EP1540491A4

Method and system for processing email during an unplanned outage

Abstract

The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for processing email during an unplanned outage. Email messages are redirected from the primary server to a secondary server during an unplanned outage such as, for example, a natural disaster. A notification message is sent to users alerting them that their email messages are available on the secondary server by, for example, Internet access. After the termination of the unplanned outage, email messages received during the unplanned outage are synchronized into the users standard email application.

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WO0217650A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A	Search report	1,4-10
US2001032245A1	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1,4-10
US2002112008A1	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1,4-10
WO9906915A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A	Search report	1,4-10
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408755P	United States of America	–	2002-09-06
40875502	United States of America	P	2002-09-06
0327736	United States of America	W	2003-09-05

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CA2498009A1	Canada	A1	2004-03-18
WO2004023259A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2004-03-18
AU2003268454A1	Australia	A1	2004-03-29
WO2004023259A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2004-06-03
US2004153713A1	United States of America	A1	2004-08-05
EP1540491A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-06-15
ZA200502281B	South Africa	B	2007-03-28
AU2003268454B2	Australia	B2	2009-04-02
EP1540491A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2009-09-02
US2010235676A1	United States of America	A1	2010-09-16
CA2498009C	Canada	C	2010-11-16
EP1540491B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2012-01-18
AT542182T	Austria	T	2012-02-15
ATE542182T1	Austria	T1	2012-02-15
US8554843B2	United States of America	B2	2013-10-08
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US2020142786A1	United States of America	A1	2020-05-07
US11182263B2	United States of America	B2	2021-11-23
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Method and system for processing email during an unplanned outage

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