System and Methodology for Extending Enterprise Messaging Systems to Mobile Devices

• US 20070190978A1
• Filed: 02/01/2005
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: White, Shannon, Coschi, Geno, Quick, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US10/906,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20070190978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

A system and methodology for extending enterprise messaging systems to mobile devices is described. In one embodiment, for example, a system for messaging between applications is described that comprises: a database at a mobile device for receiving a message from an application at the mobile device for transmission to a particular application at another device; an agent at the mobile device for sending the message to a server by synchronizing the database at the mobile device with a consolidated database at the server; a consolidated database at the server for storing the message received from the mobile device; and a module at the server for providing the message to the particular application.

Claims

1. A system for messaging between applications, the system comprising:

a database at a mobile device for receiving a message from an application at the mobile device for transmission to a particular application at another device;

an agent at the mobile device for sending the message to a server by synchronizing the database at the mobile device with a consolidated database at the server;

a consolidated database at the server for storing the message received from the mobile device; and

a module at the server for providing the message to the particular application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the agent at the mobile device sends the message to the server using a data synchronization protocol.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the particular application is running at the server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the particular application is running at a second mobile device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said module at the server provides the message to the second mobile device by synchronizing the consolidated database with a database at the second mobile device.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a module at the second mobile device for receiving the message from the server and providing it to the particular application at the second mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the agent at the mobile device determines whether to send the message to the server based on transmission rules specifying when particular messages are to be transmitted.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said transmission rules comprise user specified rules for message transmission.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said agent determines whether to send the message based, at least in part, on type of connection available between the mobile device and the server.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said transmission rules include rules specifying whether to send the message based on properties of the message.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said properties of the message include one or more of size of the message, address of the message, and priority level of the message.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission rules engine for determining whether to send the message during a particular synchronization session between the mobile device and the server.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said transmission rules engine determines whether to send the message based upon properties of the message.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said transmission rules engine determines whether to send the message based, at least in part, upon current type of network connection between the mobile device and the server.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said module at the server determines when to transmit the message to the particular application based on transmission rules applicable at the server.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said module at the server determines whether to transmit the message to a second mobile device based, at least in part, upon information uploaded from the second mobile device to the server during a synchronization session between the second mobile device and the server.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a tracking module at the mobile device for tracking changes in network connectivity at the mobile device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said tracking module notifies the server of changes in network address of the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a notification module at the server for notifying a mobile device that a message is available for the mobile device at the server.

20. A method for messaging between applications where at least some of the applications are running on mobile devices, the method comprising:

receiving a message from an application at a mobile device for transmission to a particular application at another device;

storing the message in a database at the mobile device;

synchronizing the database at the mobile device with a consolidated database at a server when the mobile device establishes connectivity with the server, so as to transmit the message from the mobile device to the server; and

providing the message in the consolidated database at the server to the particular application.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein said synchronizing step includes synchronizing the database at the mobile device with the consolidated database using a data synchronization protocol.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein said particular application is running at the server.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein said particular application is running at a second mobile device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said providing step includes providing the message to the second mobile device by synchronizing the consolidated database with a database at the second mobile device.

25. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining whether to send the message when the mobile device synchronizes with the server based on transmission rules specifying when particular messages are to be transmitted.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein said transmission rules comprise user specified rules for message transmission.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein said transmission rules include a rule based on type of connection available between the mobile device and the server.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein said transmission rules include a rule based on properties of the message.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein said properties of the message include one or more of size of the message and priority level of the message.

30. The method of claim 22, wherein said providing step includes determining whether to transmit the message to a second mobile device based on transmission rules applicable to the server.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein said determining step includes determining whether to transmit the message based, at least in part, upon information uploaded from the second mobile device to the server.

32. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

tracking changes in network connectivity at the mobile device and notifying the server of changes in network address of the mobile device.

33. A computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 22.

34. A downloadable set of processor-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 22.

35. In a messaging system comprising a plurality of devices exchanging messages, a method for regulating message transmission based on specified rules, the method comprising:

receiving rules specifying when messages are to be transmitted by at least some of said plurality of devices;

determining whether transmission of a message received at a particular device for transmission to another device is permitted under the rules;

transmitting the message if transmission is permitted under the rules; and

otherwise, delaying transmission of the message until transmission of the message is permitted under the rules.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein said rules comprise user specified rules for message transmission.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein said rules include a rule based, at least in part, on type of network connection in use at the particular device.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein said type of network connection includes a selected one of a wireless connection and a wireline connection.

39. The method of claim 35, wherein said rules include a rule based, at least in part, on one or more of day, time of day, and time elapsed since previous message transmission at the particular device.

40. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

detecting changes in connectivity between the particular device and another device; and

determining whether transmission of the message is permitted under the rules if a change in connectivity is detected.

41. The method of claim 35, wherein said rules include a rule specifying whether to send the message based on properties of the message.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein said properties of the message include one or more of size of the message, address of the message, and priority level assigned to the message.

43. The method of claim 35, said determining step includes determining whether to send a message received at a mobile device to a server during synchronization of the mobile device with the server.

44. The method of claim 35, wherein said determining step includes determining whether to send a message stored at a server to a mobile device during synchronization of the mobile device with the server.

45. The method of claim 35, wherein said receiving step includes receiving user input specifying rules applicable to one or more devices.

46. The method of claim 35, wherein said determining step includes determining whether to transmit the message when the particular device establishes connectivity with another device for transmission of messages.