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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Andrew Frederick Bulfer, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Bruce Lowell Hanson, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Robert F. Mortenson, Chatham, NJ (US);
Steven Charles Salimando, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Peter H. Stuntebeck, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Roy Philip Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for consolidating multiple mailboxes into a single universal mailbox. The system comprises an agent, a user database, an application database and a mail repository. The agent searches a user database to determine the list of messaging systems the user subscribes to. The agent then recalls from the application database the procedures for accessing the messaging systems and logs onto each messaging system in turn to retrieve any new messages. The agent notifies the user of new messages according to a predefined notification method.