Method and system for pushing electronic mail

• US 20070214226A1
• Filed: 03/01/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Messer, Alan, Cheng, Doreen, Song, Yu
• Application Number:
  US11/713,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail

Abstract

A method and system for delivering emails is provided, wherein emails are pushed from an email server to an email client without polling. Emails are delivered to the email client directly by pushing, without requiring the email client to poll an email server periodically.

Claims

1. A method of delivering electronic mail (email), comprising the steps of:

registering an email client with an email server for receiving emails;

receiving an email for the email client at the email server as the final destination of that email; and

relaying the received email from the email server to the email client by pushing the email to the email client.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of registering with the email server further includes the step of registering the email client with an email registration module of the email server.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of relaying the received email further includes the step of relaying the received email from a relay module of the email server to the email client.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the email client is in a private network and the email server is on an external network.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the private network includes a gateway and the method further comprising the steps of:

receiving an email from the email server at the gateway; and

relaying the received email to the email client from the gateway.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of relaying the received email from the gateway further includes the step of relaying the received email to the email client from a relay module of the gateway.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of:

registering the email client with a registration module of the gateway; and

relaying the received email to the email client from the relay module of the gateway.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein the private network further includes a client device and the email client resides in the client device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the private network comprises a LAN.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the external network comprises the Internet and the email server resides on the Internet.

11. The method of claim 7 further comprising the steps:

the email client obtaining an address in the private network before registering with the registration modules;

the email client registering with the registration module of the gateway by sending the user name and email client address to that registration module;

the email client registering with the registration module of the email server by sending information about the relay module of the gateway and the email client to that registration module;

upon receiving an email, the email server utilizing its registration module to determine the relay destination for the email, and communicating with the email relay module of the gateway using the SMTP protocol;

upon receiving an initial email command from the email relay of the email server, the email relay module of the gateway utilizing its registration module to determine the email client as the final destination of the email, thereby communicating with the email client using a standard email transport protocol; and

upon the email client accepting an initial email command from the email relay module of the gateway, in turn the email relay module of the gateway accepting the initial email command from the email relay module of the email server, whereby the email is transmitted from the email relay module of the server to the email client via the email relay module of the gateway.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of:

detecting if the email client rejects the initial email command, and if so, then in turn the email relay module of the gateway rejecting the initial email command from the email relay module of the email server, whereby the email server saves the email for alternative delivery.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of the email client de-registering with the registration modules.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of the email client de-registering with the registration modules upon the email client shutting down and/or the client device turning off.

15. A system for delivering electronic mail (email), comprising:

an email server including a registration module configured to register the final destination of an email, and an email relay module configured to relay each email received by the email server to the final destination for the email; and

an email client configured to register itself with the email registration module of the email server;

wherein the email server is further configured to receive an email intended for the registered email client as the final destination of that email, and the email relay module is configured to relay the email to the email client by pushing the email directly to the email client.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising a gateway including an email relay module and an email registration module, wherein the email registration module of the gateway is configured to register the final destination of an email, and the email relay module of the gateway is configured to relay an email to its final destination;

wherein the email client is further configured to register itself with the email registration module of the gateway; and

wherein when the email server is further configured to receive an email that is intended for the registered email client as the final destination of that email, the email relay module of the email server is further configured to relay the email to the email relay module of the gateway, and the email relay module of the gateway is further configured to relay the email to the email client, whereby the email is delivered to the email client by pushing the email directly to the email client.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the email client is a component of a client device.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the email client is a component of a private network, and the email server is a component of an external network.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the external network comprises the Internet.

20. A system for electronic mail delivery, comprising:

an email server including an email relay module and an email registration module, wherein the email registration module is configured to register the forwarding destination of an email, and the email relay module is configured to relay each email received by the email server to the forwarding destination for that email;

an email client;

a first gateway, wherein the first gateway is the default gateway for the email client, the first gateway including an email relay module and an email registration module;

the email relay module of the first gateway is configured such that;

upon detecting that the email client is connected to the first gateway, the email relay module of the first gateway relays an email between the email server and the email client, and upon detecting that the email client is connected to a foreign network, then the email relay module of the first gateway relays an email between the email server and the foreign gateway.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein:

the email client is configured to register its location with the email registration module of the first gateway;

the email registration module of the first gateway is configured to inform the registration module of the email server for forward emails intended for the email client to the first gateway;

the email server is further configured such that upon receiving an email, the email server utilizes its registration module to determine a relay destination for the email, and communicates with the email relay module of the first gateway using standard email transport protocol;

the email relay module of the first gateway is configured such that upon receiving an initial email command from the email relay of the email server, the email relay module of the first gateway utilizing its registration module to determine the email client as the final destination of the email, thereby communicating with the email client using standard email transport protocol; and

the email client is further configured to accept an initial email command from the email relay module of the first gateway, wherein the email relay module of the first gateway is further configured to accept the initial email command from the email relay module of the email server, whereby the email is transmitted from the email relay module of the server to the email client via the email relay module of the first gateway.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein:

the foreign gateway includes an email relay module and an email registration module, the email registration module of the foreign gateway is configured to allow the email device to register therewith, and the email relay module of the foreign gateway is configured to relay an email between the email client and the first gateway, such that the email client receives an email intended for the email client.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein:

the email client is further configured to register with the registration module of the foreign gateway;

the email client is further configured to inform the registration module of the first gateway of its location in a foreign network.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein:

upon receiving an email, the email server utilizes its registration module to determine the relay destination for the email, and communicates with the email relay module of the first gateway using a standard email transport protocol;

upon receiving an initial email command from the email relay of the email server, the email relay module of the first gateway utilizes its registration module to determine the email client as the final destination of the email, and communicates with the email relay module of the foreign gateway using a standard email transport protocol;

upon receiving an initial email command from the email relay of the first gateway, the email relay module of the foreign gateway utilizes its registration module to determine the email client as the final destination of the email, and thereby communicates with the email client using a standard email transport protocol; and

if the email client accepts an initial email command from the email relay module of the first gateway, in turn the email relay module of the foreign gateway accepts the initial email command from the email relay module of the first gateway, in turn the email relay module of the first gateway accepts the initial email command from the email relay module of the email server;

whereby the email is transmitted from the email relay module of the server to the email client via the email relay module of the first gateway and the email relay module of the foreign gateway.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein if the email client rejects the initial email command, then in turn the email relay modules of the foreign and first gateways reject the respective initial email commands, whereby the email server saves the email for alternative delivery.

26. The system of claim 24 wherein the email client de-registers with all of the registration modules.

27. The system of claim 24 wherein the email client de-registers with all of the registration modules, when the email client shuts down.