SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONFIGURATIONS USED FOR ACCESSING ELECTRONIC MAILBOXES

• US 20090083387A1
• Filed: 12/01/2008
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Team On Systems Incorporated A Corporation Organized Under The LAWS of Delaware
• Inventors: Roy, Shaibal, Gardner, Darren L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,838,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method generates configurations used for accessing electronic mailboxes. A database stores the configuration conventions that are sets of e-mail expressions formed by symbols. A transformer module expands configuration conventions stored in the database to generate configurations based on user supplied context data.

Claims

1-46. -46. (canceled)

47. A system for generating configurations used for a user accessing electronic mailboxes comprising:

a storage medium including a database that stores configuration conventions as sets of configuration parameters used by email providers for accessing electronic mailboxes; and

a transformer that infers an email domain from user supplied context data comprising a user email address and a user password, retrieves relevant configuration conventions from the database and expands the configuration conventions retrieved from the database to generate sets of possible configuration parameters to be tried for accessing an electronic mailbox of the user.

48. A system according to claim 47, wherein said database stores configuration conventions which are sets of email expressions formed by symbols.

49. A system according to claim 48, wherein said transformer is operative for expanding a symbol into corresponding value using the user supplied context data.

50. A system according to claim 48, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a server parameter.

51. A system according to claim 48, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a login parameter.

52. A system according to claim 48, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a server port.

53. A system according to claim 48, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for an email protocol.

54. A system according to claim 48, wherein said transformer is operative for expanding a symbol into corresponding value using context data.

55. A system according to claim 47, wherein said transformer is operative for discovering new configuration conventions as context data is received and storing the new configuration conventions within the database.

56. A system for generating configurations used for a user accessing electronic mailboxes comprising:

a storage medium including a database that stores configuration conventions as sets of configuration parameters used by email providers for accessing electronic mailboxes; and

a transformer that infers an email domain from user supplied context data comprising at least one of a user email address and a user password, retrieves relevant configuration conventions from the database and expands the configuration conventions retrieved from the database to generate sets of possible configuration parameters to be tried for accessing an electronic mailbox of the user;

said transformer also being operative for discovering new configuration conventions as context data is received and storing the new configuration conventions within the database

57. A system according to claim 56, wherein said database stores configuration conventions which are sets of email expressions formed by symbols.

58. A system according to claim 57, wherein said transformer is operative for expanding a symbol into corresponding value using the user supplied context data.

59. A system according to claim 57, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a server parameter.

60. A system according to claim 57, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a login parameter.

61. A system according to claim 57, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a server port.

62. A system according to claim 57, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for an email protocol.

63. A system according to claim 57, wherein said transformer is operative for expanding a symbol into corresponding value using context data.

64. A method for generating configurations used for a user accessing electronic mailboxes comprising:

storing, in a storage medium including a database, configuration conventions as sets of configuration parameters used by email providers for accessing electronic mailboxes;

inferring, using a transformer, an email domain from user supplied context data comprising a user email address and a user password; and

retrieving, using the transformer, relevant configuration conventions from the database and expanding the configuration conventions retrieved from the database to generate sets of possible configuration parameters to be tried for accessing an electronic mailbox of the user.

65. A method according to claim 64, wherein storing comprises storing configuration conventions that are sets of email expressions formed by symbols.

66. A method according to claim 65, further comprising expanding, using the transformer, a symbol into corresponding value using the user supplied context data.

67. A method according to claim 65, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a server parameter.

68. A method according to claim 65, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a login parameter.

69. A method according to claim 65, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for a server port.

70. A method according to claim 65, wherein a configuration convention comprises an expression for an email protocol.

71. A method according to claim 65, further comprising expanding, using the transformer module, a symbol into corresponding value using context data.

72. A method according to claim 64, further comprising discovering, using the transformer, new configuration conventions as context data is received and storing the new configuration conventions within the database.