Patent ID: 6047047
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A system for transmitting and receiving a message without a service provider providing access to an electronic mail account, comprising:a first computing configuration for having said message input therein, said message including a unique identifier associated therein for routing said message in a packet-based network environment;a first telecommunication device having,a first communications port for receiving said message from said first computing configuration; anda first modem circuit coupled to said first communications port for modulating said message over a connection-based telecommunications path; anda second telecommunication device having,a second modem circuit for demodulating said message from said telecommunications path; anda second communications port coupled to said second modem circuit for supplying said message to a second computing configuration via a packet-based identifier scheme using said unique identifier and for displaying said message when said second computing configuration corresponds to said unique identifier of said message.