System for automatic notification of the receipt of messages in an electronic mail system
First Claim
1. A system for the automatic notification of the receipt of a message in an electronic mail system, comprising:
- a microprocessor connected to receive data items from the electronic mail system identifying queuing messages;
a random access memory coupled to said microprocessor and organized to form a first file containing;
identification codes for predetermined addressees of messages,telephone call numbers for said addressees, andsignalling data fixing a duration for the transmission of telephone signalling pulses for each telephone call number; and
a modem circuit for connection to a telephone line, said modem circuit being arranged and organized to convert the signalling data residing in said first file into analog signals suitable for transmission on the telephone line;
said microprocessor being organized to read a queuing file of the messages in the electronic mail system in order to detect the presence of identification codes, extract from said first file the telephone number and signalling data corresponding to each detected identification code, and instruct the modem circuit to automatically dial the extracted telephone numbers and transmit telephone signalling pulses via the telephone line for the signalling duration corresponding to each extracted telephone number.
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Abstract
A microprocessor (12) is connected to the elecronic mail system in order to receive the data items which identify the queueing messages and a random access memory (16) is organized to form a file (FIL) containing codes (u1, u2 . . . un) which identify predetermined addressees of messages and data items (n1, n2 . . . nn) representing the telephone numbers of these addressees. A modem circuit (17) connected to a telephone line (6) is organized to extract the telephone number data items from the said file (FIL) and dial the telephone numbers of the addressees automatically in order to transmit call signals to them on the telephone line. The microprocessor (12) is organized to read the queueing file of the messages received in the electronic mail system in order to detect there the presence of the identification codes (u1, u2 . . . un) residing in the file (FIL), to extract from the file the telephone number data item corresponding to each identification code detected, and to instruct the modem circuit (17) to dial the corresponding call numbers automatically in order to trigger a call signal on the telephone line (6) for a predetermined time interval.
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1. A system for the automatic notification of the receipt of a message in an electronic mail system, comprising:
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a microprocessor connected to receive data items from the electronic mail system identifying queuing messages; a random access memory coupled to said microprocessor and organized to form a first file containing; identification codes for predetermined addressees of messages, telephone call numbers for said addressees, and signalling data fixing a duration for the transmission of telephone signalling pulses for each telephone call number; and a modem circuit for connection to a telephone line, said modem circuit being arranged and organized to convert the signalling data residing in said first file into analog signals suitable for transmission on the telephone line; said microprocessor being organized to read a queuing file of the messages in the electronic mail system in order to detect the presence of identification codes, extract from said first file the telephone number and signalling data corresponding to each detected identification code, and instruct the modem circuit to automatically dial the extracted telephone numbers and transmit telephone signalling pulses via the telephone line for the signalling duration corresponding to each extracted telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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