Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for remote notification of office mail delivery

US7680253B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

12References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jonathan Kessler · Großholbach, DE
Krishna Sankar · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2005
Grant date	Mar 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47G2029/145
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A mailbox system that notifies the mail recipient, via a communication network, of the presence of physical mail in his or her mailbox. A button is placed in each mail slot that causes an electronic notification message to be sent to the mail recipient, thus notifying the mail recipient of the presence of physical mail in his or her mail slot and also causes an LED to be illuminated. When the physical mail is retrieved from the mail slot, the button is pressed again to deactivate the LED. Individual pieces of physical mail can be tagged with a RFID tag. A sensor in the mail slot reads the RFID tag and causes an electronic notification to be sent to the mail recipient.

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