Patent ID: 7603416

Claim:
A method for automatically transferring an electronic mail over a communication network, executed by an automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus, wherein said automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus is a home server equipped on an indoor information network connected to said communication network for observing an electronic apparatus connected to said indoor information network, wherein said method comprises the steps of: sending from a communication terminal unit to said automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus an electronic mail in which a transfer trigger condition is written together with an address of a destination terminal communication unit to be transferred according to predetermined rules, said transfer trigger condition including event information about operation and change of said electronic apparatus, and about arrival at a specified place of a mobile electronic apparatus, positional information of which is obtained from a predetermined server apparatus over said communication network, receiving, registering, and storing at said automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus said electronic mail sent from said communication terminal unit and allocating an individual identification code to said registered electronic mail, and thereafter sending said transfer trigger condition together with said allocated identification code to said electronic apparatus and/or said predetermined server apparatus, watching at said electronic apparatus said event information and sending an automatic transfer command together with the corresponding allocated identification code to said automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus when said transfer trigger condition has been met due to the operation and the change of said electronic apparatus, watching at said predetermined server apparatus said event information and sending an automatic transfer command together with the corresponding allocated identification code to said automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus when said transfer trigger condition has met due to arrival at the specified place of said mobile electronic apparatus, and transferring from said automatic transfer and intermediary communication server apparatus to said destination communication unit the corresponding electronic mail when receiving said automatic transfer command together with said corresponding allocated identification code from said electronic apparatus or said predetermined server apparatus.