Electronic document answering machine

An electronic document answering system, comprising:

• means for retrieving documents, wherein the means for retrieving documents is configured to access one or more remote sources and retrieve and store one or more new digital documents;
• and
• means for operating the electronic document answering system in response to the electronic document answering system being in a reduced-power mode or in a full power operating mode, wherein the means for operating is configured to base operation on a first download frequency in response to the electronic document answering system being in the full power operating mode and based on a second download frequency in response to the electronic document answering system being in the reduced-power mode.

A device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a communication apparatus configured to interface to at least one network store of electronic documents to receive a new set of electronic documents having a delivery address associated with the device, wherein an interfacing by the communication apparatus comprises use of a code to access the at least one network store at one of a plurality of frequencies in response to a determination of a power mode of the device, wherein access is performed at a first frequency in response to the device being in the full power operating mode and wherein access is performed at a second frequency in response to the device being in a reduced power mode.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, from at least one remote network store, one or more new electronic documents having an associated delivery address, wherein the receiving comprises:
• using a code to access the at least one remote network store at a first download frequency or a second download frequency based on whether the device is in a full power operating mode or a reduced power mode, respectively.

A device, comprising:

• a retriever configured to access one or more remote sources and retrieve and store in memory of the device at least one new digital document addressed to an addressee associated with the device,
• wherein the retriever is further configured to operate using a designated code configured to enable access to the one or more remote sources at a first selected frequency in response to a determination indicating that the device is in a full power operating mode and to enable access to the one or more remote sources at a second selected frequency in response to the determination indicating that the device is in a reduced power mode.

A method, comprising:

• accessing, by a device including a processing device, at least one remote source of electronically addressable digital documents addressed to an addressee;
• receiving and storing in memory at least one of the electronically addressable digital documents addressed to the addressee, wherein the receiving and the storing is based on at least the accessing the at least one remote source, wherein the receiving comprises:
• employing a code to access the least one remote source at a first selected frequency in response to an indication that the device is in a full power operating mode, and to access the at least one remote source at a second selected frequency in response to an indication that the device is not in a reduced power mode.