| 摘要 |
Apparatus for controlling an alert signal produced to notify a recipient when an incoming message is received. The message is received via a communications channel from a message originator. In addition, the message originator also specifies and transmits notification data indicating the manner in which the message originator desires that said recipient be notified of the receipt of said message. Reception preference data is created and stored by the recipient in advance, indicating the manner in which the recipient desires to be notified of the receipt of incoming messages. An signal generator responsive to both the notification data and to the reception preference data produces an alert signal in a manner which accommodates the preferences expressed by both the message originator the said recipient
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