Message retrieval via alternative access
First Claim
1. A method of providing access to a message by a recipient of the message, comprising the steps of:
- in response to a message sender requesting a messaging system in which a message is stored to send the message to a message recipient, determining whether the message recipient would receive the message at a destination of the recipient;
in response to determining that the message recipient would receive the message at the destination, sending the message from the messaging system to the destination of the recipient;
in response to determining that the message recipient would not receive the message at the destination, sending to the recipient a notification of the message along with an identifier of the message in the messaging system; and
in response to the message recipient accessing the messaging system from an endpoint other than the destination and providing the identifier to the messaging system, providing the message recipient with access in the messaging system to the message that is identified by the identifier.
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Abstract
A multi-media messaging system (106) provides multi-media message access capability to non-subscriber message recipients (126) who lack multi-media message-reception capability. When a message originator (100) who is a subscriber requests a message to be sent to a recipient'"'"'s address, the messaging system determines whether the recipient is able to receive at this address all of the media in which the message is expressed. If not, the messaging system saves the message for the recipient, assigns an identifier/password to the message, and creates a substitute message containing any components of the original message that are expressed in media which the recipient is able to receive at the address, along with the password and instructions on how to log into the sending messaging system. The messaging system then sends this substitute message to the recipient'"'"'s address. When the recipient follows the instructions and logs into the sending messaging system with the password, the messaging system allows the recipient to access only the original message. Following this access, or if the access is not made within a predetermined time period, the messaging system deletes the original message.
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54 Claims
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1. A method of providing access to a message by a recipient of the message, comprising the steps of:
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in response to a message sender requesting a messaging system in which a message is stored to send the message to a message recipient, determining whether the message recipient would receive the message at a destination of the recipient; in response to determining that the message recipient would receive the message at the destination, sending the message from the messaging system to the destination of the recipient; in response to determining that the message recipient would not receive the message at the destination, sending to the recipient a notification of the message along with an identifier of the message in the messaging system; and in response to the message recipient accessing the messaging system from an endpoint other than the destination and providing the identifier to the messaging system, providing the message recipient with access in the messaging system to the message that is identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing access to a message by a recipient of the message, comprising the steps of:
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in response to a message sender requesting a messaging system in which a message is stored to send the message to a message recipient, attempting to determine whether the message recipient is able to receive the message; in response to succeeding in determining that the message recipient is able to receive the message, sending the message from the messaging system to the recipient; in response to failing to determine that the message recipient is able to receive the message, sending to the recipient at least a portion of the message along with an identifier of the message in the messaging system; and in response to the message recipient accessing the messaging system and providing the identifier to the messaging system, providing the message recipient with access in the messaging system to the message that is identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing access to a message by a recipient of the message, comprising the steps of:
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in response to a message sender requesting a multi-media messaging system, in which is stored a message comprising two or more message components each expressed in a different medium, to send the message to an address of the message recipient, sending to the address a notification of the message comprising at least one of the message components along with an identifier of the message in the multi-media messaging system; and in response to the message recipient logging into the multi-media messaging system with the sent identifier, providing the message recipient with access in the multi-media messaging system to all of the message components of only the message that is identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A messaging system comprising:
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a memory for storing a message; means responsive to a request from a message sender to send the message to a message recipient, for determining whether the message recipient would receive the message at a destination of the recipient; means responsive to a determination that the message recipient would receive the message at the destination, for sending the message from the messaging system to the destination of the recipient; means responsive to a determination that the message recipient would not receive the message at the destination, for sending to the recipient a notification of the message along with an identifier of the message in the messaging system; and means responsive to the message recipient accessing the messaging system from an endpoint other that the destination and providing the identifier to the messaging system, for providing the message recipient with access to the message that is stored in the memory and identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A messaging system comprising:
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a memory for storing a message; means responsive to a request from a message sender to send the message to a message recipient, for attempting to determine whether the message recipient is able to receive the message; means responsive to success in determining that the message recipient is able to receive the message, for sending the message from the messaging system to the recipient; means responsive to failure to determine that the message recipient is able to receive the message, for sending to the recipient at least a portion of the message along with an identifier of the message in the messaging system; and means responsive to the message recipient accessing the messaging system and providing the identifier to the messaging system, for providing the message recipient with access to the message that is stored in the memory and identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A messaging system comprising:
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a memory for storing a message comprising two or more message components each expressed in a different medium; means responsive to a request from a message sender to send the message to an address of a message recipient, for sending instead to the address a notification of the message comprising at least one of the message components along with an identifier of the message in the multi-media messaging system; and means responsive to the message recipient logging into the multi-media messaging system with the sent identifier, for providing the message recipient with access in the multi-media messaging system to all of the message components of only the stored message that is identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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