Dial back-mail system using binary protocol

• US 20060020675A1
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acceleration Software International Corporation
• Original Assignee: Acceleration Software International Corporation
• Inventors: Ballard, Clinton L.
• Application Number:
  US11/232,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20060020675A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

A sender prepares a message, then transmits an e-mail notice to the receiver and the e-mail message to a forwarding server. The “e-mail notice” is a short message, including a message ID and specifically does not include the complete prepared message. The “e-mail message” is in binary format and also includes the message ID of the corresponding e-mail notice. The receiving user receives the e-mail notice, then contacts the forwarding server to receive the e-mail message corresponding to the message ID within the received e-mail notice.

Claims

1. A method for mail-messaging on a global information network having a source computer, a forwarding server and a destination computer, in which a source address corresponds to the source computer, a destination address corresponds to the destination computer, and a message identifier corresponds to a user-prepared massage, while excluding the user-prepared message, and in which a mail message includes the source address, the destination address, the message identifier and the corresponding user-prepared message, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving the source address and the message identifier at the destination computer;

attempting to establish a first communication path between the destination computer and the source computer;

attempting to establish a second communication path between the destination computer and the forwarding server;

determining which of the first communication path and the second communication path is established first; and

commencing receipt of the mail message at the destination computer along a first established communication path of said first communication path and said second communication path.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising after attempting to establish a first communication path between the destination computer and the source computer, the step of:

receiving contact at the source computer from the destination computer;

responsive to receiving contact at the source computer, determining whether a transmission of the mail message from the source computer to the forwarding server is incomplete; and

for a determination that the transmission is incomplete, discontinuing the transmission.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

resuming the transmission upon a communication failure of the first communication path.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

upon a successful completion of receipt of the mail message at the destination computer, aborting the transmission.

5. A mail-messaging system interacting with a global information network having a source computer, a forwarding server and a destination computer, in which a source address corresponds to the source computer, a destination address corresponds to the destination computer, and a message identifier corresponds to a user-prepared massage, while excluding the user-prepared message, and in which a mail message includes the source address, the destination address, the message identifier and the corresponding user-prepared message, the system comprising:

means at the destination computer for receiving the source address and the message identifier;

means at the destination computer for attempting to establish a first communication path between the destination computer and the source computer;

means at the destination computer for attempting to establish a second communication path between the destination computer and the forwarding server;

means at the destination computer for determining which of the first communication path and the second communication path is established first; and

means at the destination computer for commencing receipt of the mail message at the destination computer along a first established communication path of said first communication path and said second communication path.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

means at the source computer for acknowledging establishment of the first communication path;

means at the source computer for determining whether a transmission of the mail message from the source computer to the forwarding server is incomplete; and

means for discontinuing the transmission after both acknowledgement of the first communication path and determination that the transmission is incomplete.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

means for resuming the second transmission upon a communication failure of the first communication path.

8. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

means for aborting the transmission upon a successful completion of receipt of the mail message at the destination computer.

9. A method for mail-messaging on a global information network, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a prepared message at a source location;

commencing a first transmission from the source location, the first transmission comprising a source address corresponding to the source location, a destination address and a message identifier, the message identifier comprising a code for identifying the prepared message, the first transmission excluding the prepared message;

packaging at the source location the prepared message, and the source address, destination address, and message identifier for said prepared message into a mail message;

commencing a second transmission from the source location, the second transmission comprising the mail message, wherein the second transmission is independent of the first transmission;

receiving the source address and message identifier at the destination address;

commencing receipt of the mail message at a forwarding server;

after the step of receiving, attempting to establish a first communication path between the destination address and the source location and attempting to establish a second communication path between the destination address and the forwarding server;

determining which of the first communication path and the second communication path is established first; and

commencing receipt of the mail message at the destination address along a first established communication path of said first communication path and said second communication path.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising after attempting to establish a first communication path between the destination address and the source location, the step of:

receiving contact at the source address from the destination address;

responsive to receiving contact at the source address, determining whether the second transmission is incomplete; and

for a determination that the second transmission is incomplete, discontinuing the second transmission.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

resuming the second transmission upon a communication failure of the first communication path.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

upon a successful completion of receipt of the mail message from the source location to the destination address, aborting the second transmission.