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The XNA team is proud to announce Dream-Build-Play 2008, a global competition to see who can create the best game for the Xbox 360 using XNA Game Studio 2.0. This year's participants will be competing for $75,000 in prizes and the bragging rights to say their game was the best. In addition, one of the top ten finalists will have a chance at an Xbox LIVE publishing contract.
Last year's Dream-Build-Play was an outstanding success as we extended the four top entries opportunities to sign Xbox LIVE Arcade publishing agreements. We will begin to see those winning games released later this year on Xbox LIVE Arcade. This year's contest will feature Xbox360 development only and to ensure that everyone has access, we will be giving away one free 12-Month XNA Creators Club Trial membership to everyone that registers. For more information and your chance to create the next great hit log on to www.dreambuildplay.com.
Excellent! Especially as I was actually planning on buying a Creators Club membership tommorow, so the 12 month trial is very welcome.
I can see I'll be very busy for the next few months....
Can we get some clarification on the code requirement for submissions since the Judging Criteria section states:
"the structure, readability and level of documentation of the code."
but the submission section states just the .ccgame package gets submitted, not the actual code.
In Dream-Build-Play 2008 you can build your dream game to compete with other game developers around the
Machaira, You may have seen some old cached data we are only accepting ccgame packgages and not source code so documentation of the code is irrelevant.
Well I see over at the XNA Team Blog they have announced the latest Dream Build Play competition for
If you are into XNA two new contests have been announced, The Game On Sweepstakes where you do stuff to get entered in a drawing to win some prizes and the Second full Dream Build Play . This time you get a good reason to sign up a 12 month trail subscription
Just a question - I signed up for dream build play and connected my 12 month trial account, but it won't let me add a project (it says I my membership is "registered" as opposed to "premium" (I'm guessing here)). Do I need to pay the $99 to be able to enter the contest?

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It means you are weird.
Now, seriously. Yes a guy would say that if he likes the girl. He probably is just testing to see if you have a sense of humor and can laugh at yourself. I test girls this way myself. Think about it, being together whit someone who takes herself too seriously, and has no sense of humor can be such a pain.
He says it even over the phone while laughing..
Would he say it even if he just thought of me as a friend?
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Problem: meal was horrible; brisket was fatty; pork tenderloin was like shoe leather, and the BBQ shredded pork was so smothered in sauce it was indistinguishable as meat. Oh well, so much for that idea today.
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Golmoza is the firstborn of a dwarven gemelli. Although only born shortly before her sister, Twinsis, she's always been considered the big sister. Responsible, and always the one to blame, but also let free to explore the world alone.
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Book cover - Crits please
This is going to be a book cover, the sort that wraps around the book (thats why its empty on the left there) I was hoping to get some feedback from you guys. No control over the subject matter, I'm looking for crits on the execution. No kid-gloves, please give me the straight up stuff. It done in acrylics and touched up with photoshop, so changes might be slow. Thanks in advance
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What's the atmosphere of the book? Right now, the ominous-ish UFO combined with the sunny plains and rather relaxed-looking character create an almost humorous presence in the UFO. If this is intended, then you did this rather well. If the book's more dark, the lighting and mood should reflect that.
That aside, the figure is rendered considerably more realistically than the background is, and that sort of gives off a feeling akin to "This has been shooped in". Some harmonizing of the styles would help, unless that's part of the theme.
I really don't know which direction you're shooting for, so I'm not sure if I'm helping.
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she lacks cleavage, the vest feels very flat and her hair appears to be placed on her head rather than growing out of it. actually now that i look closer, she appears to just be plopped in front of the BG, try to immerse her in it more
I like how you did the hair, but it needs to be blended into the character more
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I like the basic concept and shape design, but the color isn't doing anything.
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It's a bit too obvious where you were working from good reference (the face), and where you were winging it (everywhere else).
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ABSTRACT: Inflammatory markers have been associated with clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The present study evaluated the role of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) measurements as a predictor of late cardiovascular outcomes after ACS. One hundred and ninety-nine ACS patients in a Coronary Care Unit from March to November 2002 were included and were reassessed clinically after approximately 3 years. Clinical variables and CRP levels were evaluated as predictors of major cardiovascular events (MACE, defined as the occurrence of cardiac death, ischemic stroke or myocardial infarction) and mortality. Statistical analyses included Cox multivariable analysis and survival curves (Kaplan-Meier). Of the 199 patients, 11 died within 1 month (5.5%). Of the 188 remaining patients, 22 died after a mean follow-up of 2.9 +/- 0.5 years. Baseline CRP levels for patients with MACE (N = 57) were significantly higher than those of patients with no events (median = 0.67 mg/L; 25th-75th percentiles = 0.32 and 1.99 mg/L vs median = 0.45 mg/L; 25th-75th percentiles = 0.24 and 0.83 mg/L; P < 0.001). Patients with CRP levels >3 mg/L had a significantly lower survival than the other two groups (1-3 and <1 mg/L; P = 0.001, log-rank test). The odds ratio for MACE was 7.41 (2.03-27.09) for patients with CRP >3 mg/L compared with those with CRP <1 mg/L. For death by any cause, the hazard ratio was 4.58 (1.93-10.86). High CRP levels predicted worse long-term outcomes (MACE and death by any cause) in patients with ACS.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofisica ... [et al.] 11/2009; 42(12):1236-41. DOI:10.1590/S0100-879X2009001200019 · 1.08 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To compare conventional and transdisciplinary care in a tertiary outpatient clinic for patients after their first acute myocardial infarction. One hundred fifty-three patients with acute myocardial infarction were randomized at hospital discharge and followed-up to compare conventional (n=75) and transdisciplinary care (n=78). They were submitted to a clinical evaluation, received a dietary plan, and were re-evaluated twice in 60-180 days by a nurse, dietitian and physician, when new clinical and laboratory data were collected. The primary outcome was clinical improvement, as evaluated by an index including reduction of body weight, lowering of blood pressure, smoking cessation, increase in physical activity and compliance with medication. The groups were similar at baseline: 63.4% were men, 89.9% had an acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment-elevation, 32.7% were diabetic, and 72.2% were hypertensive. The clinical improvement index was similar between the studied groups: in 33.3 % (transdisciplinary care) vs. 30.4 % (conventional care) of patients, the improvement was very good (P=1.000). Rates of re-hospitalization and death (p=0.127) were similar between transdisciplinary and conventional care. Compliance with diet was higher for transdisciplinary care (50.0%) vs. conventional care (26.1%) (p=0.007), as was compliance with visits (73.3 vs. 40.3%, respectively, p<0.001). Compliance with diet and visits was higher for transdisciplinary care vs. conventional care; however, the transdisciplinary approach did not provide more clinical benefits than the conventional approach after patients' first acute myocardial infarction in this setting.Clinics 09/2008; 63(4):489-96. DOI:10.1590/S1807-59322008000400013 · 1.42 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Glycemia and inflammatory markers were associated with clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). To evaluate the role of glycemia and inflammatory markers as predictors of late cardiovascular outcomes after ACS. One hundred and ninety-nine ACS patients of a Coronary Care Unit were included, from March to November 2002. They were reassessed clinically after approximately 3 years. Clinical variables, glycemia, CRP and fibrinogen were evaluated as event and mortality predictors. Statistical analyses included Cox multivariate analysis and survival curves (Kaplan-Meier). At admission, 16.7% had normal glycemia. After 3 years, this proportion increased to 55.2%; the 40.6% who belonged to the borderline category decreased to 27.1%; the 42.7% with elevated glycemia decreased to 17.7%. Glycemia was not associated with the development of major cardiovascular events (MACE) and mortality at follow-up ( approximately 3 years). Considering MACE, CRP (p<0.001), but not fibrinogen, was predictive in bivariate analysis. Regarding mortality, both fibrinogen (p=0.020) and CRP (p=0.008) were predictive in bivariate analysis. Glycemia was not associated with late mortality after ACS, but inflammatory markers were, suggesting that these are more sensitive markers to predict events in long-term. Moreover, glucose intolerance prevalence is lower in the follow-up after the ACS episode.Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 12/2007; 78(2):263-9. DOI:10.1016/j.diabres.2007.04.003 · 2.54 Impact Factor
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INDIANAPOLIS - Two people were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after an accident Wednesday afternoon near Christian Park, officials said.
The hit-and-run accident involving a moped and an SUV happened in the 4300 block of English Avenue just before 3 p.m.
Two victims from the moped, the male driver, 64, and a female passenger, 56, had serious injuries, police said.
"He was bleeding profusely in two or three spots on his head. I didn't want to roll him over or mess with him because he was lying on his stomach. He had several head wounds from what I could see and the lady was bleeding from her arm, it might even be broken. I checked for a pulse for the gentleman and he did have one, I could see him breathing. But the gas was pouring out of the moped and burning the lady's leg," witness Tim Michem said.
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1 Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2 Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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This study examined the effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) as different n-6: n-3 ratios on spatial learning and gene expression of peroxisome- proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in the hippocampus of rats. Thirty male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly allotted into 3 groups of ten animals each and received experimental diets with different n-6: n-3 PUFA ratios of either 65:1, 22:1 or 4.5:1. After 10 weeks, the spatial memory of the animals was assessed using the Morris Water Maze test. The expression of PPARα and PPARγ genes were determined using real-time PCR.
Decreasing dietary n-6: n-3 PUFA ratios improved the cognitive performance of animals in the Morris water maze test along with the upregulation of PPARα and PPARγ gene expression. The animals with the lowest dietary n-6: n-3 PUFA ratio presented the highest spatial learning improvement and PPAR gene expression.
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A few minutes later they got to rip the packing tape off boxes of brand-new sewing machines. Erica Brown, 11, Kelsie Carlton, 11, Mikayla Mack, 12, and Mary Williams, 12, were about to get their first sewing lesson. All are members of DIAMONDS, a YMCA-sponsored program for girls ages 7 to 18 designed to promote healthy choices, career goals, community service and self-esteem.
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Gilt City, the upscale deal operation owned by Gilt Groupe Inc., today bought the assets of BuyWithMe, another online deal and discount provider.
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A primary driver of the acquisition was BuyWithMe's e-mail list, which has millions of names on it, as well as BuyWithMe's best-performing staff members, says Nathan Richardson, Gilt City president. So far, 18 BuyWithMe staff members have joined Gilt. Others may soon follow suit.
Even though there were 10 markets that Gilt City and BuyWithMe both operated in, only about 10% of Gilt's customers also subscribed to BuyWithMe. In part, that's because Gilt City skews high-end with an average price point around $80. BuyWithMe's average price point was around $40.
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A device dedicated to providing information to a customer regarding e-mail messages. The device, in its simplest configuration has an annunciator showing the receipt of one or more e-mail messages held for the customer by a remote ISP. In more advanced configurations, the e-mail is prioritized and the device shows the messages having certain priority. In even more advanced configuration, the device may also display and or announce e-mail sender's name and may also display the subject of the e-mail message if this item was provided by the e-mail sender, and may also display the actual e-mail message text. The device may be disposed in small housing dedicated for e-mail display and announcement or alternatively may be incorporated into another device such as a telephone or any other electronic consumer equipment.
1. A dedicated device for indicating e-mail messages sent to a specific user, comprising:
a housing;
a memory holding a list of senders who can send e-mail messages to the user, each sender being designated by the user, each sender being designated within said memory with a priority level;
a controller for establishing communication with an ISP provider, said provider automatically receiving e-mail messages which originate from specifically identified senders, said controller being adapted to initiate a request to said provider for information regarding said e-mail message and to retrieve said information; said controller being adapted to designate a message priority level to each received message in accordance the priority designated to the respective sender in the memory; and
disposed on said housing and including one or more lights for annunciating when said information indicates the presence of said e-mail messages and the priority of said e-mail messages when said e-mail messages are detected.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein said annunciator is a visual display.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein said display includes a light emitting element.
4. A device dedicated to indicate to a user the presence of e-mail messages addressed to the user, comprising:
a housing;
an indicator responsive to a command and disposed on said housing and including one or more lights for indicating when a customer has received an e-mail message having a designated priority;
a dedicated controller disposed in said housing and adapted to generate a request to a remote server regarding the receipt of e-mail messages for a specific customer, said dedicated controller being adapted to detect the sender for each e-mail message and to designate said priority level for each received e-mail message by using a list of senders provided by the user;
a communication interface for communication over a standard channel with said server, said interface transmitting said request to said server and receiving a response; and
a memory that stores an address and said list of senders;
wherein said controller receives said response and selectively activates said indicator by generating said command only if the address of a received message corresponds to an address in said memory.
5. The device of claim 4 wherein said response includes information indicating for a specific message one of a sender's address, a message title, and a message text.
6. The device of claim 5 wherein said indicator includes an message display for displaying said message.
7. The device of claim 4 further comprising a plurality of selector keys disposed in said housing, said controller receiving commands for managing said messages.
8. The device of claim 4 further comprising an input port for receiving customer specific information.
9. The device of claim 4 wherein said communication channel is selected from one of an analog telephone channel, a digital telephone channel, a cable channel, an RF channel, a power line channel and a satellite channel.
10. The device of claim 4 wherein said indicator comprises an audio circuitry responsive to said command for announcing when said customer has received said e-mail message.
11. The device of claim 10 further comprising audio circuitry that includes electronic audio playback circuitry and a speaker to announce information related to said e-mail message.
12. The device of claim 11 further comprising recording circuitry that includes an electronic recording circuitry and microphone to record the related information required to be announced later on which relates to the said e-mail message.
13. The device of claim 4 wherein said indicator is a visual indicator.
14. A composite device without a general purpose computer comprising;
a housing;
a telephone interface for receiving audio messages;
a memory storing a plurality of e-mail addresses designated by the user, said e-mail addresses, each e-mail address being assigned a priority level;
a dedicated controller provided to manage e-mail messages for a customer and adapted to automatically send requests to a remote server through said telephone interface and to receive information indicating that e-mail messages are present for the customer from a specific sender identified by the customer, said e-mail being designated a priority level based on the identity of the sender; and
a display adapted to display messages indicative of the presence of e-mail messages based on their designated priority as indicated by one or more lights disposed on said housing when said e-mail messages are detected.
15. The device of claim 4 further including handset whereby said device is a standard telephone.
16. The composite device of claim 4 wherein said controller is programmed to provide only e-mail notification.
17. The composite device of claim 14 wherein said telephone interface is an answering machine adapted to receive voice messages over standard telephone lines.
18. The composite device of claim 17 wherein said indicator is adapted to provide information about received e-mail messages and voice messages.
19. The composite device of claim 14 wherein said indicator is a visual indicator.
20. The composite device of claim 14 wherein said indicator is audible indicator.
A. Field of Invention
This invention pertains to a device for notifying or indicating to a user the receipt of electronic mail messages and more particularly to a device which is a stand-alone device, or at least separate from a standard data processing device such as a computer, although it may be part of, or incorporated into other types of electronic devices used in the home or office, such as an answering machine, a telephone, a security system, or other electronic consumer devices.
B. Description of the Prior Art
Electronic mail, or e-mail as it is colloquially called refers to messages that are exchanged by users using computers, mainly over the Internet. Typically in such a system both the sender and a receiver have an account with a company which provides access to the Internet, normally referred to us as Internet Service Provider, or ISP. The two parties may have the same ISP, or may have different ISPs. In either case, each party is assigned a unique address on the Internet for sending or receiving an e-mail communication. The transmitter transmits the message by e-mail using his computer or other similar data processing equipment. The ISP of the receiver stores this message in a particular dedicated memory device configured for this purpose, which location is usually referred to as mail box since normally only the designated receiver may gain access to it. When the receiver signs on with his ISP, (by establishing communication between his computer and his ISP), he can either check his mail box, or depending on the particular ISP, may actually be notified on his computer monitor, that he has a message. The user then access his mail box and downloads from the mail box the message. Once the message is downloaded, the receiver can save the message, print it, and in general do anything that he can normally do with any other digital file. The messages may include text, still and moving pictures, audio files, and so on.
E-mail has become so popular that many reports have indicated that it is the cause of major slow-downs of the Internet. AOL, one of the largest provider of e-mail and other Internet services has recently reported that it was handling over 18 million e-mail messages a day.
Some customers have continuous connections to the Internet so that they can check or get notified of an e-mail message automatically as their ISP has received and processed their e-mail message. However, most customers do not have a direct connection to the ISP and can sign on only through a standard communication channel such as telephone line, cable line or satellite connection. The process of turning on the computer, waiting for it to boot up, and then waiting for it to establish communication connection with the ISP is not only time consuming but also a waste of time if this was the only purpose for establishing communication with the ISP and realizing that there was not any message awaiting for the user. Beside the fact that this process is usually time consuming, it may not be successful if during certain times of the day when electronic traffic is very high. Moreover certain ISPs and connection companies charge a premium for the service and/or the communication channel during certain times of the day, such as, during regular business hours.
In view of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a device capable of automatically indicating to a customer if e-mail messages awaiting for him, so that the customer does not have to access his Internet account via his computer or other similar data processing equipment, for this purpose.
A further objective is to provide a device which can be also automatically set to check for e-mail any time of the day, without any prompting from the customer.
A further objective is to provide a device which is relatively simple to implement and can be incorporated/embedded easily into other type of customer electronic devices.
Other objectives and advantages of the invention shall become apparent from the following description. Briefly, an e-mail annunciating device constructed in accordance with this invention includes a stand-alone housing, a controller for establishing communication with a remote ISP provider, said ISP provider receiving messages designated to the customer, and a display device for showing when a message designated for the customer has been received. The controller contacts the ISP provider, either at regular intervals, or on demand, and downloads information descriptive of the messages. This information may be simply indicative of presence or absence of new message, or may include other data, such as the address of the sender, the subject matter, and even the text of the message.
In the simplest embodiment, the presence or absence of messages is indicated by an LED light on the housing. In more complex embodiments, messages of various priorities may be indicated, as well as other information such as the subject matter of the message, the sender's address or even text from the message. Optionally, audio as well or instead of visual indication may be provided regarding received messages.
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an e-mail message indicating device constructed in accordance with invention, and its connections to a remote ISP via one of several suggested interfaces;
FIG. 2 shows a more detailed block diagram of the device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows a somewhat stylistic view of a front face of the device of FIGS. 1 and 2;
FIG. 4 shows a stylistic view of an alternate embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 shows a stylistic view of another alternate embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 shows another alternate embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 7 shows an e-mail message indicating device constructed in accordance with this invention, incorporated into a standard household device such as a telephone.
Referring first to FIG. 1, device 10 generally includes a controller 12, a data memory 14, a message memory 16, a timer 20. The data memory 14 includes the program for the controller 12 as well as the data required to sign on to a designated ISP and get the messages for a particular customer. The memory 16 is used to store information indicative of whether messages have been received or not, information descriptive of messages and the texts of the messages. The display 18 is used to indicate to the customer whether there are any messages. As shall be described below, the display may be used to provide to the customer a wide range of information depending on the features that has been selected for a particular device.
Since it is expected that the device 10 will be relatively simple to use, it may not have a direct means of entering setup information, which is required only the first time the device is used. Therefore the device 10 may be provided with an external port 21 for interfacing with an external device. For example, in FIG. 1, FIG. 10 is shown as being connected temporarily to a standard PC 24. PC 24 includes a microprocessor 26, a keyboard 28, a display 30 and a memory 32. For connection with other devices, the PC 24 also has a port 34. In FIG. 1, PC 24 is shown as being connected to device 10 through a cable 36 attached to external port 21. Ports 21, 34 may be serial ports or parallel ports. Alternatively, the ports 21, 34 may be IR transceivers in which case coupling between devices 10, 24 takes place by interchanging IR signals.
Once the two devices 10, 24 are in communication, data is downloaded from memory 32 to memory 14 relating of the following information:
a. Identity and telephone number of the ISP used by the customer;
b. The identification of the customer required to obtain access to his e-mail box;
c. Other information specific to the operation of the device as customized for the consumer.
This information is stored in memory 14 and the devices 10, 24 can now be disconnected and the device 10 can go into operation, as a stand alone device. More specifically, under the operation of the timer 20, the controller at regular intervals programmed by the customer establishes communication through an interface 74, with a controller and a message memory of an ISP 60. Timer 20 is preferably implemented by software in the controller 12 however it is shown in FIG. 1 as a discrete component for the sake of clarity. In effect the controller signs on the ISP using the customer account and ID and requests information regarding e-mail messages. Controller 56 then checks for messages in memory 58 for the customer and provides the appropriate information to the controller 12. The controller 12 then signs off, stores the appropriate information about the messages (if any, as discussed below) and activates the display 18 to provide the appropriate indication to the customer. Alternatively, or in addition, the customer may request at his convenience that device 10 checks whether there is e-mail by activating a pushbutton 70 provided for this purpose.
At the present time, the most common means used to establish communication with an ISP is via telephone lines. Thus in FIG. 2 an analog communication circuit 74 and other telephone related circuitry 76 is provided for this purpose. Circuit 74 includes a telephone interface 74A and a modem 74AA is provided. These components are readily available as off-shelf
Several other channels are known which may be used to establish communication with an ISP as well. For example, interface 74 may include an AC line interface 74B whereby interfacing is obtained from signals superimposed on the AC service lines. Another alternative is a cable interface 74C which allows communication with an ISP via TV cable wire. Yet another interface may be an RF interface 74D whereby communication is established over an RF link from a remote land-based or satellite based transceiver. There are several such schemes are proposed for this purpose, including schemes which consist of combinations of these schemes, wherein one channel may transmit information from the customer to the ISP and a different channel may be used to receive information from the ISP.
Referring to FIG. 2, typically, device 10 includes the microprocessor 12 which provides the various control signals required. Memory 14 includes an EPROM, flash memory or ROM 14A, a RAM 14B and an EEPROM 14C. ROM 14A is used to store the operating system program of the microprocessor 12. RAM 14B is used as a temporary, or "scratch pad" memory by microprocessor 12. EEPROM 14C, which may also be a flash memory is non-volatile read write memory and is used to store the various variables necessary for the operation of the microprocessor 12, such as the telephone number of the ISP, its dialing protocol, the name and password of the customer, his e-mail address etc. The device 10 may further be provided with a dedicated memory containing a list of addresses of e-mail senders. This list is programmable by the user. Alternatively, this table is stored in memory 14C as well. The information for memory 14C is received from an external source, such as PC 24, as discussed above, through an RS232 interface circuit 68. Alternatively, a keyboard 73 may be provided with a keyboard decoder 72 for entering the customer specific information.
Power for device 10 is received from an external standard power converter and fed to one or several voltage regulators 66 and then used by all the components of the device 10.
Display 18 includes one or more status LEDs 18A, 18B, 18C, and optionally an LCD display 18D.
For purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiment, the interface circuit is shown for using a standard analog line as the communication channel. Therefore in FIG. 2, the communication interface circuitry 74A is shown, which is connected to an input and output connectors 82 and 80. Connectors 80, 82 may be, for instance, standard RJ11 connectors. Input connector 82 is coupled to the incoming phone lines. Output connector 80 could be coupled to a local phone, if the customer desire so. Optionally a standard DTMF detection circuit 78 may also be provided in interface 74A for sensing signals from the telephone (Not shown) connected to output connector 80. Thus, this external telephone may be another way of entering information into device 10.
The device 10 may also include a record/playback circuit which could be either a solid state RAM or an analog memory IC chip 90, which is capable to do both, record and playback. The IC 90 may be, for example, an IC of the ISDxxxx series from ISD Inc.
The device 10 may also be provided with a speaker 92 and a microphone 94.
Preferably all the circuits shown in FIG. 2 are mounted on a common circuit board.
As previously mentioned, the device 10 can have a number of different configurations, FIG. 2 showing the elements of the most complex embodiment, it being understood that for the simpler embodiments, the unnecessary elements of FIG. 2 are omitted.
Starting with the simplest, the device 10 may be a simple annunciator. In this configuration, as shown in FIG. 3, the device 10 is disposed in a housing 96 with as single LED 18A, connectors 80, 82, 21 (for the serial port) and 84 ( the DC power connector) and two single pushbutton keys 70A and 70E. In this configuration, the customer specific information is loaded through the serial port 21. A standard telephone can be connected to output 80. At predetermined times, or upon pressing the pushbutton CHECK key (70E), the microprocessor contacts the ISP 60 to determine if there the customer has any new e-mail. If the ISP indicates that the customer did receive e-mail, the microprocessor activates LED 18A. The LED 18A stays on until the customer acknowledges the same by pushing the clear key 70A. The LED 18A is then turned off. The customer then access the ISP at his convenience through his standard access device, (such as a personnel computer) and reads his e-mail.
A slightly more complex configuration is shown in FIG. 4. For this configuration, it is assumed either that a particular message has been encoded with a priority identification, or that the microprocessor has other means of determining the priority of messages. For instance, a message may be identified as having a high, medium or low priority. Alternatively, the customer may provide a high priority list stored in memory 14C containing certain addresses of possible senders who are very important to the customer, a second list of senders of somewhat lower priority and a third list of senders with very lower priority. Any messages from an address not on the list may be considered of low priority. The microprocessor 12 checks the address from which each message is received and when appropriate, activates either the LED 18A for high priority, 18B for medium priority, or 18C for low priority. If a large number of messages are received, two or three LEDs may be activated, or alternatively the microprocessor may be programmed to activate only the LED for the highest priority message received.
For the embodiments described so far, the messages themselves need not be downloaded. Their address, or for the simplest configuration, the presence or absence of e-mail is sufficient. The embodiment of FIG. 5 contemplates, that the device 10 downloads not only the address of the senders but selectively either information descriptive of the messages (such as for, example the title or reference portion of each message) or alternatively the whole text of the message. The information may alternatively or in addition may also be the sender's name and e-mail address, becoming in effect a quick reference e-mail handling apparatus. For this purpose, in addition to the features described above, the device 10 further includes a multi character alpha numeric characters LCD display 18D and selection buttons 70A-70G. The information descriptive of messages as described above is downloaded from an ISP and stored in RAM 16. The information is then selectively displayed on display 18D. The customer then can select to review either all the downloaded messages (either the whole text, or the information descriptive of each message) by activating key 70B. He can review the next or the preceding message using keys 70C, 70D, clear the messages (key 70A) or enter the address of the sender (if new, and was not entered during setup) to any of his lists (key 70G) and also select its priority by activating keys 70F, 70C, 70D and turning on the appropriate required priority display 18A, 18B, 18C and ending the selection by pressing the 'enter' key 70G. Thus the customer is given with this device the capability of efficiently and quickly inspect his e-mail without the necessity of going on line via his PC.
A more advance configuration of the device is referred in FIG. 6. In this configuration, in addition to the previously mentioned features, the device will allow the user to play back an announcement related to the received e-mail message. Announcements could be either status indication or announcing the e-mail sender names, all via speaker 92. Addresses and names have to be pre-recorded via microphone 94. The audio message storage could be either a random access memory 90A, a separate solid state audio record/playback integrated circuit 90B or other alternative technologies including analog ram devices, such as Information Storage Devices ISDXXXX family which handle both record and playback.
The audio features mentioned above provide additional means to the visual indication means of announcing information about received e-mail messages.
In all above mentioned configuration a dtmf circuitry (78 in FIG. 2) could be used to receive commands from a standard telephone, not shown, using the handset keypad of the remote telephone to execute different functions according to the complexity of the device in use.
Device 10 can be implemented as stand-alone device, or can be incorporated into other electronic apparatus, especially in apparatus which are connected to telephone lines, such as telephones, answering machines, and so on. For instance, FIG. 7 shows how an e-mail annunciating device similar to the one in FIG. 3 could be incorporated into a standard desk telephone 100.
It should be understood that the subject device is useful in a number of different environment. For example it may be used to detect messages received on the Internet and getting some preliminary information about theses messages, without the need to go on line via the computer. Alternatively, the device may be used to detect e-mail messages interchanged by other means such as an Intranet system and the like.
Obviously numerous modifications may be made to this invention without departing from its scope as defined in the appended claims.
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