Patent ID: 7869795

Claim:
A system for informing a user of the arrival of an Email at an Email server via a mobile phone, the system comprising: an Email processing device including a table wherein an Email address for a first user is associated with a mobile phone number for the first user, and a user account for the first user wherein an Email address for a second user is associated with a caller ID for the second user; and a call informing device in communication with the Email processing device, wherein the Email processing device is operable to detect if an Email arrives at an Email server, with the first user being an intended recipient of the Email and the second user being a sender of the Email; wherein the Email processing device is operable to look up the mobile phone number for the first user in the table using the Email address of the intended recipient of the Email; wherein the Email processing device is operable to look up the caller ID for the second user in the user account using the Email address of the sender of the Email; and wherein the call informing device is operable to dial the mobile phone number provided by the Email processing device to inform the first user of the arrival of the Email at the Email server along with the caller ID of the second user.