Claims
- 1. A multi-media communication management system for operation with a subscriber station that includes an interface for coupling to a subscriber device, the subscriber device capable of receiving subscriber emails over a wide area network communication link to an email server, the multi-media communication management system comprising:
a network communication circuit for communication with the subscriber station; a service provider network interface for communication with a service provider multi-media communications network; subscriber device email interface means for establishing communications with the subscriber station at which a subscriber device is coupled and receiving subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device over a wide area network communication link; a subscriber email client comprising:
means for establishing communications with a remote email server coupled to the service provider network and receiving subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; means generating inbox content comprising subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device and subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; means for providing the inbox content to the subscriber station for display on a display associated with the subscriber station.
- 2. The system of claim 1, further including:
an email storage file; and wherein the subscriber email client further comprises:
means for storing the inbox content in the email storage file.
- 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for providing the inbox content to the subscriber station further comprises:
means for providing instructions to the subscriber station to effect the transfer of the inbox content to the subscriber device.
- 4. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for providing the inbox content to the subscriber station further comprises:
means for generating an HTML document that includes the subscriber content in a layout format selected from one of a plurality of layout formats, the layout format suitable for display on the display associated with the subscriber station.
- 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the display associated with the subscriber station comprises a subscriber device display operating under control of the subscriber device.
- 6. The system of claim 2, wherein the inbox content comprises a plurality of tagged content messages, each tagged content message including a content value and a tag identifying the significance of the content value.
- 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the means for providing the inbox content to the subscriber station further comprises:
means for selecting display layout control instructions from a plurality of display layout control instructions, the display layout control instructions being suitable for display of each content value on the display associated with the subscriber station.
- 8. The system of claim 7, wherein:
the tagged content messages are XML messages; and the display layout control instructions are an XML style sheet.
- 9. A multi-media communication management system for operation with a subscriber device, the subscriber device capable of receiving subscriber emails over a wide area network communication link to an email server, the multi-media communication management system comprising:
a service provider network interface for communication with a service provider communications network; a docking interface for supporting and coupling to the subscriber device; subscriber device interface means for establishing communications with the subscriber device when the subscriber device is supported in the docking interface; the subscriber device interface means comprising: means for receiving subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device over a wide area network communication link; means for providing display content to the subscriber device for display on a subscriber device display screen; means for establishing communications with a remote email server coupled to the service provider network and receiving subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; means generating inbox content comprising subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device and subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; means for generating the display content, the display content including the inbox content.
- 10. The system of claim 9, further including:
an email storage file; and wherein the means for generating inbox content further comprises:
means for storing the inbox content in the email storage file.
- 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the subscriber device interface means comprises means for transferring the inbox content to the subscriber device.
- 12. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for generating the display content comprises:
means for generating an HTML document that includes the inbox content in a layout format selected from one of a plurality of layout formats, the layout format suitable for display on the subscriber device display screen.
- 13. The system of claim 9, wherein the inbox content comprises a plurality of tagged content messages, each tagged content message including a content value and a tag identifying the significance of the content value.
- 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the means for generating the display content further comprises:
means for selecting display layout control instructions from a plurality of display layout control instructions, the display layout control instructions being suitable for display of each content value on the subscriber device display screen.
- 15. The system of claim 14, wherein:
the tagged content messages are XML messages; and the display layout control instructions are an XML style sheet.
- 16. A method of communication management in a system for operation with a subscriber station that includes an interface for coupling to a subscriber device, the subscriber device capable of receiving subscriber emails over a wide area network communication link to an email server, the method comprising:
establishing communications with the subscriber station at which a subscriber device is coupled; receiving subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device over a wide area network communication link; establishing communications with a remote email server coupled to the service provider network; receiving subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; generating inbox content comprising subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device and subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; and providing the inbox content to the subscriber station for display on a display associated with the subscriber station.
- 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
storing the inbox content in an email storage file.
- 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of providing inbox content to the subscriber station comprises:
providing instructions to the subscriber station to effect the transfer of the inbox content to the subscriber device.
- 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of providing the inbox content to the subscriber station comprises:
generating an HTML document that includes the subscriber content in a layout format selected from one of a plurality of layout formats, the layout format suitable for display on the display associated with the subscriber station.
- 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of providing the inbox content to the subscriber station for display on a display associated with the subscriber station includes providing the inbox content to the subscriber station for display on a subscriber device display operating under control of the subscriber device.
- 21. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of providing the inbox content to the subscriber station comprises:
generating a plurality of tagged content messages, each tagged content message including a content value and a tag identifying the significance of the content value.
- 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of providing the inbox content to the subscriber station further comprises:
selecting display layout control instructions from a plurality of display layout control instructions, the display layout control instructions being suitable for display of each content value on the display associated with the subscriber station.
- 23. The method of claim 22, wherein:
the tagged content messages are XML messages; and the display layout control instructions are an XML style sheet.
- 24. A method of communication management in a system for operation with a subscriber device, the subscriber device capable of receiving subscriber emails over a wide area network communication link to an email server, the method comprising:
establishing communications with the subscriber device through a docking interface when the subscriber device is supported in the docking interface; receiving subscriber emails through the docking interface, the subscriber emails being emails provided to the subscriber device over a wide area network communication link; establishing communications with a remote email server through a network interface; receiving subscriber emails through the network interface, the subscriber emails being emails directed to the remote email server; generating inbox content comprising subscriber emails provided to the subscriber device and subscriber emails directed to the remote email server; generating display content, the display content including the inbox content; and providing display content to the subscriber device for display on a subscriber device display screen.
- 25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
storing the inbox content in an email storage file.
- 26. The method of claim 24, further comprising providing the inbox content to the subscriber device.
- 27. The system of claim 24, wherein the step of generating display content comprises:
generating an HTML document that includes the inbox content in a layout format selected from one of a plurality of layout formats, the layout format suitable for display on the subscriber device display screen.
- 28. The method of claim 24, wherein the step of generating display content comprises:
generating a plurality of tagged content messages, each tagged content message including a content value and a tag identifying the significance of the content value.
- 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the step of generating display content further comprises:
selecting display layout control instructions from a plurality of display layout control instructions, the display layout control instructions being suitable for display of each content value on the subscriber device display screen.
- 30. The method of claim 29, wherein:
the tagged content messages are XML messages; and the display layout control instructions are an XML style sheet.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/961,532 titled Teledata Space and Docking Station with Modular and Integrated Display filed on Sep. 24, 2001, and is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/000,543 filed on Oct. 23, 2001, titled Modular Multi-Media Communication Management System, the contents of both such patent applications is incorporated herein.
Continuation in Parts (2)
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