Patent ID: 6564249
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A real-time electronic messaging system comprising:(a) a server component operable on a server computer on a network with a real-time messaging server for receiving an electronic message sent from a sender and sending it to a recipient to whom it is addressed, (b) a remote client device for the sender connectable to the server computer through an online data connection to the network, and a client component operable on the remote client device for setting up a graphical data capture area in a visual interface of the remote client device, said client component including a graphical input device that is operatively coupled to the graphical data capture area for allowing the user to enter handwritten or handdrawn input through the graphical input device, and for capturing the handwritten or handdrawn input as graphical data and sending it as an electronic message to the server component via the network for sending to the recipient addressed, and (c) at least another remote client device for the recipient connectable to the server computer through an online data connection to the network, having a utility for receiving the electronic message sent to the recipient by the server component and viewing it as a handwritten or handdrawn message.