Patent ID: 6950854
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for mail-messaging on a global information network, wherein a user generates a prepared message, the method comprising the steps of: generating the prepared message at a source location; commencing a first transmission from the source location to a destination address, the first transmission comprising a mail notice, the mail notice excluding the prepared message, the mail notice comprising a source address, a destination address and a message identifier, the message identifier comprising a code for identifying the prepared message; packaging at the source location the prepared message and the message identifier for said prepared message into a mail message using a binary formatting protocol; commencing a second transmission from the source location to a forwarding server, the second transmission comprising the mail message, wherein the second transmission is independent of the first transmission; receiving the first transmission at the destination address; and responding at the destination address to the message identifier of the first transmission by establishing a communication path to receive the mail message at the destination address; wherein the step of responding comprises; contacting the forwarding server with the message identifier specified within the mail notice in one communication sent from the destination address along one transmission path; contacting the source address specified within the mail notice in another communication sent from the destination address alone another transmission path; and determining which one of the source address and the forwarding server respond first to contact with the destination address; and the method further comprising commencing receipt of a transmission of the mail message in the binary formatting protocol from the one of the source address and forwarding server which responds first to contact with the destination address.