METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SENDING MESSAGES FROM A MOBILE DEVICE VIA A HOST SYSTEM TRANSPARENTLY
First Claim
1. A method of forwarding messages between a host system and a mobile client, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a session based on loaded parameters at the host system;
maintaining the session at the host system and querying the host system;
receiving messages directed to a first address at the host system from a plurality of message senders;
in response to a query, continuously forwarding the messages from the host system to the mobile client;
receiving the messages at the mobile client;
generating reply messages at the mobile client to be sent to the plurality of message senders and transmitting the reply messages to the host system;
receiving the reply messages at the host system and configuring the reply messages such that it will appear to the plurality of message senders that the reply messages originated at the first address associated with the host system; and
transmitting the reply messages from the host system to the plurality of message senders.
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Abstract
A system including a rate governor is provided for monitoring and controlling the amount of communications between a remote communication unit (201) and communication server (220). Preferably, as threshold are passed a user is alerted to amounts (time and/or charges) spent or remaining, and once a use limit is reached further communication is restricted. A main rate governor (234) is maintained at the communication server (220), allowing access, control and the like by administrators (260) and the like. A further rate governor (209), responsive to the main rate governor, may also be used at the remote unit (201). By means of the rate governors a method is provided for both limiting user or group data transfer beyond a set amount, as well as providing alerts to users as a limit is approached.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of forwarding messages between a host system and a mobile client, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a session based on loaded parameters at the host system; maintaining the session at the host system and querying the host system; receiving messages directed to a first address at the host system from a plurality of message senders; in response to a query, continuously forwarding the messages from the host system to the mobile client; receiving the messages at the mobile client; generating reply messages at the mobile client to be sent to the plurality of message senders and transmitting the reply messages to the host system; receiving the reply messages at the host system and configuring the reply messages such that it will appear to the plurality of message senders that the reply messages originated at the first address associated with the host system; and transmitting the reply messages from the host system to the plurality of message senders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A message forwarding method operating at a host system, comprising the steps of:
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associating a first address with the host system; establishing a session with the host system based on loaded parameters; maintaining the session at the host system and querying the host system; receiving messages at the host system from a plurality of message senders; in response to a query, continuously forwarding the received messages from the host system to a mobile client associated with the host system; receiving reply messages from the mobile client at the host system and configuring the reply messages such that it will appear to the plurality of message senders that the reply messages originated at the first address associated with the host system; and transmitting the configured reply messages from the host system to the plurality of message senders.
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23. A message forwarding method, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a session with the host system based on loaded parameters; maintaining the session with the host system and querying the host system; receiving messages at the host system from a plurality of message senders; in response to a query, continuously forwarding the received messages from the host system to a mobile client associated with the host system, wherein a first email address for the user of the mobile client is associated with the host system; receiving the forwarded messages at the mobile client; generating reply messages at the mobile client; transmitting the reply messages from the mobile client to the host system; receiving the reply messages at the host system and configuring the reply messages such that it will appear to the plurality of message senders that the reply messages originated at the first address associated with the host system; and transmitting the configured reply messages from the host system to the plurality of message senders.
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24. A method for forwarding messages between a host system and a mobile client, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a session with the host system based on loaded parameters; maintaining the session with the host system and querying the host system; receiving incoming messages directed to a first address at the host system from a plurality of message senders, wherein the first address is associated with messages generated at the host system by a user of the mobile client; in response to a query, continuously forwarding the incoming messages from the host system to the mobile client; receiving outgoing messages generated at the mobile client at the host system; configuring the outgoing messages so that the outgoing messages appear as if they were generated at either the mobile client or the host system; and transmitting the outgoing messages from the host system to message recipients.
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25. A method for forwarding messages generated at a mobile client by a message sender destined for a message recipient, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message, generated at the mobile client by the message sender destined for the message recipient, at a forwarding component associated with a host system, wherein messages generated at the host system by the message sender use a first address; configuring the received message such that the received message appears to the message recipient as if the received message originated at the sender'"'"'s first address, wherein messages generated at either the mobile client or host system appear to originate at the message sender'"'"'s first address; establishing a session with the host system based on loaded parameters; maintaining the session with the host system and querying the host system; and continuously forwarding messages received at the host system to the mobile client. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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