Method and apparatus for sending an electronic mail message to a receiving party

A method of sending an electronic mail message to a receiving party, comprising:

• receiving the electronic mail message from a sending device;
• selecting portions of the electronic mail message to send to selected ones of a plurality of electronic mail receiving devices, wherein the portions of the electronic mail message are selected for a selected electronic mail receiving device based on at least one of user preference information and capabilities of the selected electronic mail receiving device;
• sending the portions of the electronic mail message to corresponding ones of the electronic mail receiving devices;
• monitoring whether respective portions of the electronic mail message has been retrieved from a corresponding electronic mail receiving device;
• and
• deleting portions of the electronic mail message from selected ones of the other electronic mail receiving devices if the respective portions of the electronic mail message has been retrieved from a corresponding electronic mail receiving device.

A method of sending an electronic mail message to a receiving party, comprising:

• receiving the electronic mail message from a sending device;
• selecting portions of the electronic mail message to send to selected ones of a plurality of electronic mail receiving devices, wherein the portions of the electronic mail message are selected for a selected electronic mail receiving device based on at least one of user preference information and capabilities of the selected electronic mail receiving device, and the step of selecting portions of the electronic mail message further comprises retrieving profile information from a profile database based on a central electronic mail address of the receiving party;
• and
• sending the portions of the electronic mail message to corresponding ones of the electronic mail receiving devices,
• wherein the profile information includes at least one of a field for identifying the ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail messages, a field for identifying the access address of the ones of the electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail message, a field to identify the portions of the electronic mail message that are to be sent to the ones of the electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail message, and a field to identify which of the ones of the electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive a deletion signal once the electronic mail message is retrieved by a receiving party from at least one of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices.

An electronic mail message sending apparatus that sends electronic mail messages to a receiving party, comprising:

• a controller;
• and
• a profile database, wherein the controller receives the electronic mail message from a sending device, selects portions of the electronic mail message to send to selected ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices, and sends the portions of the electronic mail message to corresponding ones of the electronic mail receiving devices, wherein the portions of the electronic mail message are selected for a selected electronic mail receiving device based on at least one of user preference information and information of the capabilities of the selected electronic mail receiving device stored in the profile database,
• wherein the controller determines if the portions of the electronic mail message have been retrieved from a corresponding selected electronic mail receiving device, determines which ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices are to receive an electronic mail message delete signal, and sends an electronic mail message delete signal to the ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail message delete signal.

An electronic mail message sending apparatus that sends electronic mail messages to a receiving party, comprising:

• a controller;
• and
• a profile database, wherein the controller receives the electronic mail message from a sending device, selects portions of the electronic mail message to send to selected ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices, and sends the portions of the electronic mail message to corresponding ones of the electronic mail receiving devices, wherein the portions of the electronic mail message are selected for a selected electronic mail receiving device based on at least one of user preference information and information of the capabilities of the selected electronic mail receiving device stored in the profile database,
• wherein the controller monitors whether the respective portions of the electronic mail message have been retrieved from at least one of the corresponding electronic mail receiving devices and deletes respective portions of the electronic mail message from selected ones of the other electronic mail receiving devices if the respective portions have been retrieved.

An electronic mail message sending apparatus that sends electronic mail messages to a receiving party, comprising:

• a controller;
• and
• a profile database, wherein the controller receives the electronic mail message from a sending device, selects portions of the electronic mail message to send to selected ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices, and sends the portions of the electronic mail message to corresponding ones of the electronic mail receiving devices, wherein the portions of the electronic mail message are selected for a selected electronic mail receiving device based on at least one of user preference information and information of the capabilities of the selected electronic mail receiving device stored in the profile database
• wherein the controller identifies the selected ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices by retrieving profile information from a profile database based on a central electronic mail address of the receiving party and the profile information includes at least one of a field for identifying the ones of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail messages, a field for identifying the access address of the ones of the electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail messages, a field to identify the portions of the electronic mail message that are to be sent to the ones of the electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive the electronic mail messages, and a field to identify which of the ones of the electronic mail receiving devices that are to receive a deletion signal once the electronic mail message is retrieved by a receiving party from at least one of the plurality of electronic mail receiving devices.

A method of sending an electronic mail message to a receiving party, comprising:

• receiving the electronic mail message from a sending device;
• selecting at least one portion of the electronic mail message to send to selected ones of a plurality of electronic mail receiving devices, wherein the at least one portion of the electronic mail message is selected for a selected electronic mail receiving device based on at least one of user preference information and capabilities of the selected electronic mail receiving device, wherein the selected at least one portion is not equal to the entire electronic mail message;
• and
• sending the at least one portion of the electronic mail message to corresponding ones of the electronic mail receiving devices.