SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC MAIL RECEIPT IN A SHARED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT VIA ADVANCED INTELLIGENT NETWORK SYSTEMS

摘要

Systems and methods for delivering a notification (15) of an email arrival to one or more customer premises equipment (10) to alert users that an email has been received at a mail server (20). The systems and methods comprise receiving a message on an application server (30) where the message includes at least an email addressee. The application server (30) uses the email addressee to lookup a subscriber's directory number or an internet protocol address and user name associated with the email addressee. Based at least in part on this information, the application server (30) sends an instruction a service control point (if the lookup returns a directory number) or to the internet protocol address (if the lookup returns such as address). If the instruction is sent to a service control point, then the service control point causes an advanced intelligent node (44) to initiate a call to the subscriber directory number and send a signal to the telephone customer premises equipment (12, 15). If the instruction is sent to the internet protocol address, then a network node associated with the internet protocol address displays a notification (15) alerting the user that email has arrived on a mail server (20).