PERSONAL MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for managing messages of remote message sources over the Internet, comprising:
- establishing message sources for a user, each message source having access and management information provided by the user;
storing the access and management information for the message sources in a user database;
accessing each of the message sources over the Internet at user defined times using the access and management information;
copying messages from the message sources; and
saving the copied messages at a message database.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for managing messages of remote message sources over the Internet is provided. The method includes establishing message sources for a user, such that each message source has access and management information provided by the user. The method then proceeds to store the access and management information for the message sources in a user database. Each of the message sources is accessed over the Internet at user defined times using the access and management information. Messages are then copied from the message sources and then stored into a message database. Once in the message database, the user can log on to the Internet to view, access, and respond to any message provided for the user in the message database.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for managing messages of remote message sources over the Internet, comprising:
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establishing message sources for a user, each message source having access and management information provided by the user;
storing the access and management information for the message sources in a user database;
accessing each of the message sources over the Internet at user defined times using the access and management information;
copying messages from the message sources; and
saving the copied messages at a message database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29)
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12. A message management system for handling personal messages from different message sources over the Internet, comprising:
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a user database having access and management information set by a user, the access information configured to be used to gain access to each of the different message sources and the management information configured to set access times to each of the different message sources;
a procedures database for holding access routines for the different message sources;
a phone server for establishing phone and Internet connections to voicemail-type message sources;
an email server for establishing Internet connections to email-type message sources;
a message database for holding messages copied from selected ones of the different message sources; and
a manager server being in contact with the user database and the procedures database, the manager server being configured to request that one or both of the phone server and the email server to establish Internet connections to the selected message sources, the manager server further being configured to pass both access and management information from the user database and access routines from the procedures database.
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24. A computer readable media having program instructions for managing messages of remote message sources over the Internet, the operations of the computer readable media comprise:
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program instructions for establishing message sources for a user, each message source having access and management information provided by the user;
program instructions for storing the access and management information for the message sources in a user database;
program instructions for accessing each of the message sources over the Internet at user defined times using the access and management information;
program instructions for copying messages from the message sources; and
program instructions for saving the copied messages at a message database.
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27. A method for managing messages of remote message sources over the Internet, comprising:
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establishing message sources for a user, each message source having access and management information provided by the user;
storing the access and management information for the message sources in a user database;
accessing each of the message sources over the Internet at user defined times using the access and management information, the accessing being performed over the Internet;
copying messages from the message sources at the user defined times;
saving the copied messages at a message database; and
accessing the message database over the Internet to access the copied messages, the copied messages being displayed for the user to handle, and each copied message is arranged in the display with the message source from which the copied message originated, wherein the accessing of the message database can be performed over a web browser.
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