Systems and methods for remotely updating e-mail message status information for messages forwarded from a host system e-mail account across a firewall to a wireless handheld device
First Claim
1. A method for updating e-mail status information of an e-mail received at an e-mail account associated with a host system on a local area network separated from a wireless wide area network by a firewall, the method comprising:
- receiving an incoming e-mail message at the e-mail account associated with the host system;
forwarding a copy of the incoming e-mail message to a handheld appliance via the wireless wide area network;
processing the forwarded copy of the e-mail message at the handheld appliance;
sending updated status information regarding the processed e-mail to the e-mail account associated with the host system;
updating the status information of the incoming e-mail message on the host system to reflect the change in status of the processed e-mail.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for remotely updating e-mail message status information for messages forwarded from a desktop e-mail account to a wireless handheld device are provided. The systems and methods of the present invention consist of a software solution that enables users of wireless handheld appliances to: access corporate e-mail by forwarding incoming e-mail messages from the user'"'"'s corporate account to the handheld appliance; act upon the received e-mail messages at the handheld appliance; and to have the system update the status of the acted upon messages at the user'"'"'s corporate e-mail account.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for updating e-mail status information of an e-mail received at an e-mail account associated with a host system on a local area network separated from a wireless wide area network by a firewall, the method comprising:
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receiving an incoming e-mail message at the e-mail account associated with the host system;
forwarding a copy of the incoming e-mail message to a handheld appliance via the wireless wide area network;
processing the forwarded copy of the e-mail message at the handheld appliance;
sending updated status information regarding the processed e-mail to the e-mail account associated with the host system;
updating the status information of the incoming e-mail message on the host system to reflect the change in status of the processed e-mail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system for updating e-mail status information for forwarded e-mail messages, the system comprising:
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a host system capable of sending and receiving e-mail messages;
a firewall separating the host system from a wide area network;
a handheld appliance;
a forwarding mail agent that forwards a copy of incoming e-mails from the host system across the firewall to the handheld appliance;
a remote access e-mail client located on the handheld appliance that processes e-mail messages;
wherein the remote access e-mail client forwards updated status information for e-mails processed on the handheld appliance to the host system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system for updating e-mail status information for forwarded e-mail messages, the system comprising:
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a host system capable of sending and receiving e-mail messages;
a firewall separating the host system from a wide area network;
a handheld appliance;
a proxy mail server;
a forwarding mail agent that forwards a copy of incoming e-mails from the host system across the firewall to an account on the proxy mail server;
a remote access e-mail client located on the handheld appliance that processes e-mail messages;
a proxy mail server component that, in response to a triggering mechanism, downloads the forwarded e-mail messages from the account on the proxy mail server component to the remote access e-mail client;
wherein updated status information for e-mails processed on the handheld appliance is forwarded to the host system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of remotely accessing an incoming e-mail message received at an e-mail account associated with a host system on a local area network separated from a wireless wide area network by a firewall, the method comprising:
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receiving the incoming e-mail message at the e-mail account associated with the host system;
forwarding a copy of the incoming e-mail to a mail server located outside the firewall;
storing the incoming e-mail message at the mail server;
downloading the e-mail message from the mail server to a handheld appliance in response to a command from the handheld appliance. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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