Patent ID: 8090785
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing email notification to a plurality of subscribers, wherein each of the plurality of subscribers is assigned a plurality of email accounts, comprising: obtaining email account contact information for a particular subscriber from a particular account record associated with the particular subscriber stored in a database; polling each of the assigned email accounts of the particular subscriber according to the email account contact information for a presence of a new email message for the particular subscriber, wherein the email accounts are polled after different predetermined amounts of time; and calling a voicemail server to access a voicemail box of the particular subscriber and leaving a voicemail message on the voicemail server corresponding to the particular subscriber indicating the presence of the new email message for the particular subscriber; and obtaining email account contact information for another subscriber from another account record associated with the another subscriber stored in the database; and polling each of the email accounts of the another subscriber according to the email account contact information, wherein the email accounts are polled for a presence of a new email message for the another subscriber, wherein the email accounts of the another subscriber are polled after different predetermined amounts of time; and wherein the predetermined amounts of time for polling the email accounts of the particular subscriber are different from the predetermined amounts of time for polling the email accounts of the another subscriber.