Communication terminal apparatus capable of accessing e-mail from multiple networks at variable intervals
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Abstract
A communication terminal apparatus includes a plurality of electronic mail receiving systems respectively receiving electronic mail from mail servers each connected to a different network and an electronic mail receiving interval setting system for setting electronic mail receiving intervals each indicating respective time intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks, each electronic mail receiving interval capable of being set to different values depending on the type of network.
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69 Claims
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19. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of electronic mail receiving systems respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks;
detecting means for detecting network environments available at a present time; and
an electronic mail receiving interval setting system for selecting electronic mail receiving intervals, for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks, wherein the communication terminal apparatus receives electronic mail at an interval set by the electronic mail receiving interval setting system in accordance with a network environment detected as available by the detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of electronic mail receiving means for respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks;
detecting means for detecting network environments available at a present time; and
electronic mail receiving interval setting means for setting electronic mail receiving intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks, wherein the communication terminal apparatus receives electronic mail at an interval set by the electronic mail receiving interval setting means in accordance with a network environment detected as available by the detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of communication using a terminal apparatus comprising:
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respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks, by use of a plurality of electronic mail receiving systems;
detecting network environments available at a present time;
setting electronic mail receiving intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks; and
receiving electronic mail at one of the electronic mail receiving intervals in accordance with a detected network environment. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of electronic mail receiving means for respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks, including at least a local area network (LAN) and a public switched telephone network (PSTN) where the electronic mail is received from the LAN via a network interface card and the electronic mail is received from the PSTN in protocol description units;
detecting means for detecting network environments available at a present time; and
electronic mail receiving interval setting means for setting electronic mail receiving intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks, wherein the communication terminal apparatus receives electronic mail at an interval set by the electronic mail receiving interval setting means in accordance with a network environment detected as available by the detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of electronic mail receiving means for respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks, including at least a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a local area network (LAN) and an integrated services digital network (ISDN) where the electronic mail is received from the LAN via a network interface card and the electronic mail is received from the ISDN in interface description units;
detecting means for detecting network environments available at a present time; and
electronic mail receiving interval setting means for setting electronic mail receiving intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks, wherein the communication terminal apparatus receives electronic mail at an interval set by the electronic mail receiving interval setting means in accordance with a network environment detected as available by the detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A method of communication using a terminal apparatus comprising:
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respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks including at least a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a local area network (LAN), by use of a plurality of electronic mail receiving systems where the electronic mail is received from the LAN via a network interface card and the electronic mail is received from the PSTN in protocol description units;
detecting network environments available at a present time;
setting electronic mail receiving intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks; and
receiving electronic mail at one of the electronic mail receiving intervals in accordance with a detected network environment. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. A method of communication using a terminal apparatus comprising:
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respectively receiving electronic mail via a plurality of different networks including at least a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a local area network (LAN) and an integrated services digital network (ISDN) wherein the electronic mail is received from the PSTN in protocol description units, the electronic mail is received from the LAN via a network interface card and the electronic mail is received from the ISDN in interface description units, by use of a plurality of electronic mail receiving systems;
detecting network environments available at a present time;
setting electronic mail receiving intervals for accessing electronic mail from the respective networks; and
receiving electronic mail at one of the electronic mail receiving intervals in accordance with a detected network environment. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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49. A communications terminal, comprising:
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e-mail receiving means for receiving electronic mail via one of plural different network environments;
interval setting means for setting an e-mail receiving interval; and
detecting means for detecting a network environment available at a present time, wherein the communications terminal receives the electronic mail at the e-mail receiving interval via a network environment detected as available by the detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A communications terminal, comprising:
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an e-mail receiving device which receives electronic mail via one of a plurality of different network environments;
an interval setting device which sets an e-mail receiving interval; and
a detecting device which detects a network environment available at a present time, wherein the communications terminal receives the electronic mail at the e-mail receiving interval via a network environment detected as available by the detecting device. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method of communications using a communications terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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setting an e-mail receiving interval;
detecting a network environment available at a present time from amongst a plurality of different network environments; and
receiving electronic mail at the e-mail receiving interval via one of the plurality of different network environments detected as available by the detecting step. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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