COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING REDUCED ACCESS LATENCY AND RELATED METHODS
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Abstract
A communications system may include data storage devices for storing data files, and mobile wireless communications devices (MWCDs) generating access requests for the data files. The data storage devices and MWCDs may each use one or more different operating protocols. Each data file may be associated with a respective MWCD and have a unique identification (UID) associated therewith. The system may also include a protocol interface device including a protocol converter module for communicating with the MWCDs using respective operating protocols thereof, and a protocol engine module for communicating with the data storage devices using respective operating protocols thereof. The protocol engine module may also poll the data storage devices for UIDs of data files stored thereon, and cooperate with the protocol converter module to provide UIDs for respective data files to the MWCDs upon receiving access requests therefrom.
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55 Claims
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34. A communications system comprising:
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a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each configured to use at least one of a plurality of different operating protocols for accessing electronic mail (email); a plurality of email data storage devices configured to store email data files associated with respective mobile wireless communications devices, each email data file having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith, and use at least one of the plurality of different operating protocols; a protocol converter configured to communicate with each of said plurality of mobile wireless communications devices using respective operating protocols thereof; and a protocol engine configured to communicate with said plurality of email data storage devices using respective operating protocols thereof, initiate polling, at a first time and irrespective of communications with a given mobile wireless communication device, of said email data storage devices for UIDs of email data files stored thereon to maintain a UID list, and cooperate with said protocol converter to provide the UID list to the respective mobile wireless communications devices upon receiving access requests therefrom so that respective ones of the email data files are to be retrieved at a second time different from the first time. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A protocol interface device for a communications system comprising a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each configured to use at least one of a plurality of different operating protocols for accessing electronic mail (email);
- and a plurality of email data storage devices configured to store email data files associated with respective mobile wireless communications devices, each email data file having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith, and use at least one of the plurality of different operating protocols;
the protocol interface device comprising;a protocol converter configured to communicate with each of the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices using respective operating protocols thereof; and a protocol engine configured to communicate with the plurality of email data storage devices using respective operating protocols thereof, initiate polling, at a first time and irrespective of communications with a given mobile wireless communication device, of the email data storage devices for UIDs of email data files stored thereon to maintain a UID list, and cooperate with said protocol converter to provide the UID list to the respective mobile wireless communications devices upon receiving access requests therefrom so that respective ones of the email data files are to be retrieved at a second time different from the first time. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
- and a plurality of email data storage devices configured to store email data files associated with respective mobile wireless communications devices, each email data file having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith, and use at least one of the plurality of different operating protocols;
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50. A method for operating a communications system comprising a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each configured to use at least one of a plurality of different operating protocols for accessing electronic mail (email);
- and a plurality of email data storage devices configured to store email data files associated with respective mobile wireless communications devices, each email data file having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith, and use at least one of the plurality of different operating protocols;
the method comprising;using a protocol converter to communicate with each of the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices using respective operating protocols thereof; and using a protocol engine to communicate with the plurality of email data storage devices using respective operating protocols thereof, initiate polling, at a first time and irrespective of communications with a given mobile wireless communication device, of the email data storage devices for UIDs of email data files stored thereon to maintain a UID list, and cooperate with said protocol converter to provide the UID list to the respective mobile wireless communications devices upon receiving access requests therefrom so that respective ones of the email data files are to be retrieved at a second time different from the first time. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
- and a plurality of email data storage devices configured to store email data files associated with respective mobile wireless communications devices, each email data file having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith, and use at least one of the plurality of different operating protocols;
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