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Details

Inventors: Bulfer, Andrew Frederick; Hanson, Bruce Lowell; Mortenson, Robert F.; Salimando, Steven Charles; Stuntebeck, Peter H.; Weber, Roy Philip;
Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Harrell; Robert B.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

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.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention features a method and system for retrieving and consolidating messages from various messaging services that are independent from one another.
In one aspect, the invention features a method of retrieving messages from a predefined list of messaging systems on behalf of a user comprising the steps of retrieving a message from a predefined messaging system, storing the message in a single repository, and notifying the user of the presence of the message in the single repository.
In another aspect, the invention features a system for retrieving messages from a predefined list of messaging systems on behalf of a user including a means for retrieving a message on behalf of a user from a predefined messaging system, a means for storing the message in a single repository, and a means for notifying the user of the presence of the message in the single repository.

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