Mail center management system
First Claim
1. A mail center management system comprising:
- a first network accommodating a plurality of subscriber terminals via lines;
a plurality of mail devices connected to said first network, each of said mail devices having a device number and subscriber information about all the subscriber terminals, each of said mail devices comprising a storage medium for storing mails received from the subscriber terminals; and
a second network connecting said mail devices to each other and transferring said mails between said mail devices,wherein each of the mail devices comprises;
first means for determining whether a mail delivering request from a first one of the subscriber terminals to a second one of the subscriber terminals includes a subscriber number of said second one of the subscriber terminals or the device number of one of the mail devices together with said subscriber number; and
second means for storing, via said first network, a mail in the storage medium when said first means determines that said request includes no device number, said second means also storing, via said first network, a mail in the storage medium and further delivering the mail to the mail device of said device number through the second network when said first means determines that said request includes the device number together with the subscriber number.
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Abstract
A mail center management system includes a first network accommodating a plurality of subscriber terminals via lines, and a plurality of mail devices connected to the first network. Each of the mail devices, which has a device number and subscriber information about all the subscriber terminals, includes a storage medium for storing mails received from the subscriber terminals. A second network connects the mail devices to each other and transfers the mails between the mail devices. Each of the mail devices includes a first part for determining whether a request to transfer from a first one of the subscriber terminals to a second one of the subscriber terminals includes a subscriber number of the second one of the subscriber terminals or the device number of one of the mail devices together with the subscriber number. Further, each of the mail devices includes a second part for storing, via the second network, the mail in the storage medium of one of the mail devices to which the first and second ones of the subscriber terminals are connected when the first means determines that the request includes no device number and for storing, via the first and second networks, the mail in the storage medium of one of the mail devices to which the second one of the mail devices is connected when the first means determines that the request includes the device number together with the subscriber number.
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15 Claims
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1. A mail center management system comprising:
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a first network accommodating a plurality of subscriber terminals via lines; a plurality of mail devices connected to said first network, each of said mail devices having a device number and subscriber information about all the subscriber terminals, each of said mail devices comprising a storage medium for storing mails received from the subscriber terminals; and a second network connecting said mail devices to each other and transferring said mails between said mail devices, wherein each of the mail devices comprises; first means for determining whether a mail delivering request from a first one of the subscriber terminals to a second one of the subscriber terminals includes a subscriber number of said second one of the subscriber terminals or the device number of one of the mail devices together with said subscriber number; and second means for storing, via said first network, a mail in the storage medium when said first means determines that said request includes no device number, said second means also storing, via said first network, a mail in the storage medium and further delivering the mail to the mail device of said device number through the second network when said first means determines that said request includes the device number together with the subscriber number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mail center management system comprising:
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a plurality of mail centers; and a first network connecting said mail centers to each other, wherein each of the mail centers comprises; communication means for communicating with other mail centers; a second network accommodating a plurality of subscriber terminals via lines; a plurality of mail devices in respective of said mail centers connected to said second network, each of said mail devices having a device number and subscriber information about all the subscriber terminals, each of said mail devices comprising a storage medium for storing mails received from the subscriber terminals; and means for connecting said mail devices to each other for transferring said mails between said mail devices, wherein each of the mail devices comprises; first means for determining whether a mail delivering request from a first one of the subscriber terminals to a second one of the subscriber terminals includes a subscriber number of said second one of the subscriber terminals or the device number of one of the mail devices together with said subscriber number; and second means for storing, via the second network, a mail in the storage medium when said first means determines that said request includes no device number, said second means also storing, via said second network, a mail in the storage medium and further delivering the mail to the mail device of said device number through the first network when said first means determines that said request includes the device number together with the subscriber number. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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