Caching email unique identifiers
First Claim
1. An electronic mail processing system comprising:
- at least one processor;
at least one computer-readable medium in communication with the at least one processor; and
at least one electronic mail processing module;
residing on the medium, andcomprising instructions, that upon execution by the at least one processor to are operative to;
store, in a database assigned to a first direct access proxy, a list of electronic mail message unique identifiers (UIDs) identifying a plurality of messages,the messages associated with a device, the device assigned to the first direct access proxy;
store the list in a cache,receive, in the direct access proxy, a query directed to UIDs of the device;
determine that the database is unavailable due to database downtime;
determine that the device has not been assigned to a subsequent direct access proxy; and
respond to the query using the cache.
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Abstract
Accessing, via an end user device, email messages of an external mail source. A direct access proxy is operative to reconcile the email contents of external email sources with the email contents of user devices through the use of lists of unique email identifiers (UIDs). A Partition Database returns UID lists reflective of the UIDs of email messages previously received from the external email source and forwarded to a network server of the system (forwarded UID lists). A memory cache external to the direct access proxy and its corresponding Partition Database returns forwarded UID lists. The direct access proxy determines the data reliability of the Partition Database and memory cache, and obtains forwarded UID lists from the memory cache when it determines that the memory cache is at least as reliable as the Partition Database.
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14 Claims
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1. An electronic mail processing system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one computer-readable medium in communication with the at least one processor; and at least one electronic mail processing module; residing on the medium, and comprising instructions, that upon execution by the at least one processor to are operative to; store, in a database assigned to a first direct access proxy, a list of electronic mail message unique identifiers (UIDs) identifying a plurality of messages, the messages associated with a device, the device assigned to the first direct access proxy; store the list in a cache, receive, in the direct access proxy, a query directed to UIDs of the device; determine that the database is unavailable due to database downtime; determine that the device has not been assigned to a subsequent direct access proxy; and respond to the query using the cache. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions are executable by at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
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storing, in a database assigned to a first direct access proxy, a list of electronic mail message unique identifiers (UIDs) identifying a plurality of messages, the messages associated with a device, the device assigned to the first direct access proxy; storing the list in a cache, receiving, in the direct access proxy, a query directed to UIDs of the device; determining that the database is unavailable due to database downtime; determining that the device has not been assigned to a subsequent direct access proxy; and responding to the query using the cache. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A electronic mail processing system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one computer-readable medium in communication with the at least one processor; and at least one electronic mail processing module; residing on the medium, and comprising instructions, that upon execution by the at least one processor to are operative to; store, in a database assigned to a first direct access proxy, a list of electronic mail message unique identifiers (UIDs) identifying a plurality of messages, the messages associated with a device, the device assigned to the first direct access proxy; store the list in a cache, receive, in the direct access proxy, an update of the list; determine that the database is unavailable due to database downtime; determine that the device has not been assigned to a subsequent direct access proxy; and update the list in the cache. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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