Method and system for email and PIM synchronization and updating

• US 8,719,397 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2007
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: emoze Ltd. (B.S.D Crown Ltd (f/k/a Emblaze Ltd.))
• Original Assignee: emoze Ltd. (B.S.D Crown Ltd (f/k/a Emblaze Ltd.))
• Inventors: Levi, Moshe, Dgani, Moshe
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shepperd, Eric W
• Application Number:
  US11/687,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,605 Days
• Field of Search: 709223-227, 709/238, 709/206, 709/217, 709/230, 709/237, 340/2.8, 370/219, 379/93.01
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A system for sending data from at least one computing device, which may be an email server, located at a user location, to a plurality of handsets. The system includes an internal system monitor associated with the at least one computing device, and the monitor provides application connectors deployed at the user location. The system also includes at least one wireless gateway router and a mobile client, which provides a client infrastructure installed on the plurality of handsets, such that the at least one computing device acts uni-directionally and thereby provides secure delivery of the data.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data between mobile devices and a client computer or client network of computers, comprising:

installing an internal monitor to serve as a representative application or device to communicate with the client computer or client network of computers to determine if data is available for transmission to mobile devices, and installing an internal monitor on each of the mobile devices to serve as a representative application to determine if data is available for transmission from the mobile devices;

determining, by an internal monitor, that a client computer is interested in transmitting data to a mobile device or a mobile device is interested in transmitting data to a client computer, the client computer paired to the mobile device;

responsive to said determining, checking with a wireless gateway, provided to communicate with the mobile devices and with the internal monitors, to determine whether the mobile device or client computer is available to conduct a live communication session via the wireless gateway, said checking including the wireless gateway querying the mobile device or internal monitor;

responsive to said checking, if the mobile device and the client computer are available to conduct a live communication session at that moment, then the wireless gateway enables either transmitting data from the client computer to the mobile device or from the mobile device to the client computer without storing the data on the wireless gateway;

otherwise, if either the mobile device or the client computer is not available the client computer or mobile device keeps the data on hold.

2. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein the data being transmitted is email that is addressed to the paired device.

3. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device or client computer retries periodically until succeeding to transmit the data.

4. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein the wireless gateway notifies the mobile device or client computer that is keeping the data on hold when the mobile device or client computer becomes available to establish direct communications.

5. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein the internal monitor to communicate with the client computer or client network is represented by a data center server that accesses a web email server.

6. A method of transmitting data according to claim 5, wherein the data center server queries the web email server periodically and attempts to initiate a communication session with the mobile devices if email is available for the mobile devices.

7. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein the wireless gateway only serves registered users.

8. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein email attachments are removed from emails and not transmitted responsive to a request of one of the mobile device and diem computer.

9. A method of transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein emails larger than a pre-selected size are truncated responsive to a request of one of the mobile device and client computer.

10. A system for transmitting data between mobile devices and a client computer or client network of computers, comprising:

an internal monitor serving as a representative application or device to communicate with the client computer or client network of computers to determine if data is available for transmission, and an internal monitor on each of the mobile devices to serve as a representative application to determine if data is available for transmission from the mobile devices;

a wireless gateway that communicates with the mobile devices and with the internal monitors;

wherein when determined, by an internal monitor, that a mobile device is interested in transmitting data to a client computer or a client computer is interested in transmitting data to a mobile device, the client computer paired to the mobile device, the mobile device or client computer are adapted to check with the wireless gateway to determine whether the mobile device or client computer is available to conduct a live communication session via the wireless gateway the checking including the wireless gateway querying the mobile device or internal monitors;

responsive to the checking, if the mobile device and the client computer are available to conduct a live communication session at that moment, then the wireless gateway enables either transmitting data from the client computer to the mobile device or from the mobile device to the client computer, without storing the data on the wireless gateway;

otherwise, if the mobile device or client computer is not available the mobile device or client computer keeps the data on hold.