Transmission controls on e-mails
First Claim
1. A method of communicating an e-mail a text message over a network from a user terminal to an intended recipient terminal at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) the user terminal specifying a confidential message store address of a server (WS1) that is capable of being accessed by the recipient computer via the network;
(b) the user terminal transmitting said e-mail text message to said store address to reside therein;
(c) the user terminal transmitting a notification over the network to the recipient, said notification incorporating said selected store address and an instruction to the intended recipient to communicate with said store address; and
(d) said recipient terminal accessing said store address to retrieve said text message.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of communicating an e-mail text message, over a network from a user terminal (PC1, MOB) to an intended recipient terminal (PC2) at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) the user terminal (PC1, MOB) specifying a confidential message store address of a server WS1 that is capable of being accessed by the recipient computer via the network;
(b) the user computer transmitting the text message to the store address to reside therein; and
(c) the user terminal (PC1, MOB) transmitting a notification over the network to the recipient, the notification incorporating the selected store address and an instruction to the intended recipient to communicate with the store address.
The recipient terminal on opening up the e-mail accesses the store address to retrieve the e-mail.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating an e-mail a text message over a network from a user terminal to an intended recipient terminal at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the user terminal specifying a confidential message store address of a server (WS1) that is capable of being accessed by the recipient computer via the network;
(b) the user terminal transmitting said e-mail text message to said store address to reside therein;
(c) the user terminal transmitting a notification over the network to the recipient, said notification incorporating said selected store address and an instruction to the intended recipient to communicate with said store address; and
(d) said recipient terminal accessing said store address to retrieve said text message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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- 11. The method of claim I comprising an authentication step which must be successfully completed prior to the recipient terminal being permitted to access the store address, said authentication step comprising an authentication communication between the recipient terminal and the server, the server determining from the identity proffered by the user terminal whether or not to allow access to the message.
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13. A method of communicating an e-mail text message over a network from a user personal computer to an intended recipient terminal at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the personal computer specifying a confidential message store address of a server (WS1) that is capable of being accessed by the recipient computer via the network;
(b) the personal computer transmitting said e-mail text message to said store address to reside therein;
(c) the personal computer transmitting a notification over the network to the recipient, said notification incorporating said selected store address and an instruction to the intended recipient to communicate with said store address; and
(d) said recipient terminal accessing said store address to retrieve said text message.
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14. A method of communicating an e-mail text message over a network from a personal computer, said personal computer comprising a personal web server, to an intended recipient terminal at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the personal computer specifying a confidential message store address of said personal web server that is capable of being accessed by the recipient computer via the network;
(b) the personal computer transmitting said e-mail text message to said store address to reside therein;
(c) the personal computer transmitting a notification over the network to the recipient, said notification incorporating said selected store address and an instruction to the intended recipient to communicate with said store address; and
(d) said recipient terminal accessing said store address to retrieve said text message.
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15. A computer program product comprising computer readable program code executable by a user terminal to cause the following steps to be executed by said user terminal in response to a user command to said user terminal to transmit an e-mail text message from said user terminal to a recipient terminal, said steps comprising:
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(a) the user terminal specifying a confidential message store address of a server (WS1) that is capable of being accessed by the recipient computer via the network;
(b) the user terminal transmitting said e-mail text message to said store address to reside therein; and
(c) the user terminal transmitting a notification over the network to the recipient, said notification incorporating said selected store address and an instruction to the intended recipient to communicate with said store address.
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16. A computer terminal capable of transmitting data over a network to A remote recipient computer, wherein said computer terminal is configured such that on inputting of an instruction to cause an e-mail text message to be transmitted to a recipient computer, the transmitting terminal instead selects a confidential message store address on a server that is capable of being accessed via the network by the recipient computer, the transmitting terminal transmits the text message to that store address, and sends a notification via the network to the recipient computer, the notification providing information that the text message is available to the recipient computer by accessing the particular store address.
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