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Telephone with electronic mail management function, electronic mail management method, and storage medium storing electronic mail management program

  • US 6,917,670 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/1998
  • Issued: 07/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A telephone with an electronic mail managing function, said telephone capable of connecting with at least a mail server and a plurality of electronic devices, said telephone comprising:

  • an access unit accessing to the mail server;

    a mail memory storing an electronic mail which is sent to one user downloaded from the mail server through the access unit;

    a mail status memory storing each state of the electronic mail stored in the mail memory so as to correspond to each of the electronic devices, wherein each state stored in said status memory indicates whether or not the electronic mail is down-loaded to each of the electronic devices from the telephone; and

    a transmission unit transmitting the electronic mail stored in the mail memory to one of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the electronic mail managing function is provided logically between the mail server and the plurality of electronic devices, and wherein the electronic mail managing function integratedly manages the electronic mail based on the state of the electronic mail corresponding to each of the electronic devices.

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