Pager enhanced keyboard and system
First Claim
1. A client/server e-mail system, comprising:
- a server coupled to the Internet and adapted to receive e-mail messages including attachments for an individual subscriber; and
a subscriber'"'"'s computer having an on-demand dial up connection to the server and also connected to a keyboard, the keyboard equipped with a microprocessor and page-receiving circuitry;
wherein, upon receipt of e-mail addressed to the subscriber, the server dials up a pager service and causes a pager message to be sent to the page-receiving circuitry at the keyboard, and wherein the circuitry at the keyboard, on receiving the pager message, communicates the pager message to the microprocessor.
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Abstract
A pager-enhanced keyboard connected to a subscriber'"'"'s computer has a pager portion and a keyboard portion. An enhanced server connected to the Internet and adapted to collect e-mail and attachments for clients is also adapted to match incoming e-mail with a subscriber list, and to dial up a paging service and cause a page to sent to the pager portion of the keyboard at the subscriber'"'"'s computer. Upon receipt of a pager message the subscriber'"'"'s computer as a result of the message received initiates action ranging from lighting and blinking an LED at the keyboard to directing the computer to download and process e-mail messages and attachments, and to send downloaded information by facsimile and/or e-mail attachment to another location.
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9 Claims
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1. A client/server e-mail system, comprising:
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a server coupled to the Internet and adapted to receive e-mail messages including attachments for an individual subscriber; and a subscriber'"'"'s computer having an on-demand dial up connection to the server and also connected to a keyboard, the keyboard equipped with a microprocessor and page-receiving circuitry; wherein, upon receipt of e-mail addressed to the subscriber, the server dials up a pager service and causes a pager message to be sent to the page-receiving circuitry at the keyboard, and wherein the circuitry at the keyboard, on receiving the pager message, communicates the pager message to the microprocessor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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