message at the original destination terminal to the new destination terminal inputted to the keyboard by the user.