| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method of providing a user with an alert, such as a visual or audible alert that one or more email messages have been received at a designated email account. The system and method operates by intermittently querying the status of the account at the server where the account is held over an on-line network. Upon receiving a positive indication that email has been received, an alert message is sent to a pre-determined location via the telephone network. The alert may be sent to a visual display of a dedicated email alert device, or may be sent to an existing phone such that a short ring acts as the alert.</p> |
