Method and system for remote delivery of email

US8713107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• J. Albert Avila · Longboat Key, US
• Lev Elbert · Sarasota, US
• Andy Estes · Sarasota, US
• Mark Famiglio · Sarasota, US
• Brian P. Johnson · Forest Grove, US
• Baird Juckett · Baltimore, US
• Rob Lincoln · Sarasota, US
• Don Ruth · Sarasota, US
• Jason Sackett · Columbia, US
• Russ Saul · Bradenton, US
• Norman A. Worthington, III · Sarasota, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 6, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/58
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for delivering electronic mail to the user at a previously defined remote location which also allows the user to reply to the email from such remote location is disclosed. An application program operates at the user's home electronic mail communication system, typically a desktop PC, forwarding electronic mail messages through the internet to a central system, which contains user profile information and acts as a forwarding server. The system can also be applied to the user's mail server instead of the user's desktop PC. Preferred user profiles stored in the forwarding server determine how the server directs notification of new email to the user in accordance with the user's preferred profile. Information regarding the pending emails are directed to the user's mobile telephone or PDA device, allowing the user to determine whether to respond to the electronic mail presently or defer response, in accordance with the user's preference at the time of receipt. The system provides for translation of email messages from text to speech for delivery to the user and also provides for speech to text transcription in the message response mode at the user's selection.