Re: pull mail with notifications, was Thinking outside the box - send envelope first

>>> The patents cover notifications to recipients about documents intended
>>> for them, not generic notices about public documents.
>> It sounds like they ought to be suing the post office for delivering those little notes saying they have a
>registered letter for you. Or, go after AOL for their "You've got mail!".
>>
>I get email from my bank saying 'log on to read a secure message for 
>you'. Sounds like that's against the patent as well

No, they're about notification for particular messages.

Rather than guessing, you could read US patents 6,192,407 and 5,790,790.


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