MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING E-MAIL ACCOUNTS ON MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20120311057A1
• Filed: 04/21/2010
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Xiaowei
• Application Number:
  US13/577,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20120311057A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method for switching e-mail accounts on a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The following steps are involved in a solution of the disclosure: setting the information of multiple mail accounts on the mobile terminal; editing an e-mail under a first mail account which is currently activated and selecting a mail account for sending; when determining that the selected mail account for sending is the first mail account, performing the sending process directly; when determining that the selected mail account for sending is not the first mail account, switching the mail account for sending to a second mail account, saving the currently edited e-mail to the second mail account, and performing the sending process. The disclosure implements the function that the mail is edited under one of the mail accounts and sent under another already-configured mail account when there are multiple mail accounts. Furthermore, the mail account which is currently activated is switched only at the sending stage, and it is re-switched back to the previous mail account after the completion of the sending. Then system resources are saved.

Claims

1. A method for switching e-mail accounts on a mobile terminal, wherein the method comprises:

setting information of multiple mail accounts on a mobile terminal;

editing an e-mail under a first mail account which is currently activated and selecting a mail account for sending ; and

performing a sending process directly when determining that the selected mail account for sending is the first mail account; and

switching the mail account for sending to a second mail account, saving the currently edited e-mail to the second mail account, and performing the sending process when determining that the selected mail account for sending is not the first mail account.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

switching the mail account for sending to the second mail account further comprises:

recording information of the first mail account; and

the method further comprises;

after sending the e-mail successfully, reading the saved information of the first mail account and re-activating the first mail account.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the information of the multiple mail accounts comprises:

setting one or more of a username, a password, a sending server address, a receiving server address and an e-mail protocol type of each mail account, and storing the setting in the form of a configuration file in a file system of the mobile terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

setting a parameter for indicating an activation state of a mail account.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein selecting a mail account for sending comprises:

recording the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein selecting a mail account for sending comprises:

recording the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

12. The method according to claim 3, wherein selecting a mail account for sending comprises:

recording the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

13. The method according to claim 4, wherein selecting a mail account for sending comprises:

recording the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a setting module, configured to set information of multiple mail accounts on the mobile terminal;

a selecting module, configured to edit an e-mail under a first mail account which is currently activated and select a mail account for sending; and

a processing module configured to perform, when determining that the selected mail account for sending is the first mail account, the sending process directly; and

switch, when determining that the selected mail account for sending is not the first mail account, the mail account for sending to a second mail account, save the currently edited e-mail to the second mail account, and perform the sending process.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the processing module is further configured to:

record the information of the first mail account; and

read the saved information of the activated first mail account and re-activate the first mail account after sending the e-mail successfully.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the setting module is further configured to set one or more of a username, a password, a sending server address, a receiving server address and an e-mail protocol type of each mail account, and store the setting in the form of a configuration file in a file system of the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the setting module is further configured to:

set a parameter for indicating an activation state of a mail account.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises:

a recording module, configured to record the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises:

a recording module, configured to record the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises:

a recording module, configured to record the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises:

a recording module, configured to record the selected second mail account after selecting the second mail account.