Message transfer device and method for transferring messages
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1. Messaging device for forwarding messages with at least one group header field to a receiver unit, said device incorporating a mechanism for evaluating header fields of the message to be transmitted which differentiates between more than four different values in the group header field, of which there is at least one, and/or evaluates at least one further group header field.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a message transfer device and to a method for transferring messages comprising at least one group header field, which allows a differentiated classification by extension of the value range of the group header field and/or evaluation of another group header field.
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- 1. Messaging device for forwarding messages with at least one group header field to a receiver unit, said device incorporating a mechanism for evaluating header fields of the message to be transmitted which differentiates between more than four different values in the group header field, of which there is at least one, and/or evaluates at least one further group header field.
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7. Method for forwarding messages with at least one group header field, comprising the steps:
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Receiving a message Storing the message Evaluating the group header field(s) Processing the message according to a mode dependent on the content of the group header field(s), the value range of the group header field(s) being greater than four and/or extending over at least two group header fields. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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