Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1991-03-27
1995-06-13
Yusko, Donald J.
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
34082503, 370 941, H04Q 100
Patent
active
054247241
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for enhanced electronic mail distribution which permits expeditious distribution of electronic mail documents to multiple host systems and/or external networks via a single host agent. A distributed data processing system having multiple host systems and/or external networks permits electronic mail documents to be distributed from local networks to nodes within various host systems or networks by establishing a host agent reference table at selected host agents within the local network. Each host agent reference table includes an identification of selected destination nodes associated with an identified host agent for those nodes. A referral to the host agent reference table may then be utilized to determine the appropriate host agent for an electronic document destined for a selected node. Thereafter, existing interprocess local network communications may be utilized to communicate the electronic document to the appropriate host agent. In the depicted embodiment of the present invention a default host agent may also be listed within the host agent reference table for all destination nodes not explicitly listed within the table. Additionally, an ordered list of likely host agents may be established and utilized sequentially in a selected order for unlisted destination nodes, in response to a failure of a document to achieve a confirmation of delivery within a specified period of time.
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Williams Marvin L.
Yun Roselyn H.-C.
Dillon Andrew J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Jobe Jonathan E.
Yusko Donald J.
Zimmerman Brian
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