Recipient-Controlled Remote E-Mail Alerting and Delivery
First Claim
1. A message notification method comprising:
- receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient;
determining existence of at least one trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox; and
sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different than the first inbox.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide message notification systems and methods. Briefly described, one embodiment of a message notification method can be broadly summarized by the following: receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of at least one trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox; and sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different than the first inbox. Other methods and systems are also provided.
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1. A message notification method comprising:
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receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of at least one trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox; and sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different than the first inbox. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer readable medium having a message notification program, the program having instructions that perform:
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receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of at least one trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message; and sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different than the first inbox. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A message notification system comprising:
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a messaging interface component of a first messaging device configured to receive commands from a user and in response to the commands, set at least one trigger that determines if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at a first inbox of the user; and delivery component of the first messaging device configured to send the notification sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the user that is different than the first inbox. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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