Communications system with radio device and server
First Claim
1. A communications system comprising:
- a first server having an electronic mail (e-mail) database for managing e-mail accounts, for storing radio device addresses associated with those accounts, and for storing electronic mail messages associated with those accounts wherein each message has a header and text;
a gateway connecting the first server to a two-way radio network;
a radio device having a electronic messaging application, the radio device comprising a message generator and transmitter for generating a command and transmitting the command to the server over the two-way radio network to request a further portion of the text and being capable of two-way communication over the two-way radio network;
wherein the first server comprises message handling software arranged to send, to the radio device, a portion of a message of a user-selectable predetermined size, including a header portion and a text portion, the first server further maintaining a database of e-mail messages associated with e-mail account identifiers and the radio network comprising a second server maintaining a database of paging messages associated with pager addresses, and wherein the first server maintains a table correlating e-mail account identifiers with pager addresses.
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Abstract
A communications system having a first server (205) with an electronic mail (e-mail) database for managing e-mail accounts, for storing radio device addresses associated with those accounts, and for storing electronic mail messages associated with those accounts. Each message has a header and text. A gateway connects the first server to a two-way radio network. A radio device (200) has a electronic messaging application. The radio device is capable of two-way communication over the two-way radio network. The first server comprises message handling software arranged to send, to the radio device, a portion of a message of a predetermined size, including a header portion and a text portion. The radio device (200) can request more of a message.
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6 Claims
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1. A communications system comprising:
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a first server having an electronic mail (e-mail) database for managing e-mail accounts, for storing radio device addresses associated with those accounts, and for storing electronic mail messages associated with those accounts wherein each message has a header and text; a gateway connecting the first server to a two-way radio network; a radio device having a electronic messaging application, the radio device comprising a message generator and transmitter for generating a command and transmitting the command to the server over the two-way radio network to request a further portion of the text and being capable of two-way communication over the two-way radio network; wherein the first server comprises message handling software arranged to send, to the radio device, a portion of a message of a user-selectable predetermined size, including a header portion and a text portion, the first server further maintaining a database of e-mail messages associated with e-mail account identifiers and the radio network comprising a second server maintaining a database of paging messages associated with pager addresses, and wherein the first server maintains a table correlating e-mail account identifiers with pager addresses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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