COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING VALIDATION BASED UPON A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION CHANGE AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20130014242A1
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Lira, Chris, Cooper, Blair, Diaz, Roberto, Lo, Yvonne, Pranowo, Devy
• Application Number:
  US13/634,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20130014242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234

Abstract

A communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith and configured to send and receive emails. The communications system may also include an email server configured to withhold sending queued email to the mobile wireless communications device based upon a change in the UID associated with the mobile wireless communications device. The email server may also cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to prompt for entry of at least one user email access credential, and responsive to validation of the at least one user email access credential, send the queued email to the mobile wireless communications device.

Claims

1. A communications system comprising:

a mobile wireless communications device having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith and configured to send and receive emails; and

an email server configured to

withhold sending queued email to the mobile wireless communications device based upon a change in the UID associated with the mobile wireless communications device, and

cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to prompt for entry of at least one user email access credential, and responsive to validation of the at least one user email access credential, sending the queued email to the mobile wireless communications device.

2. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless communications device comprises a housing and a removable memory device carried thereby and configured to store the UID.

3. The communications system according to claim 2, wherein the removable memory comprises a subscriber identity module (SIM) memory card.

4. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the UID comprises at least one of a subscriber identity module (SIM) ID, a billing ID, and a carrier ID.

5. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless communications device further comprises:

a display;

an input device;

a wireless transceiver; and

a controller configured to

display on the display the prompt for entry of the at least one user email access credential,

receive the at least one user email access credential via the input device, and

send the at least one user email access credential via the wireless transceiver.

6. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one user email access credential comprises at least one password.

7. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the queued email corresponds to a plurality of email accounts.

8. The communications system according to claim 7, wherein the email server is configured to cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to prompt for deletion of at least one email account.

9. The communications system according to claim 8, wherein the deletion of the at least one email account comprises deletion of the queued email.

10. The communications system according to claim 1, further comprising a remote credentials database accessible by the email server to validate the at least one user email access credential.

11. The communications system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one further communications device configured to cooperate with the email server to prompt for entry of at least one user email access credential.

12. An email server for cooperating with a mobile wireless communications device having a unique identification (UID) associated therewith and configured to send and receive emails, the email server comprising:

a controller and a memory coupled thereto and configured to

withhold sending queued email to the mobile wireless communications device based upon a change in the UID associated with the mobile wireless communications device, and

cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to prompt for entry of at least one user email access credential, and responsive to validation of the at least one user email access credential, sending the queued email to the mobile wireless communications device.

13. The email server according to claim 12, wherein the at least one user email access credential comprises at least one password.

14. The email server according to claim 12, wherein the queued email corresponds to a plurality of email accounts.

15. The email server according to claim 14, wherein the email server is configured to cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to prompt for deletion of at least one email account.

16. The email server according to claim 15, wherein the deletion of the at least one email account comprises deletion of the queued email.

17. A communications method comprising:

withholding sending queued email stored at an email server to a mobile wireless communications device based upon a change in a unique identification (UID) associated with the mobile wireless communications device; and

cooperating with the mobile wireless communications device to prompt for entry of at least one user email access credential, and responsive to validation of the at least one user email access credential, sending the queued email from the email server to the mobile wireless communications device.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the UID comprises at least one of a subscriber identity module (SIM) ID, a billing ID, and a carrier ID.

19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising, at the mobile wireless communications device, displaying on a display the prompt for entry of the at least one user email access credential, receiving the at least one user email access credential via an input device, and sending the at least one user email access credential via a wireless transceiver.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the at least one user email access credential comprises at least one password.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein the queued email corresponds to a plurality of email accounts.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the email server prompts for deletion of at least one email account.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the deletion of the at least one email account comprises deletion of the queued email.