Mobile communications device employing multiple data storage locations for electronic messages

• US 20060189299A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Munje, Arun, Rybak, Michal A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,308,252 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A mobile communications device (116) comprises a message receipt and routing logic structure (216), which may include a rule comparison logic structure, a message routing logic structure and a default message handling logic structure. The message receipt and routing logic structure (216) receives an incoming message via a data service network (400). The message receipt and routing logic structure (216) subsequently compares a portion of each incoming message to at least one criterion contained in at least one message routing rule having a message database object (418, 420) associated with it, stores each incoming message meeting each criterion for a message routing rule in the message database object (418, 420) associated with that message routing rule, and stores all messages not routed to a message database object (418, 420) according to a message routing rule into a default message database object (422).

Claims

1. A mobile communications device comprising:

a message receipt logic structure that receives at least one incoming message via a data service network;

a logic structure that compares the content of each incoming message to at least one criterion contained in at least one message routing rule having a message database object associated therewith;

a logic structure that stores each incoming message meeting each criterion for a message routing rule in the message database object associated with that message routing rule; and

a logic structure that stores all messages not routed to a message database object according to a message routing rule into a default message database object.

2. The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein at least one incoming message contains at least message source data, message destination data and message type data.

3. The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein at least one message routing rule routes at least one incoming message based on at least one of message source data, message destination data and message type data.

4. The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein at least one incoming message has a message type selected from the group consisting of electronic mail messages, SMS messages, broadcast messages and PIN2PIN messages.

5. The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein the destination data is selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail address, a device identification number and a telephone number.

6. The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein the source data is selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail address, a device identification number and a telephone number.

7. A method for routing message data within a mobile communications device comprising:

receiving at least one incoming message via a data service network;

comparing the contents of the incoming message to at least one criterion contained in at least one message routing rule having a message database object associated therewith;

storing the incoming message in the message database object associated with that message routing rule if the incoming message meets each criterion for the message routing rule; and

storing all messages not routed to a message database object associated with a message routing rule into a default message database object.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein an incoming message contains at least message source data, message destination data and message type data.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one message routing rule routes at least one incoming message based on at least one of message source data, message destination data and message type data.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the message type data identifies a message type selected from the group consisting of electronic mail messages, SMS messages, broadcast messages and PIN2PIN messages.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the destination data identifies a destination selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail address, a device identification number or a telephone number.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the source data identifies a source selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail address, a device identification number or a telephone number.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one message routing rule routes an incoming messages according to data contained in a subject field of the incoming message.

14. A system for routing messages to a mobile communications device comprising:

a first message database object, disposed within the mobile communications device, containing a first set of message data;

a second message database object, disposed within the mobile communications device, containing a second set of message data;

means for receiving new message data from a source outside of the mobile communications device through a wireless data service network;

means for selecting a destination for the new message data from the first data storage space and second data storage space based upon at least one message routing rule; and

means for routing any incoming message not meeting a message routing rule to a default message storage object.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the incoming message contains message source data, message source data and message destination data.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the message type data identifying a message type selected from the group consisting of electronic mail messages, SMS messages, broadcast messages and PIN2PIN messages.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the destination data identifies a destination selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail address, a device identification number and a telephone number.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein the source data identifies a source selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail address, a device identification number and a telephone number.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one message routing rule routes an incoming message according to data contained in a subject field of an incoming message.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one message routing rule routes an incoming message according to data contained in the body of an incoming message.