COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MESSAGE AGGREGATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS
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Abstract
A communications system may include a plurality of source message servers for storing messages for delivery to a user, a target message server having a target message box associated therewith, and an aggregation server for periodically aggregating the messages from the source message servers to the target message box for retrieval by the user. The target message server may provide a delivery failure message to the aggregation server based upon a failure to deliver a message to the target message box. As such, the aggregation server may increase a period of sending messages to the target message box based upon a delivery failure message therefrom, and thereafter decrease the period of sending messages to the target message box based upon a successful delivery of a message thereto.
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37 Claims
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23. A communications system comprising:
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a plurality of source message servers, each comprising a processor, and configured to store electronic mail (e-mail) messages; a target message server, comprising a processor, and having a target message box associated therewith; and an aggregation server, comprising a processor, and configured to aggregate the e-mail messages from said source message servers to the target message server; said aggregation server also configured to increase a period of sending e-mail messages to the target message box based upon an e-mail delivery failure, and thereafter decrease the period of sending e-mail messages to the target message box based upon at least one successful e-mail delivery; said aggregation server also configured to selectively re-send e-mail messages. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An electronic mail (e-mail) message aggregation server comprising:
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a processor configured to execute an aggregation module for aggregating e-mail messages stored on a plurality of source message servers to a target message box; said aggregation module configured to increase a period of sending e-mail messages to the target message box based upon at least one e-mail delivery failure, and thereafter decrease the period of sending e-mail messages to the target message box based upon at least one successful e-mail delivery; said aggregation module also configured to selectively re-send e-mail messages. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. An electronic mail (e-mail) message aggregation method comprising:
operating an aggregation server, comprising a processor, to periodically aggregate e-mail messages stored on a plurality of source message servers to a target message box, increase a period of sending messages to the target message box based at least one e-mail delivery failure, and thereafter decrease the period of sending messages to the target message box based upon at least one successful delivery e-mail, and selectively re-send e-mail messages. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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