System and method for providing configuration data such as for configuring electronic mail access
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1. A system that provides configuration data for a web service comprising:
- a source of configuration data; and
a configuration module that retrieves the configuration data at the request of a web service and is operative for generating data objects related to the configuration data and submitting each data object as a distributed object module to the web service.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer-readable medium provides configuration data, such as for electronic mail access. A configuration module retrieves the configuration data from a source of configuration data, such as a user system. The configuration in one aspect could be for accessing different electronic mailboxes of a user. Data object are generated. Each data object is submitted as a distributed object module to a web service. The web service in one aspect of the invention could be for a pass-through access for configuring electronic mailboxes.
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41 Claims
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1. A system that provides configuration data for a web service comprising:
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a source of configuration data; and
a configuration module that retrieves the configuration data at the request of a web service and is operative for generating data objects related to the configuration data and submitting each data object as a distributed object module to the web service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing configuration data for electronic mail access comprising:
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a user system having configuration data for accessing respective electronic mailboxes that are different from each other; and
a configuration module that retrieves configuration data required for accessing the different electronic mailboxes of a user, wherein said configuration module is operative for generating data objects for each electronic mailbox relating to the configuration data, and submitting each data object as a distributed object module to a web service for configuring access to the respective electronic mailboxes associated with each data object from either the web service or a targeted electronic mailbox without requiring a user to provide manually any configuration data for each electronic mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing configuration data comprising the steps of:
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retrieving configuration data at the request of a web service;
generating data objects related to the configuration data; and
submitting each data object as a distributed object module to the web service. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for providing configuration data for electronic mail access comprising the steps of:
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retrieving configuration data required for accessing different electronic mailboxes of a user from respective email clients of the user;
generating data objects within a configuration module for each electronic mailbox relating to the configuration data for accessing a respective electronic mailbox; and
submitting the data objects as a distributed object module from the configuration module to a web service for configuring the web service to access the respective electronic mailbox associated with each data object from either the web service or a targeted electronic mailbox without requiring a user to provide manually any configuration data for each electronic mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-readable medium for providing configuration data comprising:
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an import module having a plurality of import agents each programmed to retrieve configuration data from a source of configuration data;
data objects related to the configuration data; and
a web service interface module that formats data objects for submission to a web interface that configures a web service following the configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A computer-readable medium for providing configuration data for electronic mail access comprising:
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an import module having a plurality of import agents each programmed to retrieve from a selected email client of a user the configuration data required for accessing the respective selected electronic mailbox;
data objects for each electronic mailbox to be accessed relating to configuration data for accessing a respective electronic mailbox; and
a web service interface module that formats data objects for each electronic mailbox to be accessed for submission to a web interface that configures the web service to access the respective electronic mailbox associated with each data object from either the web service or a targeted electronic mailbox without requiring a user to provide manually any configuration data for each electronic mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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