COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, MAIL PUSH SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090089388A1
• Filed: 09/26/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tian, Rihui
• Granted Patent: US 8,447,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

A communication system, mail push system and method of pushing mail are disclosed. The communication terminal may comprise a parameter acquisition unit for acquiring at least one parameter related to a user usage state; an information transmission unit for transmitting, to a data processing device at a network side, first information including the at least one parameter related to the user usage state, a mail reception unit for receiving a mail from a mail push device at the network side, wherein the mail is pushed by the mail push device according to a mail push indication message which is related to the first information and second information from a second communication terminal, and the second communication terminal is separated from the communication terminal. The communication terminal, the mail push system and the method thereof may automatically select the communication terminal to which the mail is pushed, according to a parameter related to the current user usage state.

Claims

1. A communication terminal, comprising:

a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one parameter related to a user usage state;

an information transmission unit configured to transmit, to a data processing device at a network side, first information including the at least one parameter related to the user usage state; and

a mail reception unit configured to receive a mail from a mail push device at the network side, wherein the mail is pushed by the mail push device according to a mail push indication message which is related to at least the first information and second information from a second communication terminal, wherein the second communication terminal is separated from the communication terminal.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises the user usage state, and/or user position information, and/or device attribute information.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the user position information is acquired by a radio/infrared sensor, according to input processing, or by a temperature sensor.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the mail push device comprises a mail push server and a mail server or

the mail push device is a server for carrying out a mail push service and a mail service.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 1

wherein the parameter acquisition unit is a user state sensing unit;

and

wherein the user state sensing unit detects based on radio/infrared sensing or sensing which is determined based on the input/temperature, and acquires the current user usage state, which is transmitted to the parameter processing unit at the network side via the information transmission unit and the parameter acquisition unit at the network side.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mail reception unit comprises a mail reception unit capable of supporting mail push client software.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the user state sensing unit is further configured to detect timing and transmit the current user usage state to the push device detection module.

8. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the user state sensing unit is further configured to detect and transmit the current user usage state to the push device detection module according to a request for detecting the current user usage state from the push device detection module.

9. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the communication terminal further comprises a push policy setting unit for setting a push policy on the communication terminal and transmitting the push policy to a push policy management module for storing therein.

10. A mail push system, comprising:

a parameter acquisition unit for acquiring first information including at least second information and third information, the second information and the third information come from two separated communication terminals which belong to one user;

a parameter processing unit for processing the first information including the second information and the third information, generating a mail push indication message including terminal information, the terminal information indicating a position attribute of at least one communication terminal;

a mail push unit for acquiring a mail based on the indication of the mail push indication message, and pushing the mail to at least one communication terminal.

11. The mail push system according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the second information and third information comprises:

a user usage state, and/or user position information, and/or device attribute information; and

further comprises only device attribute information.

12. The mail push system according to claim 10, further comprising a mail server, and further comprising a mail push server, wherein the parameter processing unit comprises a user state detection unit in the mail push server, and the mail push server further comprises the parameter acquisition unit and the mail push unit.

13. The mail push system according to claim 12, wherein the user state detection unit is configured to transmit a request for detecting a current user usage state to a user state sensing unit after information indicating that the mail is received is acquired from the mail server, configured to select a communication terminal to which the mail is pushed, according to the current user usage state returned via the parameter acquisition unit by the user state sensing unit, and configured to transmit information indicating that the communication terminal is selected to the mail push unit.

14. The mail push system according to claim 13, characterized in that the user state detection unit comprises a push device detection module, a push policy management module;

wherein,

the push device detection module is configured to acquire the current user usage state from the user state sensing unit after information indicating that the mail is received is acquired from the mail server, and configured to transmit the current user usage state to the push policy management module; and

wherein the push policy management module is configured to manage and store a predetermined push policy, configured to select the communication terminal to which the mail is pushed, according to the current user usage state and the push policy; and

configured to transmit the information indicating that the communication terminal is selected to the mail push unit.

15. A mail push method, comprising:

acquiring first information including at least second information and third information, wherein the second information and third information come from two separate communication terminals which belong to one user;

processing the first information including the second information and the third information and generating a mail push indication message including terminal information, the terminal information indicating a position attribute of at least one communication terminal;

acquiring a mail based on the indication of the mail push indication message, and pushing the mail to at least one of the at least one communication terminal.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the acquired information comprises user usage state information or position information, the method further comprising:

setting a push policy according to current user usage state or position information, and

pushing the detected mail directly to one determined communication terminal which belongs to the user.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the acquired information comprises user usage state/position information and device attribute information, the method further comprising:

setting a push policy according to current user usage state/position information and device attribute information,

pushing the detected mail to a communication terminal which belongs to the user and supports the device attribute, and

pushing a prompt message to at least one communication terminal which belongs to the user and does not support the device attribute.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the acquired first information comprises the user usage state, the method further comprising:

predetermining the push policy,

detecting that the mail arrives at the mail push server; and

selecting, by the mail push server, the communication terminal to which the mail is pushed, according to the current user usage policy and the push policy reported by the communication terminal; and

pushing the mail to the selected communication terminal.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

detecting, by the communication terminal, the current user usage state on the communication terminal based on a policy, and

reporting the current user usage state to the mail push server.

20. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

initiating, by the mail push server, a request for detecting the current user usage state on the communication terminal,

wherein all of the communication terminals detect their current user usage states on the communication terminals, and

reporting the current user usage states to the mail push server.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the push policy comprises:

pushing the mail to the communication terminal which is currently used by the user;

or,

pushing the mail preferably to a notebook, if it is detected in the communication terminal that the notebook to which the mail is pushed is powered on;

or,

pushing the mail preferably to a desktop, if it is detected in the communication terminal that the desktop to which the mail is pushed is powered on;

or,

pushing the mail simultaneously to at least a mobile terminal supporting the mail push function and a notebook or desktop supporting the mail push function, among the communication terminals.

22. The method according to claim 19, wherein the mail push server pushes the mail to the selected communication terminal based on any of the following:

a mail push technique WAP Push for notifying arrival of the mail based on WAP protocol,

a mail push technique Phone Push for simulating the push of the mail to the mobile device by a telephone call, or

a mail push technique IP Push for notifying arrival of the mail based on TCP/IP protocol.