Apparatus and method for distributing electronic messages to a wireless data processing device using a multi-tiered queuing architecture
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1. A method comprising:
- retrieving one or more e-mail messages from an e-mail server on behalf of a user and temporarily storing said one or more e-mail messages in a short term message queue;
identifying a wireless data processing device associated with said user;
attempting to transmit said one or more e-mail messages to said wireless data processing device from said short term message queue; and
copying said one or more e-mail messages from said short term message queue to a long term message queue if said attempt to transmit said one or more e-mail messages is unsuccessful after a predetermined period of time or number of attempts.
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Abstract
A system for distributing electronic messages to a wireless data processing device is described comprising: a dispatcher to maintain a communication channel with the wireless data processing device, the dispatcher comprising a short term message queue for temporarily storing e-mail messages addressed to the wireless data processing device while the dispatcher attempts to transmit the e-mail messages to the wireless data processing device; and a long term message queue for receiving the e-mail messages from the dispatcher if the dispatcher is unable to deliver the e-mail messages to the wireless data processing device after a specified period of time or a specified number of attempts.
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1. A method comprising:
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retrieving one or more e-mail messages from an e-mail server on behalf of a user and temporarily storing said one or more e-mail messages in a short term message queue; identifying a wireless data processing device associated with said user; attempting to transmit said one or more e-mail messages to said wireless data processing device from said short term message queue; and copying said one or more e-mail messages from said short term message queue to a long term message queue if said attempt to transmit said one or more e-mail messages is unsuccessful after a predetermined period of time or number of attempts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for distributing electronic messages to a wireless data processing device comprising:
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a dispatcher to maintain a communication channel with said wireless data processing device, said dispatcher comprising a short term message queue for temporarily storing e-mail messages addressed to said wireless data processing device while said dispatcher attempts to transmit said e-mail messages to said wireless data processing device; and a long term message queue for receiving said e-mail messages from said dispatcher if said dispatcher is unable to deliver said e-mail messages to said wireless data processing device after a specified period of time or a specified number of attempts, said long term storage queue to store said e-mail messages until a dispatcher establishes another communication channel with said wireless data processing device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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e-mail message retrieval means for retrieving one or more e-mail messages from an e-mail server on behalf of a user and temporarily storing said one or more e-mail messages in a short term message queue; device identification means for identifying a wireless data processing device associated with said user; first queuing means for initially queuing said e-mail messages while attempting to transmit said e-mail messages to said wireless data processing device from said short term message queue; and second queuing means to store said e-mail messages said attempt to transmit said one or more e-mail messages by said first queuing means is unsuccessful after a predetermined period of time or number of attempts. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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