Patent ID: 6415021
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of remotely reading E-mail using an external telephone, comprising the steps of:performing a communication between a personal computer and an E-mail server, the communication including the personal computer periodically determining whether there is new E-mail in the E-mail server, and when there is new E-mail in the E-mail server down-loading the new E-mail to the personal computer; determining when there is new E-mail whether down-loaded new E-mail is a text file, storing in the personal computer down-loaded new E-mail that is a speech file, and converting down-loaded new E-mail that is a text file into a speech file and storing in the personal computer the converted down-loaded new E-mail; determining whether there is any received E-mail stored in the personal computer in response to a phone command from an external telephone to the personal computer; selectively reading the E-mail stored in the personal computer and selectively transmitting the E-mail stored in the personal computer to a modem when it is determined in response to the phone command from the external telephone that there is received E-mail stored in the personal computer; determining whether any new E-mail has been received by the E-mail server by performing a communication between the personal computer and the E-mail server in response to the phone command from the external telephone when it is determined that there is no received E-mail stored in the personal computer; and down-loading to the personal computer any new E-mail received by the E-mail server and then transmitting down-loaded new E-mail from the personal computer to the modem when it is determined that there is no received E-mail stored in the personal computer and when there is a down-load transmit command from the external telephone.