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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Julia Skladman, Northbrook, IL (US);
Robert Joseph Thornberry, Jr., Wheaton, IL (US);
Ameritech Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A messaging system ( ) for notifying subscribers of incoming e-mail messages includes an e-mail system ( ) communicating with a notification system ( ). The e-mail system ( ) includes a user interface ( ) that permits subscribers to populate filter lists ( ) with e-mail message attributes, such as sender e-mail addresses. The filter list ( ) is provided to the notification system ( ), which selectively notifies subscribers of incoming e-mail messages based on the contents of their respective filter lists. The notification system ( ) can alert subscribers to incoming e-mail messages by pager, facsimile, voice mail, synthetic speech via cellular or conventional telephones, or the like.