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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazunori Yazima, Komae, JP;
Yasuhiko Mizuno, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ; 3649195 ; 3649409 ; 364937 ;
Abstract
In a mail message service system for delivering mail having mailboxes installed for respective users, an answer asking table is provided for storing information representative of whether an answer to a previously sent message is requested. Also stored in the answer asking table is the date and hour at which the query mail soliciting an answer to the previously sent message should be sent. The query mail soliciting an answer is sent on the basis of the stored information.