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Techniques for providing add-on services for an email system

  • US 20050086316A1
  • Filed: 11/08/2004
  • Published: 04/21/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing add-on services responsive to an email transferred via a distributed computer network, comprising:

  • receiving via said distributed computer network said email at an email system;

    ascertaining from said email whether a recipient of said email subscribes to at least one of said add-on services;

    if said recipient subscribes to said at least one of said add-on services, providing said at least one of said add-on services responsive to said email, including forwarding at least a first portion of said email to an add-on service system via said distributed computer network, performing, using said add-on service system, said at least one of said add-on services responsive to said at least a first portion of said email, wherein at least one of said add-on services includes a media conversion service that coverts at least a portion of text of said email into a voice message, and forwarding the voice message to a voice mail system, when a media conversion service that converts at least a portion of text of said email into a voice message occurs.

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