METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A MESSAGE IN A MOBILE COMPUTER DEVICE

• US 20110022948A1
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Brown, Michael K., Little, Herbert A.
• Application Number:
  US12/899,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022948A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/236
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A system and method for converting an initial message residing in a mobile computer device, which is capable of wireless access to a computer network, into a processed message. The system includes a menu option module that prompts a user of the mobile computer device to select a processing option for the initial message. When the user selects an encryption option, text is wirelessly sent to at least one server on the computer network for encryption.

Claims

1. A method of encrypting text being viewed on a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing an encryption option to encrypt the text;

if the encryption option is selected, sending the text to a processing server via a proxy server; and

receiving the text in encrypted form from the proxy server;

wherein the proxy server is configured to format the text into a hypertext markup language, send the formatted text to the processing server, receive the text in encrypted form from the processing server, and send the text in encrypted form to the mobile device; and

wherein the processing server is configured to receive text in the hypertext markup language as input, and output the text in encrypted form.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the text is in an email message being viewed on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the text is in a Web page being viewed on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the encryption option is provided in a user interface of the mobile device.

5. A mobile device, the mobile device comprising a processor, and further comprising:

a display for providing a user interface;

a menu option module for providing an encryption option to encrypt text being viewed on the mobile device;

a transmitter for, if the encryption option is selected, sending the text to a processing server via a proxy server; and

a receiver for receiving the text in encrypted form from the proxy server;

wherein the proxy server is configured to format the text into a hypertext markup language, send the formatted text to the processing server, receive the text in encrypted form from the processing server, and send the text in encrypted form to the mobile device; and

wherein the processing server is configured to receive text in the hypertext markup language as input, and output the text in encrypted form.

6. The mobile device of claim 5, wherein the text is in an email message being viewed on the mobile device.

7. The mobile device of claim 5, wherein the text is in a Web page being viewed on the mobile device.

8. The mobile device of claim 5, wherein the encryption option is provided in the user interface of the mobile device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for execution by a processor of a mobile device, wherein the processor is configured to:

provide an encryption option to encrypt text being viewed on the mobile device;

if the encryption option is selected, send the text to a processing server via a proxy server; and

receive the text in encrypted form from the proxy server;

wherein the proxy server is configured to format the text into a hypertext markup language, send the formatted text to the processing server, receive the text in encrypted form from the processing server, and send the text in encrypted form to the mobile device; and

wherein the processing server is configured to receive text in the hypertext markup language as input, and output the text in encrypted form.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the text is in an email being viewed on the mobile device.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the text is in a Web page being viewed on the mobile device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the encryption option is provided in a user interface of the mobile device.

13. A proxy server comprising a processor, wherein:

the proxy server is coupled to a mobile device;

the mobile device comprises a display for providing a user interface, a menu option module for providing an encryption option to encrypt text being viewed on the mobile device, a transmitter for, if the encryption option is selected, sending the text to the processing server via a proxy server, and a receiver for receiving the text in encrypted form from the proxy server;

the proxy server is configured to format the text into a hypertext markup language, send the formatted text to the processing server, receive the text in encrypted form from the processing server, and send the text in encrypted form to the mobile device; and

the processing server is configured to receive text in the hypertext markup language as input, and output the text in encrypted form.

14. The proxy server of claim 13, wherein the text is in an email message being viewed on the mobile device.

15. The proxy server of claim 13, wherein the text is in a Web page being viewed on the mobile device.

16. The proxy server of claim 13, wherein the encryption option is provided in the user interface of the mobile device.

17. A processing server comprising a processor, wherein:

the processing server is coupled to a mobile device;

the mobile device comprises a display for providing a user interface, a menu option module for providing an encryption option to encrypt text being viewed on the mobile device, a transmitter for, if the encryption option is selected, sending the text to the processing server via a proxy server, and a receiver for receiving the text in encrypted form from the proxy server;

the proxy server is configured to format the text into a hypertext markup language, send the formatted text to the processing server, receive the text in encrypted form from the processing server, and send the text in encrypted form to the mobile device; and

the processing server is configured to receive text in the hypertext markup language as input, and output the text in encrypted form.

18. The processing server of claim 17, wherein the text is in an email message being viewed on the mobile device.

19. The processing server of claim 17, wherein the text is in a Web page being viewed on the mobile device.

20. The processing server of claim 17, wherein the encryption option is provided in the user interface of the mobile device.