Patent ID: 6038296
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of messaging in a communications system comprising a user terminal and a messaging system interconnected by an Internet/intranet, comprising the steps of:sending a request identifying a subscriber of the messaging system from the user terminal via the Internet/intranet to the messaging system;in response to receipt of the request at the messaging system, sending subscriber information corresponding to the identified subscriber from the messaging system via the Internet/intranet to the terminal;in response to receipt of the sent subscriber information at the terminal, presenting the sent subscriber information to a user of the terminal;in response to the user providing message information at the terminal, sending the message information from the terminal via the Internet/intranet to the messaging system;in response to receipt of the sent message information at the messaging system, composing the message information into a message of the messaging system; andstoring the message in the messaging system in a mailbox of the identified subscriber.