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Communications systems and methods for exchanging messages between users

  • US 7,505,571 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2003
  • Issued: 03/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for exchanging messages between users;

  • comprising;

    processing messages from a plurality of user networks having a plurality of network protocols, for storage in a message store;

    accessing at least one of the messages in the message store from one of the user networks having any one of the network protocols;

    obtaining configuration information about a mailbox for organizing at least one of the messages in the message store;

    purging all expired messages of the mailbox; and

    when the mailbox has a size that exceeds an allocated limit;

    archiving only messages of the mailbox that have not been accessed by a subscriber for a predetermined time period, andcompressing only messages of the mailbox that have been accessed by a subscriber within the predetermined time period.

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