Patent ID: 6212265
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An email notification system for transmitting to a user an email notification signal indicating that email addressed to the user is received at an email server remote from the user, the system comprising:a public switched telephone network having at least one local loop associated with the user;at least one central office coupled to the public switched telephone network and coupled to the email server;a CallerID server for routing the email notification signal to the user;an email notification device coupled to the central office via at least one of the at least one local loop of the public switched telephone network, the email notification device receiving the email notification signal transmitted from the central office and, in response thereto, alerting the user as to the email addressed to the user; andthe email notification signal representing alphanumeric data related to at least a portion of a text message of one or more email received on the remote email server.