Environment aware message delivery
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1. An environment aware message delivery system, comprising:
- a portable message redirection agent carried by a user; and
a message delivery service manager for managing candidate message terminals to provide message delivery services for the user, wherein when the user moving over to a place, said message redirection agent cooperates with said message delivery service manager located in the environment around the user to select a message terminal from candidate message terminals in the environment as a target message terminal, and request a message redirection entity to redirect the message addressed to the user to the target message terminal.
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Abstract
The invention provides environment aware messages delivery systems, apparatus and methods. In example embodiments the system and method automatically deliver messages to the user based on the environment around the user. In the system and method, a portable message redirection agent cooperates with a message delivery service manager in the environment to discover available message delivery service, and sets message forwarding options without the user'"'"'s operation. The system and method of the invention can make full use of the existing message redirection mechanisms in more flexible manner.
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27 Claims
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1. An environment aware message delivery system, comprising:
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a portable message redirection agent carried by a user; and
a message delivery service manager for managing candidate message terminals to provide message delivery services for the user, wherein when the user moving over to a place, said message redirection agent cooperates with said message delivery service manager located in the environment around the user to select a message terminal from candidate message terminals in the environment as a target message terminal, and request a message redirection entity to redirect the message addressed to the user to the target message terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26)
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21. An environment aware messages delivery method, comprising the steps of:
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making information interaction with a message delivery service manager in the environment around a user by a portable message redirection agent carried by the user, wherein interacted information comprises information on candidate message terminals;
selecting a message terminal from the candidate message terminals in the environment as a target message terminal; and
requesting a message redirection entity to redirect a message addressed to the user to the target message terminal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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22. A portable message redirection agent, characterized by:
when a user mover over to a place, said portable message redirection agent being carried by the user cooperating with a message delivery service manager in the environment around the user, selects a message terminal from candidate message terminals in an environment of the user, as a target message terminal and requests a message redirection entity to redirect a message addressed to the user to the target message terminal.
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23. A message delivery service manager, characterized by:
when a user moves over to a place, said message delivery service manager in the environment around the user cooperating with a portable message redirection agent carried by the user, selects a message terminal from the candidate message terminals in the environment as a target message terminal and requests a message redirection entity to redirect the message addressed to the user to the target message terminal. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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