Patent ID: 6446118
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A computer program product comprising:a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to forward a portion of a message to a wireless notification device using a private, non-commercial network, the computer program code mechanism comprising: a first computer code device configured to periodically connect the computer, using a first communications interface of the computer, to a remote information server to poll for new messages; a second computer code device configured to download a portion of the new messages using the first communications interface of the computer; and a third computer code device configured to wirelessly transmit, using a private, non-commercial network transmitter, for a subset of the new messages, the portion of the subset of messages downloaded by the second computer code device, wherein the private, non-commercial network transmitter is connected to a second communications interface of the computer.