Email client and methods for commanding later re-delivery of messages
First Claim
1. A method of transferring originally sent email messages to a remote server for forwarding at a later time to a specified list of recipients, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a network interface over said network facilities connectable to email servers and to said remote server;
connecting to an email server;
retrieving and displaying messages from the email server;
permitting a user selection of retrieved email messages;
accepting a command from a user to forward email messages to the remote server;
providing a display wherein a time of delivery and a list of recipient addresses may be specified;
connecting to the remote server; and
sending to the remote server the user-selected email messages to the remote server, each message being provided with a time of delivery and a list of recipient addresses as specified by a user.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are network systems that can retain pending forwarded messages for delivery at a specified time, and email clients functional to forward email messages to those servers with a delivery time and a list of recipient addresses and methods for operating those and similar systems. Also disclosed are network server systems that provide access to pending email messages to be forward to clients, permitting the listing, retrieval, searching and deletion of pending messages. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of transferring originally sent email messages to a remote server for forwarding at a later time to a specified list of recipients, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a network interface over said network facilities connectable to email servers and to said remote server;
connecting to an email server;
retrieving and displaying messages from the email server;
permitting a user selection of retrieved email messages;
accepting a command from a user to forward email messages to the remote server;
providing a display wherein a time of delivery and a list of recipient addresses may be specified;
connecting to the remote server; and
sending to the remote server the user-selected email messages to the remote server, each message being provided with a time of delivery and a list of recipient addresses as specified by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An email client system for controlling the transferring of originally sent email messages to a remote server for later forwarding at a later time to a list of recipients, comprising:
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a processor;
storage accessible by said processor;
network facilities operable by said processor to communicate with the remote server and email servers over a network;
computer readable instructions stored on said storage, said instructions executable by said processor to achieve the functions of;
providing a network interface over said network facilities connectable to email servers and to said remote server;
connecting to an email server;
retrieving and displaying messages from the email server;
permitting a user selection of retrieved email messages;
accepting a command from a user to forward email messages to the remote server;
providing a display wherein a time of delivery and a list of recipient addresses may be specified;
connecting to the remote server; and
sending to the remote server the user-selected email messages to the remote server, each message being provided with a time of delivery and a list of recipient addresses as specified by a user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of transferring data across a network between a Mailminder service, email clients and email servers, comprising the steps of:
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Carrying a request to connect from an email client to a Mailminder service;
Transferring a user identity or token to the Mailminder service;
Transferring from an email client an email message to the Mailminder service;
Transferring from an email client handling details of the email message including the time of delivery of the email message and a list of recipient addresses; and
At the time controlled by the time of delivery of the handling details of an email message, transferring the email message from the Mailminder service to the email servers corresponding to the list of recipient addresses of the handling details of the transferred email message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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