Integrated mobile messaging system and method

• US 8,117,266 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2004
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MCCI Corporation
• Original Assignee: Moore Computer Consultants, Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, Terrill M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCADAMS, BRAD
• Application Number:
  US10/891,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20050037801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,771 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 455/550.1, 455/412.1, 379/93.01
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A hand held device, much like a cell phone or PDA, contains both a data server and a data client along with the voice messaging of a cell phone. The data server communicates through a TCP/IP stack with a local computing system via IR, short distance wireless, a serial bus or Ethernet. The data client communicates with a remote server via a voice network or wireless to the Internet also via a TCP/IP stack and a wide are network. Spare network bandwidth may be used for transferring information. The information may include emails that are received and stored for later review for ultimately transferring to a local computer. Status may include knowing available memory and message sizes. Message that are too large may be noted for later retrieval. On-board memory includes RAM. ROM, and removable modules that may be physically removed and run at a local computing system.

Claims

1. A hand held device, comprising:

means for communicating information comprising one or more of emails, voice, databases, and data over a wireless network to a remote server, wherein the information is communicated using one of several standard protocols associated with the type of information being communicated;

means for transferring information with a local computing system client,

an information client arranged for interrogating and receiving information from the remote server;

an email server arranged for

listening to and sending information to the local computing system client using one of several standard email protocols associated with the information being communicated,

receiving information to be provided to the remote server from the local computing system client and the information client, and

managing the information received from the local computing system, the information client and the remote server to control the transferring of the information to the information client, the local computing system client and the remote server, and the storing and deleting of the information at the hand held device; and

means for storing the information being managed in the hand held device.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

means for displaying the status of information at the remote server meant for sending to the hand held device;

means for displaying the status of information stored in the hand held device; and

means for composing responses and activating commands via both the means for communicating and the means for transferring, wherein information is at least one of sent, received, acknowledged, and stored.

3. The device of claim 1 further comprising means for determining available storage space and the size of messages to be stored in the device, wherein the presence of a too large message is saved.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the means for transferring comprises a removable memory configured to store the information, wherein the memory is further configured for removal from the hand held device and for insertion at the computing system to access the information.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the means for transferring comprises at least one of a USB, Ethernet, short distance wireless, infra red, and UART.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the information communicated uses at least one of spare network bandwidth and capacity to transfer the information on an as available basis.

7. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a TCP/IP stack layer configured to communicate with the information client;

a wide area network module configured to communicate with the TCP/IP stack layer; and

a radio frequency communications device and aerial for wireless communication, the radio frequency communications device configured to communicate with the wide area network module, wherein information is received by and sent from the information client via the radio frequency communication device, the wide area network module, and the TCP/IP stack layer.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a TCP/IP stack layer configured to communicate with the information email server;

a local computer system module configured to communicate with the TCP/IP stack layer; and

a local hardware system configured to communicate with the local computer system module, wherein voice and data information is received by and sent from the email server via the local hardware system, the local computer system module, and the TCP/IP stack layer.

17. The hand held device of claim 1 wherein the hand held device acts as an email client to the remote server.

9. A method for communicating from an internet to a computing system via a hand held device, comprising:

two way communicating information, the information comprising email, voice, databases and data over a wireless network between a remote server and the hand held device, wherein each type of information is communicated using one of several standard protocols associated with the type of information being communicated;

transferring the information with the computing system, wherein at least one of the emails, voice, databases and data is communicated using one of several standard email protocols associated with the type of information being communicated;

interrogating and receiving the information from the remote server, the interrogation and receiving performed by an information client;

listening and sending the information to and from the computing system, the listening and sending performed by an email server of the hand held device;

managing, by the email server, the information to control the transferring, storing and deleting of the information received from and sent to the computing system, the information client and the remote server; and

storing the information being managed in the hand held device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

displaying status of the information at the remote server meant for sending to the hand held device;

displaying the status of the information stored in the hand held device; and

composing responses and activating commands, wherein information is at least one of sent, received, acknowledged, and stored.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising determining available storage space and a size of a message to be stored in the hand held device, wherein presence of a too large message is saved.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the transferring comprises removing, from the hand held device, memory upon which the information is stored, and inserting the memory at the computing system for accessing the information.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing, by the hand held device, functions of the email server to the computing system.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

communicating with the information client via a TCP/IP stack layer of the hand held device;

communicating with the TCP/IP stack layer via a wide area network module of the hand held device; and

communicating with the wide area network module via a radio frequency communications device and aerial, wherein the information is received by and sent from the information client via the radio frequency communication device, the wide area network module, and the TCP/IP stack layer.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

communicating with the email server via a TCP/IP stack layer of the hand held device;

communicating with the TCP/IP stack layer via a local computer system module; and

communicating with the local computer system module via a local hardware system, wherein the information is received by and sent from the email server via the local hardware system, the local computer system module, and the TCP/IP stack layer.

16. The method of claim 9 wherein communicating the information comprises using at least one of spare network bandwidth and capacity to transfer the information on an as available basis.

18. The method of claim 9 further comprising the hand held device acting as an email client to the remote server.

19. A hand held device, comprising:

wireless communications means for receiving and transferring information with a remote server;

an information client for communicating with the remote server over the wireless communications means;

means for receiving and transferring the information with a local computer system client;

an email server for managing the information received from and transferred to the local computer system and the remote server using one of several standard email protocols, the email server configured to,

fetch, respond to, retain, and delete information transferred from the remote server, and further configured to transfer, retain, and delete information received from the local computer system client, and further configured to transfer the information received from the information client.

20. The device of claim 19 wherein the email server is further configured to manage a status of the information fetched and to be transferred.

21. The device of claim 19 wherein the information comprises at least one of email, voice, databases, and data.