Notification system for multimedia messaging systems
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1. A multimedia messaging system, comprising:
- a mailbox configured to receive and store one or more messages;
a capacity calculator configured to determine the amount of space occupied by said one or more messages; and
a message transmittal unit configured to automatically enable one or more notification messages to be generated in response to said capacity calculator determining that the amount of space occupied by said one or messages exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
A system and method within a multimedia messaging system for automatically enabling the system to notify a user that his or her mailbox is full and therefore no longer accepting messages for storage. The system includes one or more mailboxes to receive and store messages from callers, a capacity calculator to determine whether the messages stored in the mailbox exceed the allotted amount of storage space and a message transmittal unit to enable one or more notification alerts to be generated in response to the capacity calculator determining that the mailbox is full.
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1. A multimedia messaging system, comprising:
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a mailbox configured to receive and store one or more messages;
a capacity calculator configured to determine the amount of space occupied by said one or more messages; and
a message transmittal unit configured to automatically enable one or more notification messages to be generated in response to said capacity calculator determining that the amount of space occupied by said one or messages exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A multimedia messaging system, comprising:
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a mailbox adapted to receive and store one or more messages;
a message transmittal unit responsive to said mailbox receiving said one or more marked messages to enable one or more notification messages to be generated; and
a user alert table to store the one or more locations where said one or more notification message are to be sent. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28)
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27. In a multimedia messaging system, a method for generating notification messages, comprising:
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receiving and storing one or more messages;
determining the amount of space occupied by said one or more messages; and
automatically enabling one or more notification messages to be generated in response to said determining step determining that the amount of space occupied by said one or messages exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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