System and method of retrieving electronic mail
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1. A mobile communications system comprising:
- a mobile device; and
a mobile office platform operating with the mobile device for accessing a plurality of electronic mailboxes,when an electronic mail protocol used for accessing the plurality of electronic mailboxes specifies a default message list order, the mobile office platform is configured for downloading and providing n-most recent mail headers of electronic messages to the mobile device; and
when the electronic mail protocol does not specify the default message list order, the mobile office platform is configured for using stored associative information about an electronic mail provider or the plurality of electronic mailboxes to download and provide the n-most recent mail headers; and
when the associative information cannot be used, the mobile office platform is configured for downloading all mail headers for the plurality of electronic mailboxes and providing the n-most recent mail messages to the mobile device.
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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:
- a mobile device; and
a mobile office platform operating with the mobile device for accessing a plurality of electronic mailboxes, when an electronic mail protocol used for accessing the plurality of electronic mailboxes specifies a default message list order, the mobile office platform is configured for downloading and providing n-most recent mail headers of electronic messages to the mobile device; and when the electronic mail protocol does not specify the default message list order, the mobile office platform is configured for using stored associative information about an electronic mail provider or the plurality of electronic mailboxes to download and provide the n-most recent mail headers; and when the associative information cannot be used, the mobile office platform is configured for downloading all mail headers for the plurality of electronic mailboxes and providing the n-most recent mail messages to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile communications system comprising:
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a server operating with a mobile device configured to access a plurality of electronic mailboxes; a database associated with the server and containing associative information about an electronic mail provider and the plurality of electronic mailboxes; when an electronic mail protocol used for accessing the plurality of electronic mailbox specifies a default message list order, the server is configured for downloading and providing n-most recent mail headers of electronic messages to the mobile device and when the electronic mail protocol does not specify the default message list order, the server is configured for using the stored associative information about the electronic mail provider or the plurality of electronic mailboxes to download and provide the n-most recent mail headers, and when the associative information cannot be used, the server is configured for downloading all mail headers for the plurality of electronic mailboxes and providing the n-most recent mail messages to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of retrieving electronic mail in a mobile communications system, the method comprising the steps of:
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operating a mobile office platform with a mobile device for accessing a plurality of electronic mailboxes; and accessing the plurality of electronic mailboxes using an electronic mail protocol specifying a default message list order, downloading and providing to the mobile device by the mobile office platform n-most recent mail headers of electronic mail messages in a default order of mail headers provided by the electronic mail protocol used for accessing the plurality of electronic mailboxes, and when not specifying the default message list order by the electronic mail protocol, using stored associative information about an electronic mail provider or the plurality of electronic mailboxes by the mobile office platform to download and provide the n-most recent mail headers, and downloading all mail headers for the plurality of electronic mailboxes and providing the n-most recent mail messages to the mail user agent by the mobile office platform when the associative information cannot be used. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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