METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING EMAILS TO A RECIPIENT IN THE FASTEST POSSIBLE FASHION
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1. A method of sending an electronic mail from a sender computing system to a recipient computing system, the method comprising:
- updating a presence information of the recipient computing system and the sender computing system at a lookup server;
updating the recipient delivery parameters of the recipient computing system at a lookup server;
updating the sender delivery parameters of the sender computing system at a lookup server;
sending a request from the sender computing system to the lookup server to determine the presence information of a recipient computing system obtaining the recipient delivery parameters at the sender computing system from the lookup server; and
delivering the electronic mail directly to the recipient computing system based on the recipient delivery parameters.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method and system for delivering a message from a sender computing system to a recipient computing system and specifically to a method and system for delivering the message directly to the recipient or as close to the recipient'"'"'s location as possible in order to enhance the recipients experience.
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1. A method of sending an electronic mail from a sender computing system to a recipient computing system, the method comprising:
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updating a presence information of the recipient computing system and the sender computing system at a lookup server; updating the recipient delivery parameters of the recipient computing system at a lookup server; updating the sender delivery parameters of the sender computing system at a lookup server; sending a request from the sender computing system to the lookup server to determine the presence information of a recipient computing system obtaining the recipient delivery parameters at the sender computing system from the lookup server; and delivering the electronic mail directly to the recipient computing system based on the recipient delivery parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for delivering an electronic mail to a recipient computing system, the system comprising:
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a mail sender proxy for updating a presence information and a sender delivery parameters of the sender computing system at a lookup server; a mail recipient proxy for updating a presence information and a recipient delivery parameters of the recipient computing system at a lookup server; a lookup server for sending the presence information of the recipient computing system and the recipient delivery parameters to the mail sender proxy and sending the presence information of the sender computing system and the sender delivery parameters to the mail recipient proxy; and a sender computing system to deliver the electronic mail to the recipient computing system based on the recipient delivery parameters. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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