Messaging centre for forwarding e-mail
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1. A method for forwarding an e-mail message from one of a plurality of e-mail servers to a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an intermediary system, an e-mail message associated with an e-mail address of a user of a mobile terminal and sent by one of a plurality of e-mail servers,wherein the e-mail address is associated with an identifier of the mobile terminal, wherein an email account, associated with the email address, is hosted by one of the plurality of e-mail servers, andwherein the identifier is generated by the mobile terminal;
encrypting the e-mail message using encryption information associated with a temporary identifier,wherein the temporary identifier is based on a connection to the mobile terminal; and
transmitting the encrypted e-mail message to the mobile terminal;
receiving, at the intermediary system, an automatic control message from the mobile terminal indicating that the user has read the e-mail message; and
in response to receiving the automatic control message, signaling the one of a plurality of e-mail servers to mark the e-mail message as read.
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Abstract
A method for forwarding an e-mail message from an e-mail server to a mobile terminal is provided. An e-mail address of the mobile terminal is associated with an identifier and encryption information, receiving the e-mail message associated with the e-mail address and sent by the e-mail server. The method includes encrypting the e-mail message using the encryption information associated with the e-mail address and transmitting the encrypted e-mail message to the mobile terminal.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for forwarding an e-mail message from one of a plurality of e-mail servers to a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving, at an intermediary system, an e-mail message associated with an e-mail address of a user of a mobile terminal and sent by one of a plurality of e-mail servers, wherein the e-mail address is associated with an identifier of the mobile terminal, wherein an email account, associated with the email address, is hosted by one of the plurality of e-mail servers, and wherein the identifier is generated by the mobile terminal; encrypting the e-mail message using encryption information associated with a temporary identifier, wherein the temporary identifier is based on a connection to the mobile terminal; and
transmitting the encrypted e-mail message to the mobile terminal;receiving, at the intermediary system, an automatic control message from the mobile terminal indicating that the user has read the e-mail message; and in response to receiving the automatic control message, signaling the one of a plurality of e-mail servers to mark the e-mail message as read. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for forwarding an e-mail message from one of a plurality of e-mail servers to a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
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a memory configured for storing at least one of an e-mail address of a user of a mobile terminal, and an identifier; wherein the e-mail address is associated with the identifier, wherein an email account, associated with the email address, is hosted by one of the plurality of e-mail servers, and wherein the mobile terminal generates the identifier, a processor configured for; encrypting the e-mail message using encryption information associated with a temporary identifier, wherein the e-mail message is received from one of a plurality of e-mail servers; identifying the mobile terminal based on the identifier of the mobile terminal; and transmitting the encrypted e-mail message to the identified mobile terminal, wherein the temporary identifier is based on a connection to the mobile terminal; receiving, at the intermediary system, an automatic control message from the mobile terminal indicating that the user has read the e-mail message; and in response to receiving the automatic control message, signaling the one of a plurality of e-mail servers to mark the e-mail message as read, wherein the system is an intermediary system between the plurality of e-mail servers and the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A device comprising:
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a radio; a processor and memory containing instructions executable by the processor whereby the device is operable to; optically receive information including a displayed service activation code from a remote device; register the remote device for access to a messaging account using the service activation code; receive a message for the messaging account; encrypt the message using an encryption key; and send the message to the remote device, wherein the device is authenticated to access the messaging account. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for sharing a messaging account, the method comprising:
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authenticating a device for access to the messaging account; optically receiving information including a displayed service activation code from a remote device; registering the remote device for access to the messaging account using the service activation code; receiving a message for the messaging account; encrypting the message using an encryption key; and sending the message to the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A non-transient computer-readable medium containing program instructions for causing a device to perform a method, the method comprising:
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optically receiving information including a displayed service activation code from a remote device; registering the remote device for access to a messaging account using the service activation code; receiving a message for the messaging account; encrypting the message using an encryption key; and sending the message to the remote device, wherein the device is authenticated to access the messaging account. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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