System and method for forwarding messages to a subscriber device
First Claim
1. A method of forwarding messages to a subscriber, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message at a host server, the message being addressed to a subscriber;
forwarding the message from said host server to a plurality of devices indicated by the subscriber; and
receiving a signal from one of the plurality of devices indicating that the subscriber has received the message, and, in response thereto automatically deleting the message from each of the plurality of devices to which the message was forwarded and not accessed by the subscriber.
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Abstract
A method and system of forwarding messages to a subscriber. The invention includes a host server for receiving messages from a communications network. The message is forwarded to at least one of a plurality of devices associated with the subscriber. The host server will receive a signal from one of the devices indicating that the subscriber has received the message. After receiving this signal, the message is deleted from the other devices to which it was sent to ensure redundant messages are not received by the subscriber. The invention may use a multi-cast, probabilistic, or hybrid approach to deliver the messages to subscriber on a convenient device.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of forwarding messages to a subscriber, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message at a host server, the message being addressed to a subscriber;
forwarding the message from said host server to a plurality of devices indicated by the subscriber; and
receiving a signal from one of the plurality of devices indicating that the subscriber has received the message, and, in response thereto automatically deleting the message from each of the plurality of devices to which the message was forwarded and not accessed by the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of forwarding a message comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message addressed to a subscriber;
delivering the message to each of a plurality of devices attributed to the subscriber; and
receiving a signal from one of the plurality of devices indicating the subscriber has received the message, and, in response thereto automatically deleting the message from the other plurality of devices. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A message delivery system comprising:
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a host server;
a plurality of devices each capable of receiving messages targeted to a subscriber, each of said plurality of devices being in communication with said host server;
a subscriber agent within each of said plurality of devices for maintaining the status of a message sent to the device;
a master agent within said host server for communicating with said subscriber agents and causing redundant messages to be automatically deleted by said devices at least by the time the message is accessed by the subscriber in response to receiving a signal from one of the plurality of devices indicating that the subscriber has received the message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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