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Location-specific method and system for processing message storage

  • US 5,999,595 A
  • Filed: 07/17/1997
  • Issued: 12/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of processing user-level messages among remote systems of a network of systems comprising steps of:

  • at each system, associating a physical location in memory space with each user of said system such that a mailbox is formed at said associated physical location for information relating to storing user-level messages intended for said each user;

    exchanging data among said systems such that said physical locations of said mailboxes in memory space are identified to remote systems of said network; and

    for at least some of said user-level messages directed to mailboxes at remote destination systems and on a message-by-message basis, transmitting a system-level message associated with each user-level message such that said system-level message includes an identification of the physical location of the mailbox to which said each user-level message is directed, thereby enabling a remote destination system to determine said physical location from said system-level message.

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