System and method of retrieving electronic mail
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1. A mobile communications system comprising:
- a mobile device having a mail user agent; and
a mobile office platform operative with the mail user agent for accessing a plurality of electronic mailboxes of the mail user agent using a plurality of protocol specific connectors,said mobile office platform is operative for downloading and providing only the n-most recent mail headers of electronic messages to the mail user agent in a default order of mail headers provided by an electronic mail protocol used for accessing an electronic mailbox when said electronic mail protocol used for accessing the electronic mailbox specifies a default message list order and when said electronic mail protocol does not specify the default message list order,then using stored associative information of an electronic mail provider or said electronic mailboxes and downloading and providing n-most recent mail headers in an order based on the stored associative information about an electronic mail provider and said electronic mailboxes to be accessed, andwhen said associative information cannot be used, then downloading all mail headers for the electronic mailboxes and sorting the mail headers and extracting only the n-most recent mail messages and delivering the n-most recent mail messages to the mail user agent.
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Abstract
A communications system and method includes a mobile device having a mail user agent. A mobile office platform as a server includes a mail agent that is operative with the mail user agent for accessing one or more electronic mailboxes of the mail user agent using at least one protocol specific connector. The mobile office platform is operative for providing only the n-most recent mail headers of electronic messages to the mail user agent.
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1. A mobile communications system comprising:
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a mobile device having a mail user agent; and
a mobile office platform operative with the mail user agent for accessing a plurality of electronic mailboxes of the mail user agent using a plurality of protocol specific connectors,said mobile office platform is operative for downloading and providing only the n-most recent mail headers of electronic messages to the mail user agent in a default order of mail headers provided by an electronic mail protocol used for accessing an electronic mailbox when said electronic mail protocol used for accessing the electronic mailbox specifies a default message list order and when said electronic mail protocol does not specify the default message list order, then using stored associative information of an electronic mail provider or said electronic mailboxes and downloading and providing n-most recent mail headers in an order based on the stored associative information about an electronic mail provider and said electronic mailboxes to be accessed, and when said associative information cannot be used, then downloading all mail headers for the electronic mailboxes and sorting the mail headers and extracting only the n-most recent mail messages and delivering the n-most recent mail messages to the mail user agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of retrieving electronic mail in a mobile communications system, the method comprising the steps of:
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a mobile office platform operative with a mail user agent of a mobile device for accessing a plurality of electronic mailboxes using a plurality of protocol specific connectors; and said mobile office platform is operative for downloading and providing to the mail user agent only the n-most recent mail headers of electronic mail messages in a default order of mail headers provided by an electronic mail protocol used for accessing an electronic mailbox when said electronic mail protocol used for accessing the electronic mailbox specifies a default message list order and when said electronic mail protocol does not specify the default message list order, then using stored associative information of an electronic mail provider or said electronic mailboxes and downloading and providing n-most recent mail headers in an order based on the stored associative information about an electronic mail provider and said electronic mailboxes to be accessed, and when said associative information cannot be used, then downloading all mail headers for the electronic mailboxes and sorting the mail headers and extracting only the n-most recent mail messages and delivering the n-most recent mail messages to the mail user agent. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Current AssigneeMalikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
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Original AssigneeTeamOn Systems Incorporated (Blackberry Limited)
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InventorsRoy, Shaibal
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Primary Examiner(s)Kincaid; Lester
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Assistant Examiner(s)Khan; Mehmood B
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Application NumberUS10/780,258Publication NumberTime in Patent Office2,744 DaysField of Search4554121-4144, 455/466, 455/566.58, 455/550.1, 709204-207, 709/209, 709/210, 709/211, 709/219, 370/349, 370/395.72, 370/363, 370/428, 370/429, 370/471US Class Current455/412.2CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management o...H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. for...H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wire...H04M 11/10 with dictation recording an...
