Pager enhanced keyboard and system

• US 6,085,232 A
• Filed: 07/15/1999
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hanger Solutions, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Datalink Systems Incorporated (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kikinis, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M.
• Application Number:
  US09/354,700
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 709/201, 709/203, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

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.

Claims

1. A method for delivering e-mail and attachments to a subscriber'"'"'s computer comprising steps of:

a) storing a subscriber list on a server adapted to receive and store e-mail for subscribers;

b) matching addressees on incoming e-mail with the subscriber list;

c) dialing up a pager service in the event a match is found between a received e-mail and the subscriber list;

d) causing a prestored page to be sent to a prestored destination associated with the subscriber'"'"'s list;

e) receiving the page at paging circuitry coupled to a keyboard at the subscriber'"'"'s computer; and

f) initiating an action at the keyboard, the action associated with the prestored page.