Method of providing seamless cross-service connectivity in telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method of delivering an e-mail message to an actual e-mail address associated with a recipient comprising the steps of:
- receiving an e-mail message intended for the recipient that is addressed by a sender to the recipient using an alias e-mail address of the recipient at a predetermined domain name server, the alias e-mail address including at least in part a telephone number associated with the recipient;
translating the alias e-mail address of the recipient at the predetermined domain name server into the actual e-mail address associated with the recipient; and
forwarding the e-mail message to the actual e-mail address associated with the recipient.
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Abstract
Cross-service connectivity between use of the telephone network and use of an e-mail data network is provided by enabling a recipient of an e-mail message to receive e-mail messages through an alias e-mail address which is directly associated with the recipient'"'"'s telephone number. Thus, the alias e-mail address consists of the recipient'"'"'s telephone number as the recipient name at a well-known and publicized common domain name server. A sender therefore addresses an e-mail message to the recipient to that alias e-mail address using the recipient'"'"'s alias telephone number name. A message addressed to the alias e-mail address is sent to a translation server at that known domain name, where the alias telephone number-recipient name is translated to the actual e-mail address comprising the recipient'"'"'s actual name and associated domain name server, and the message is then forwarded to that recipient at that actual e-mail address. Such aliasing capabilities are effected through a registration process in which the recipient registers for such a service and provides to the translation server his or her actual e-mail address and associated telephone number to which senders of messages to that recipient can use to address e-mail messages.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of delivering an e-mail message to an actual e-mail address associated with a recipient comprising the steps of:
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receiving an e-mail message intended for the recipient that is addressed by a sender to the recipient using an alias e-mail address of the recipient at a predetermined domain name server, the alias e-mail address including at least in part a telephone number associated with the recipient; translating the alias e-mail address of the recipient at the predetermined domain name server into the actual e-mail address associated with the recipient; and forwarding the e-mail message to the actual e-mail address associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of delivering an e-mail message to an actual e-mail address associated with a recipient comprising the steps of:
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providing and storing an association between the actual e-mail address and a telephone number associated with the recipient; receiving an e-mail message intended for the recipient that is addressed by a sender to the recipient using an alias e-mail address of the recipient at a predetermined domain name server, the alias e-mail address including at least in part the provided telephone number associated with the recipient; translating the alias e-mail address of the recipient at the predetermined domain name server into the stored actual e-mail address associated with the recipient; and forwarding the e-mail message to the actual e-mail address associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification