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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002

Filed:

Jan. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tadashi Takahashi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Takeshi Kumazawa, Tokyo, JP;

Hirokatsu Araki, Cupertino, CA (US);

Tsuyoshi Hirao, San Jose, CA (US);

Hitoshi Matsumoto, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract

An electronic message forwarding system selectively forwards information to a plurality of different receiving device types. One or more user defined filters filter incoming messages, route the messages, and send the routed message to appropriate form converters to convert the message into a form appropriate to the receiving device type, such as e-mail, pager, facsimile, or telephone forwarding. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of filters, router, and form converters may be used to perform a message classification, channel selection, and channel output control function.

Published as:
EP1020806A2; JP2000209262A; EP1020806A3; US6442589B1;

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