Notification system and method for a mobile data communication device

• US 7,779,151 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2007
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Major, Harry, Mousseau, Gary P., Pathiyal, Krishna K., Lazaridis, Mihal
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Application Number:
  US11/925,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20080288605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,025 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/224, 709/236, 709/237, 709/246
• US Class Current: 709/236
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A scheme for replicating data items from a computer system to a mobile data communication device. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting arrival of the data items at the computer system; characterizing the data items based on a characterization scheme; and redirecting the characterized data items from the computer system to the mobile data communication device, wherein the characterization scheme is adapted to correspond with a user-selectable notification scheme operable at the mobile data communication device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of replicating data items from a computer system to a mobile data communication device, comprising:

automatically detecting arrival of the data items at the computer system;

characterizing the data items based on a characterization scheme, the characterization scheme adapted to correspond to a user-selectable notification scheme operable at the mobile data communication device; and

redirecting the characterized data items from the computer system to the mobile data communication device for display thereon according to the user-selectable notification scheme.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data items are selected from at least one of e-mail messages, calendar events, meeting notifications, address entries, journal entries, personal reminders, stock quotes, news bulletins, website updates, bulletin board updates, and instant messaging notifications.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the characterizing further comprises categorizing a data item based on the type of the data item.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the characterizing further comprises categorizing a data item based on a priority associated with the data item.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the priority of the data item is selected from one of the categories:

regular, very high and emergency.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding at least one of a unique data item identifier and a unique priority ranking identifier in a header field of a particular data item prior to redirecting the characterized data item.

7. A system for replicating data items from a computer system to a mobile data communication device, comprising:

means for automatically detecting arrival of the data items at the computer system;

means for characterizing the data items based on a characterization scheme, the characterization scheme adapted to correspond to a user-selectable notification scheme operable at the mobile data communication device; and

means for redirecting the characterized data items from the computer system to the mobile data communication device for display thereon according to the user-selectable notification scheme.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the data items are selected from at least one of e-mail messages, calendar events, meeting notifications, address entries, journal entries, personal reminders, stock quotes, news bulletins, website updates, bulletin board updates, and instant messaging notifications.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for characterizing comprises means for categorizing a data item based on the type of the data item.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for characterizing comprises means for categorizing a data item based on a priority associated with the data item.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the priority of the data item is selected from one of the categories:

regular, very high and emergency.

12. The system of claim 7, further comprising means for adding at least one of a unique data item identifier and a unique priority ranking identifier in a header field of a particular data item prior to redirecting the characterized data item.