Patent ID: 6374246
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A message transfer service system for providing users with improved message transfer services, comprising:a directory server for managing an address record for each of the users of the message transfer service system; at least one message server for providing the user with said improved message transfer services, each of said at least one message server comprising: means for using address data given as an electronic mail (e-mail) address by a sending user to obtain an address record of a recipient from said directory server, said address data including a recipient identifying part and a server address part; means for obtaining a mail address associated with said address data from said obtained address record, said means for obtaining a mail address including: selecting means, responsive to a determination that said address record of said recipient contains a plurality of addresses, for selecting as said mail address one of said addresses which is of a highest priority based on destination specifying information registered in the address record by the recipient or the sender; and means for transferring a message given with said address data by said sender to said obtained mail address.