EP0782304A2
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Universal message storage system
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1996-12-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-23
Abstract
Abstract A message storage system, for use with a communication network and in which a network presence is provided for an entity, stores a message from a sender to the network presence. The message storage system accepts a query including a specified property, and generates a mailbox including the stored message when one of the message properties is the specified property. The message storage system obtains proxy objects from a proxy storage. A software agent processes the stored message in accordance with a processing preference included in attributes associated with the entity.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark Alan Jones
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:47
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/06; H04L51/066; H04L51/21; H04L51/224
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A message storage system for use with a communication network and means for providing a network presence for an entity having attributes, said message storage system characterized by: storage means for storing a message from a sender to said network presence, said message having properties, means for accepting a query including a specified property, and means for generating a mailbox including said message when one of the message properties is the specified property.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1, characterized in that said query is a one-time query.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1, characterized in that said query is a persistent query.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
A message storage system for use with a communication network and means for providing a network presence for an entity having attributes, said message storage system characterized by: storage means for storing a message from a sender to said network presence, and means for obtaining proxy objects from a proxy storage means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
69 words
A message storage system for use with a communication network and means for providing a network presence for an entity having attributes, said attributes including a processing preference for messages stored for said network presence, said message storage system characterized by: storage means for storing a message from a sender to said network presence, and a software agent for processing the stored message in accordance with said processing preference.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 5, characterized in that said processing preference is a preferred media format, and said software agent is operative to convert a media format of said stored message to the preferred media format.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 5, characterized in that said processing preference specifies one of a notifying action, a deleting action and an archiving action, and said software agent is operative to perform the action specified by said processing preference on said stored message.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
A message storage system for use with a communication network and means for providing a network presence for an entity having attributes, said message storage system characterized by: storage means for storing a message from a sender to said network presence, and means for automatically generating a summary of said message.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 8, further characterized by means for automatically appending the generated summary to said message.
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