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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. 24, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Scott Baldwin, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Paul C Lustgarten, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T IPM Corp., Coral Cables, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709206 ; 358402 ;
Abstract
A method for electronic communication using wide area network (WAN) storage and signalling capabilities. The method and apparatus provides for deposit of a message in message stores in the WAN, storage of the message such that the message is uniformly accessible throughout the WAN and notifying the recipient of the message of the availability and address of the message in the message stores in the WAN so that he can access the message.