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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Phillip J Balma, Salinas, CA (US);
Alan Robins, Manteca, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for routing or forwarding communications to an intended recipient. The communications may be from a variety of sources including facsimiles and electronic mail messages. The programming of routing information may be performed manually or may be obtained automatically from other programs which store information regarding the location of a user. For example, a computerized scheduler, calendar, or other type of personal information manager may be read to obtain information about the recipient. The forwarding or routing of communications to the intended recipient may be made based on one or more of the time and date, an indication from the intended recipient that he has arrived at a predefined location or at a new and undefined location, based on an automatically sensed position of the recipient, or based on checking in to a hotel by the intended recipient.