Method for a mobile email client to access to a server, and mobile terminal thereof

• US 20130013722A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Ju
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,605 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for a mobile email client to access to a server, and a mobile terminal, which include: determining a type of an access point that connects the mobile email client and the server according to information of the access point; establishing a data link between the mobile email client and the server according to the determined type of the access point; performing data exchange between the mobile email client and the server. The solution of the present disclosure enables a mobile terminal to send and receive mobile emails as long as the access point is an access point that the mobile emails can use, no matter what kind of access point that the user selects, and no matter what kind of access point that the client account configuration information, which is transmitted by a mobile operator, adopts, thereby ensuring the normal use of the mobile email in a mobile terminal better.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile email client to access to a server, comprising:

determining a type of an access point that connects the mobile email client and the server according to information of the access point;

establishing a data link between the mobile email client and the server according to the determined type of the access point;

performing data exchange between the mobile email client and the server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining the type of the access point that connects the mobile email client and the server comprises:

reading the information of the access point that establishes the data link between the mobile email client and the server according to account information configured in the mobile email client; and

determining whether the type of the access point is a network net/web access, or a wireless application protocol (WAP) access.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the type of the access point is determined to be the network net/web access, the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server comprises:

establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server directly.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the type of the access point is determined to be the WAP access, the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server comprises:

connecting the mobile email client to the server directly, and establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server directly when the server returns a correct response; and

establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server through a gateway when the server returns an incorrect response.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server through the gateway comprises:

transmitting, by the mobile email client, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) CONNECT instruction carrying information of the mobile email server to the gateway; and

establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server through the gateway when the gateway returns the correct response.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein information of the gateway is included in the information of the access point.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server, the method further comprises:

determining whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol;

if yes, then performing a handshake negotiation between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then performing the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server directly.

13. The method according to claim 5, wherein information of the gateway is included in the information of the access point.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server, the method further comprises:

determining whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol;

if yes, then performing a handshake negotiation between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then performing the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server directly.

15. The method according to claim 3, wherein after the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server, the method further comprises:

determining whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol;

if yes, then performing a handshake negotiation between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then performing the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server directly.

16. The method according to claim 4, wherein after the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server, the method further comprises:

determining whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol;

if yes, then performing a handshake negotiation between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then performing the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server directly.

17. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the step of establishing the data link between the mobile email client and the server, the method further comprises:

determining whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol;

if yes, then performing a handshake negotiation between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then performing the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server directly.

8. A mobile terminal supporting a mobile email function, at least comprising a module for determining a type of an access point, a module for establishing a data link and a module for performing data exchange, wherein

the module for determining a type of an access point is configured to determine a type of an access point that connects a mobile email client and a server;

the module for establishing a data link is configured to establish a data link between the mobile email client and the server according to the type of the access point determined by the module for determining a type of an access point; and

the module for performing data exchange is configured to perform data exchange between the mobile email client and the server via the established data link.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the module for determining a type of an access point is configured to read account information configured in the mobile email client and thereby determining the type of the access point.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the type of the access point comprises a net/web access and a WAP access;

the module for establishing a data link is further configured to establish the data link between the mobile email client and the server directly when the type of the access point is the net/web access; and

determine whether or not the mobile email client and the server require a gateway for establishing the data link when the type of the access point is the WAP access.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a module for gateway connection, configured to establish the data link between the mobile email client and the server when the mobile email client and the server require a gateway for establishing the data link.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the module for performing data exchange is further configured to determine whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of the SSL protocol;

if yes, then a handshake negotiation is performed between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then the data exchange is performed between the mobile email client and the server directly.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a module for gateway connection, configured to establish the data link between the mobile email client and the server when the mobile email client and the server require a gateway for establishing the data link.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a module for gateway connection, configured to establish the data link between the mobile email client and the server when the mobile email client and the server require a gateway for establishing the data link.

20. The mobile terminal according to claim 18, wherein the module for performing data exchange is further configured to determine whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of the SSL protocol;

if yes, then a handshake negotiation is performed between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then the data exchange is performed between the mobile email client and the server directly.

21. The mobile terminal according to claim 19, wherein the module for performing data exchange is further configured to determine whether or not the data exchange between the mobile email client and the server requires use of the SSL protocol;

if yes, then a handshake negotiation is performed between the mobile email client and the server before the data exchange; and

if not, then the data exchange is performed between the mobile email client and the server directly.