System and Method for Pushing Information Between a Host System and a Mobile Data Communication Device

• US 20080045194A1
• Filed: 10/27/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Van, Ngoc, Gilhuly, Barry, Lazaridis, Mihal, Mousseau, Gary, Rahn, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 8,230,026 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A scheme for redirecting messages with an appropriate tag line. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user'"'"'s mobile data communication device; obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID; obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and retrieving a site information record based on the site ID; if a user tag line information in the user record is blank, examining a site tag line in the site information record for the user; and appending the site tag line found in the site information record to the message before transmission to a recipient.

Claims

1. A message redirection method, comprising:

receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user'"'"'s mobile data communication device;

obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID;

obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and retrieving a site information record based on the site ID;

if a user tag line information in the user record is blank, examining a site tag line in the site information record for the user; and

appending the site tag line found in the site information record to the message before transmission to a recipient.

2. A message redirection system, comprising:

means for receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user'"'"'s mobile data communication device;

means for obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID;

means for obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and retrieving a site information record based on the site ID;

means, responsive to determining that a user tag line information in the user record is blank, for examining a site tag line in the site information record for the user; and

means for appending the site tag line found in the site information record to the message before transmission to a recipient.