System and method for migrating user account data

• US 20070226304A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: TeamOn Systems Incorporated (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Virk, Sarinder, Pedersen, Ian
• Application Number:
  US11/389,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20070226304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A system migrates user account data from an integrated electronic mailbox to a new electronic mail service. An electronic mail (email) server is operative as a web client and has an integrated electronic mailbox of a user and user account data. A mobile office platform is operative with the email server and has at least one stored procedure for pulling user account data from the email server into a new electronic mail service at the mobile office platform.

Claims

1. A system for migrating user account data from an integrated electronic mailbox to a new electronic mail service, comprising:

an electronic mail (email) server operative as a web client and having an integrated electronic mailbox of a user and user account data; and

a mobile office platform operative with the email server and having at least one stored procedure call for pulling user account data from the email server into a new electronic mail service at the mobile office platform.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile office platform is operative for querying a user of the integrated electronic mailbox whether the user desires to migrate the user account data into the new electronic mail service.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile office platform is operative for querying a user to accept new terms and conditions of the new electronic mail service in order to login to a user interface using HTTP or WAP.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said email server includes a simple object access protocol (SOAP) interface to pull the user account data of the integrated electronic mailbox.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile office platform includes a SOAP interface operative for creating a new, integrated electronic mailbox account for the new electronic mail service.

6. A system for migrating user account data from an integrated electronic mailbox to a new electronic mail service, comprising:

a mobile wireless communications device having a subscriber account associated therewith;

an electronic mail (email) server operative as a web client and having an integrated electronic mailbox for the subscriber account of the user and containing user account data; and

a mobile office platform operative with the email server and having at least one stored procedure call for pulling user account data from the email server into a new electronic mail service at the mobile office platform to be operative with the mobile wireless communications device as a new subscriber account.

7. A system according to claim 6, wherein said mobile office platform is operative for querying a user of the integrated electronic mailbox whether the user desires to migrate the user account data into the new electronic mail service.

8. A system according to claim 6, wherein said mobile office platform is operative for querying a user to accept new terms and conditions of the new electronic mail service in order to login to a user interface using HTTP or WAP at the mobile wireless communications device.

9. A system according to claim 6, wherein said email server includes a simple object access protocol (SOAP) interface to pull the user account data of the integrated electronic mailbox.

10. A system according to claim 6, wherein said mobile office platform includes a SOAP interface operative for creating a new integrated electronic mailbox account.

11. A method of migrating user account data from an integrated electronic mailbox to a new electronic mail service, which comprises:

creating a new integrated electronic mailbox account through the new electronic mail service; and

pulling user account data from the integrated electronic mailbox using at least one procedure call stored within a mobile office platform of the new electronic mail service.

12. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises querying a user of the integrated electronic mailbox whether the user desires to migrate the user account data into the new electronic mail service.

13. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises querying the user to accept new terms and conditions of the new electronic mail service in order to login to a user interface using HTTP or WAP.

14. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises using a simple object access protocol (SOAP) interface to pull the user account data from the integrated electronic mailbox.

15. A method according to claim 14, which further comprises locating the SOAP interface at an email server operative as a web client.

16. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises using a SOAP interface at the mobile office platform to create a new integrated electronic mailbox account.

17. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises creating a hosted mailbox and populating the mailbox with the account data from the integrated electronic mailbox.

18. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises deleting the integrated electronic mailbox after migration.

19. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises delivering service books used at the integrated electronic mailbox before delivering electronic mail to the user using the new electronic mail service.

20. A method according to claim 11, which further comprises communicating from the new electronic mail service with a portable wireless communications device.