Server system for preparation of information for users in at least one communication network
First Claim
1. A server system (1) for providing information for subscribers in at least one communications network, having a collecting device (2) for collecting status information relating to the status of mailbox messages from a number of mailbox servers (5, 6), having a memory device (3) with mailbox server information, which indicates which of the mailbox servers (5) have transmitted status information automatically to the collecting device (2) and which of the mailbox servers (6) need to be checked by the collecting device (2) for the transmission of status information, and having a transmitting device (4), which supplies to the at least one subscriber status information which has been received by the collecting device (2) on the basis of the mailbox server information and which relates to mailbox messages which are stored for the at least one subscriber in the mailbox servers (5, 6).
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Abstract
The invention relates to a server system, for preparation of information for users in at least one communication network. According to the invention, the server system comprises a collection device for collecting status information regarding the status of mailbox messages from several and different mailbox servers, a storage device, with mailbox server information, indicating which of the mailbox servers has transmitted status information automatically to the collection device and which of the mailbox servers is to be interrogated by the collection device, for the transmission of status information and a transmission device which furnishes a user of the collection device with the received status information corresponding to the mailbox server information, relating to mailbox messages which are stored for said user in the mailbox servers. The invention allows an easy and uniform preparation of status information from various mailbox servers in various forms of communication networks, such as, for example, a telephone fixed network, the internet and similar.
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1. A server system (1) for providing information for subscribers in at least one communications network,
having a collecting device (2) for collecting status information relating to the status of mailbox messages from a number of mailbox servers (5, 6), having a memory device (3) with mailbox server information, which indicates which of the mailbox servers (5) have transmitted status information automatically to the collecting device (2) and which of the mailbox servers (6) need to be checked by the collecting device (2) for the transmission of status information, and having a transmitting device (4), which supplies to the at least one subscriber status information which has been received by the collecting device (2) on the basis of the mailbox server information and which relates to mailbox messages which are stored for the at least one subscriber in the mailbox servers (5, 6).
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10. A method for providing information for subscribers in at least one communications network, comprising the following steps:
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collection of status information relating to the status of mailbox messages from a number of mailbox servers on the basis of stored mailbox server information which indicates which of the mailbox servers has automatically transmitted status information and which of the mailbox servers need to be checked for the transmission of status information, and transmission of status information, which has been received on the basis of the mailbox server information, to the at least one subscriber, with the mailbox server information relating to mailbox messages which are stored for this subscriber in the mailbox servers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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