Optimized message notification
First Claim
1. A method for sending a message notification to a recipient of a message, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) upon receipt of a message destined to a recipient at a first server, determining whether or not a notification is to be sent to the recipient for alerting of the presence of the message at the first server;
b) based on a result of step a), selectively inserting in a copy of the message that is to be forwarded by the first server to a second server an indication representative of whether or not a notification has been sent to the recipient of the message; and
c) transmitting the copy of the message with the indication from the first server to the second server.
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Abstract
A method, system and server for selectively sending out notification to a message recipient when a new message is available for retrieval. A sender sends a message to a recipient. A first server receives the message and detects a condition for forwarding the message to a second server. The first server further detects an internal setting for sending or not sending a notification alerting the recipient of the presence of the message. Based on this setting, the first server inserts an indication in a copy of the message that is forwarded to the second server. Upon receipt of the copied message by the second server, the former knows whether or not the first server has already issued a notification to the recipient, and uses this information for selectively sending out a notification only in cases where the first server has not sent such notification.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for sending a message notification to a recipient of a message, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) upon receipt of a message destined to a recipient at a first server, determining whether or not a notification is to be sent to the recipient for alerting of the presence of the message at the first server;
b) based on a result of step a), selectively inserting in a copy of the message that is to be forwarded by the first server to a second server an indication representative of whether or not a notification has been sent to the recipient of the message; and
c) transmitting the copy of the message with the indication from the first server to the second server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A first server acting to receive a message destined to a recipient, and upon receipt of the message further acting to determine whether or not a notification is to be sent to the recipient for alerting of the presence of the message, the first server selectively inserting in a copy of the message that is to be forwarded to a second server an indication representative of whether or not a notification has been sent by the first server to the recipient of the message, the first server transmitting the copy of the message with the indication to the second server.
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12. A communications system comprising:
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a first server;
a second server;
wherein upon receipt of a message destined to a recipient at a first server, the first server determines whether or not a notification is to be sent to the recipient for alerting of the presence of the message at the first server, and based on a result of the determination the first server selectively inserts in a copy of the message that is to be forwarded to a second server an indication representative of whether or not a notification has been sent to the recipient of the message, and transmits the copy of the message with the indication to the second server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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