METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MESSAGES

• US 20120233270A1
• Filed: 02/23/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Linktel Inc.
• Original Assignee: Linktel Inc.
• Inventors: Tsai, Wen-Hsiung, Hsu, Ya-Ting, LEE, Hong-Lin
• Application Number:
  US13/403,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20120233270A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A method for transmitting and receiving messages is used for a server. The method comprises: receiving sender information including a sender identification information, a sender message, and a receiver E-mail address; providing a sender E-mail address; sending a first E-mail including the sender message from the sender E-mail address to the receiver E-mail address; receiving a second E-mail including a reply message sent from the receiver address to the sender address; and transmitting the reply message to the sender.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting and receiving messages, which is used for a server, such that the server can transmit messages between a sender and a receiver via a network, the method comprising the following steps:

receiving sender information, wherein the sender information is transmitted from the sender via the network, and the sender information comprises sender identification information, a sender message, and a receiver e-mail address;

providing a sender e-mail address;

sending a first e-mail from the sender e-mail address to the receiver e-mail address, wherein the first e-mail comprises the sender message;

receiving a second e-mail replied by the receiver, wherein the second e-mail is sent to the sender e-mail address, and the second e-mail includes a reply message; and

transmitting the reply message to the sender.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the following step:

providing chat group information, which comprises a chat group number and a sender number for the chat group.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the server provides the sender e-mail address according to the chat group number and the sender number for the chat group.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the chat group information further comprises a receiver number for the chat group.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

storing the sender identification information, the receiver e-mail address, the chat group number, the sender number for the chat group, the receiver number for the chat group, and the sender e-mail address into a database.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sender e-mail address is retrieved from the database.

7. A method for transmitting and receiving network messages, which is used in an electronic device, wherein a sender is allowed to transmit a sender message to a receiver via a server, and the receiver is allowed to reply with a reply message to the sender via the server, the method comprising the following steps:

providing an input interface for the sender to input the sender message;

receiving the sender message provided by the sender;

providing a contact list, wherein the contact list comprises at least one receiver name and at least one e-mail address, and each receiver name corresponds to an e-mail address;

receiving an instruction from the sender of selecting a receiver name as the receiver so as to obtain the receiver e-mail address;

displaying the sender message in a chat box;

transmitting a sender information to the server, wherein the sender information comprises the sender message and the receiver e-mail address;

receiving a reply information transmitted from the server, wherein the reply information comprises the reply message; and

displaying the reply message in the chat box.