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Pager enhanced keyboard and system
Assignee: Lextron Systems Inc
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Filing: 1997-02-07
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Granted: 1999-10-12
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Expires: 2017-02-07
Abstract
Abstract A pager-enhanced keyboard connected to a subscriber's computer has a pager portion and a keyboard portion. An enhanced server connected to the Internet and adapted to collect e-mail and attachments for clients is also adapted to match incoming e-mail with a subscriber list, and to dial up a paging service and cause a page to sent to the pager portion of the keyboard at the subscriber's computer. Upon receipt of a pager message the subscriber's computer as a result of the message received initiates action ranging from lighting and blinking an LED at the keyboard to directing the computer to download and process e-mail messages and attachments, and to send downloaded information by facsimile and/or e-mail attachment to another location.
Inventors
- 👤 Dan Kikinis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 17:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/21; H04L51/224; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04W68/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A client/server e-mail system, comprising: a server coupled to the Internet and adapted to receive e-mail messages including attachments for an individual subscriber; and a subscriber's computer having an on-demand dial up connection to the server and also connected to a keyboard, the keyboard equipped with a microprocessor and page-receiving circuitry; wherein, upon receipt of e-mail addressed to the subscriber, the server dials up a pager service and causes a pager message to be sent to the page-receiving circuitry at the keyboard, and wherein the circuitry at the keyboard, on receiving the pager message, communicates the pager message to the microprocessor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A client/server e-mail system, comprising: a server coupled to the Internet and adapted to receive e-mail messages including attachments for an individual subscriber; and a subscriber's computer having an on-demand dial up connection to the server and also connected to a keyboard, the keyboard equipped with a microprocessor and page-receiving circuitry; wherein, upon receipt of e-mail addressed to the subscriber, the server dials up a pager service and causes a pager message to be sent to the page-receiving circuitry at the keyboard, and wherein the circuitry at the keyboard, on receiving the pager message, communicates the pager message to the microprocessor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the pager-receiving circuitry at the keyboard further comprises an LED, and the action activated at the keyboard includes illumination of the LED as an attention device to the subscriber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the pager-receiving circuitry at the keyboard further comprises a display, and the action activated at the keyboard includes display of a portion of the received pager message on the display.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the pager message received is adapted to simulate keystroke codes and to transmit the keystroke codes to the subscriber's computer connected to the keyboard.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system of claim 4 wherein the keystroke codes received as a pager message and transmitted to the subscriber's computer connected to the keyboard are adapted to initiate a dial-up connection to the server and to download e-mail messages and attachments from the server to the subscriber's computer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 5 wherein the keystroke codes are adapted to provide transmission of downloaded information according to facsimile protocol to a remote number dialed through the dial-up connection.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 4 wherein the pager message received is a code sequence adapted to activate a driver associated with the microprocessor, and the driver transmits keystroke codes to the subscriber's computer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 7 wherein the keystroke codes transmitted to the computer are adapted to initiate a dial-up connection to the server, and to download e-mail messages and attachments from the server to the subscriber's computer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 5 wherein the keystroke codes are adapted to provide transmission of downloaded information according to facsimile protocol to a remote number dialed through the dial-up connection.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2002-10-11 | 2003-04-12 | 2003-10-12 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2006-10-11 | 2007-04-12 | 2007-10-12 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2010-10-11 | 2011-04-12 | 2011-10-12 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |