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Messaging system scratchpad facility

  • US 5,926,524 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1997
  • Issued: 07/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a messaging system having a memory including means for storing messages received for a message recipient from message senders and each comprising a message header that contains message address information and a message body that contains information being communicated y the message sender to the message recipient, a user interface enabling the message recipient to communicate with the messaging system and retrieve the stored messages, and a controller connected to the user interface and to the memory for controlling operation of the messaging system, the improvement comprising:

  • first means in the controller responsive to receipt of a first command from the message recipient during retrieval of the message body of a stored message for halting the retrieval of the message body, thereafter responsive to information received from the message recipient for storing a fragment of the message body that is identified by the information in the memory for subsequent use by the message recipient, and responsive to receipt of a second command from the message recipient for resuming the retrieval of the message body; and

    second means in the controller responsive to a third command received from the message recipient, for establishing a communication from the message recipient to a destination identified by the stored fragment.

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