EMAIL AGGREGATION SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESSING INFORMATION ADDITION/REMOVAL AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20080208980A1
• Filed: 02/26/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Inventors: Champan, Michael Ruarri, Waniss, Amgad
• Application Number:
  US11/678,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208980A1
• 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

An electronic mail (email) system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, a plurality of email storage servers, and an email aggregation system operatively connected between the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices and the plurality of email storage servers for directing emails therebetween. The email aggregation system may include an inbound gateway server for receiving inbound emails and selectively adding supplemental processing data thereto, as well as at least one mail user agent (MUA) server downstream from the input gateway server for processing received emails based upon the selectively added supplemental processing data. The email aggregation system may further include an outbound gateway server downstream from the at least one MUA server for sending outbound emails after removing the supplemental processing data therefrom.

Claims

1. An electronic mail (email) system comprising:

a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices;

a plurality of email storage servers; and

an email aggregation system operatively connected between said plurality of mobile wireless communications devices and said plurality of email storage servers for directing emails therebetween, said email aggregation system comprising

an inbound gateway server for receiving inbound emails and selectively adding supplemental processing data thereto,

at least one mail user agent (MUA) server downstream from said input gateway server for processing received emails based upon the selectively added supplemental processing data, and

an outbound gateway server downstream from said at least one MUA server for sending outbound emails after removing the supplemental processing data therefrom.

2. The email system of claim 1 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises spam sensitivity data.

3. The email system of claim 1 wherein said at least one MUA server comprises a plurality thereof;

and wherein the supplemental processing data comprises supplemental routing data for routing emails to different MUA servers.

4. The email system of claim 3 wherein each MUA server has a respective IP address associated therewith;

and wherein the supplemental routing data comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a desired MUA server.

5. The email system of claim 1 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises mail exchange (MX) record data.

6. The email system of claim 1 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises email storage server identification data.

7. The email system of claim 1 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises test indicator data for causing the at least one MUA server to perform at least one test operation.

8. The email system of claim 1 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises viral vector data.

9. The email system of claim 1 wherein said wireless communications devices comprise cellular communications devices;

and wherein said outbound gateway server sends email to said wireless communications devices via a cellular communications network.

10. An email aggregation system for directing emails between a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices and a plurality of email storage servers, the email aggregation system comprising:

an inbound gateway server for receiving inbound emails and selectively adding supplemental processing data thereto;

at least one mail user agent (MUA) server downstream from said inbound gateway server for processing received emails based upon the selectively added supplemental processing data; and

an outbound gateway server downstream from said at least one MUA server for sending outbound emails after removing the supplemental processing data therefrom.

11. The email aggregation system of claim 10 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises spam sensitivity data.

12. The email aggregation system of claim 10 wherein said at least one MUA server comprises a plurality thereof;

and wherein the supplemental processing data comprises supplemental routing data for routing emails to different MUA servers.

13. The email aggregation system of claim 10 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises viral vector data.

14. An email aggregation system for directing emails between a plurality of mobile cellular communications devices and a plurality of email storage servers, the email aggregation system comprising:

an inbound gateway server for receiving inbound emails and selectively adding supplemental processing data thereto, the supplemental processing data comprising spam sensitivity data;

at least one mail user agent (MUA) server downstream from said inbound gateway server for processing received emails based upon the selectively added supplemental processing data; and

an outbound gateway server downstream from said at least one MUA server for sending outbound emails after removing the supplemental processing data therefrom.

15. The email aggregation system of claim 14 wherein said at least one MUA server comprises a plurality thereof;

and wherein the supplemental processing data further comprises supplemental routing data for routing emails to different MUA servers.

16. The email aggregation system of claim 14 wherein the supplemental processing data further comprises viral vector data.

17. An email aggregation method for directing emails between a plurality of mobile cellular communications devices and a plurality of email storage servers and comprising:

receiving and selectively adding supplemental processing data to inbound emails at an inbound gateway server;

processing received emails at least one mail user agent (MUA) server downstream from the input gateway server based upon the selectively added supplemental processing data; and

removing the supplemental processing data from the processed received emails at an outbound gateway server downstream from the at least one MUA server prior to sending.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises spam sensitivity data.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the at least one MUA server comprises a plurality thereof;

and wherein the supplemental processing data comprises supplemental routing data for routing emails to different MUA servers.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein each MUA server has a respective IP address associated therewith;

and wherein the supplemental routing data comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a desired MUA server.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises mail exchange (MX) record data.

22. The method of claim 17 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises email storage server identification data.

23. The method of claim 17 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises test indicator data for causing the at least one MUA server to perform at least one test operation.

24. The method of claim 17 wherein the supplemental processing data comprises viral vector data.