Patent ID: 6603841
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for consulting an electronic mail server (20) in which a plurality of electronic messages are recorded for a user under data (a) identifying that user, the system being characterized in that it comprises:an electronic memory card (40) for storing said identity data (a; and a telephone appliance (10) comprising a handset (15), an electronic memory card reader (14), a display screen (11), and a plurality of access keys (12a, . . . , 12h) positioned adjacent said screen for giving access to options displayed on said screen (11); said telephone appliance (10) being suitable firstly for transmitting to said server (20) the identity data (a) as read by the electronic memory card reader (14), and secondly for displaying a list of received electronic messages returned from the server (20) that are presented as options on the display screen (11) and aligned in a respectively corresponding relationship to said access keys, the user selecting a message by pressing its correspondingly aligned access key (12a, . . . , 12h).