System for and method of providing remote access to an email platform

• US 8,788,598 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Sriraghavan, Priyanka G., Nrusimhan N., Lakshmi V
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwari, Maceeh
• Application Number:
  US12/638,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,680 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

A system for and method of providing remote access to an email platform. The system and method may include receiving, from a user system, authentication data that comprises an authentication code that is associated with a user of the user system via a network, receiving, from the user system, mail mimic message data that indicates at least one mail service operation to be performed by an email system, and outputting, to the email system, one or more command signals that initiate the performance of the mail service operation.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an authentication computing apparatus configured to receive, from a user system, authentication data that comprises an authentication code that is associated with a user of the user system via a network;

a controller computing apparatus configured to receive, from the user system, mail mimic message data that indicates at least one mail service operation to be performed by an email system, wherein a format of the mail mimic message data indicates the at least one mail service operation to be performed by the email system;

a message format computing apparatus configured to determine whether the format of the mail mimic message data is in a proper format by comparing the format of the received mail mimic message data to one or more pre-defined formats associated with the at least one mail service operation; and

an email system computing apparatus configured to output, to the email system, one or more command signals that initiate the performance of the at least one mail service operation.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a registration computing apparatus configured to receive registration data, from the user system, during a registration stage.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the registration computing apparatus is further configured to output, to the user system, the authentication code during the registration stage.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the authentication data comprises identification data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the authentication computing apparatus is further configured to authenticate the user using the authentication code and the identification data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the message format computing apparatus is configured to reformat the received mail mimic message data into the one or more command signals output to the email system by the email system computing apparatus, and is further configured to store the one or more pre-defined formats associated with the at least one mail service operation.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the mail service operation is associated with at least one of a sending new mail operation, a checking for new mail operation, a setting calendar reminder operation, a setting an out of office reply operation, and a disabling an out of office reply operation.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the message format computing apparatus is configured to reformat the mail mimic message data into an email system format that is associated with the email system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the email system computing apparatus is further configured to establish a connection with the email system.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the email system computing apparatus is further configured to output by transmitting the identification data to the email system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the message format computing apparatus is configured to transmit an improper format notification message to the user via the user system if the received mail mimic message data is not in the proper format.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a user system, authentication data that comprises an authentication code that is associated with a user of the user system via a network;

receiving, from the user system, mail mimic message data that indicates at least one mail service operation to be performed by an email system, wherein a format of the mail mimic message data indicates the at least one mail service operation to be performed by the email system;

determining whether the format of the mail mimic message data is in a proper format by comparing the format of the received mail mimic message data to one or more pre-defined formats associated with the at least one mail service operation; and

outputting, to the email system, one or more command signals that initiate the performance of the at least one mail service operation.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving registration data, from the user system, during a registration stage.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising outputting, to the user system, the authentication code during the registration stage.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the authentication data comprises identification data.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising authenticating the user using the authentication code and the identification data.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein outputting further comprises transmitting the identification data to the email system.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising reformatting the mail mimic message data is into the one or more command signals, and storing the one or more pre-defined formats associated with the at least one mail service operation.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the mail service operation is associated with at least one of a sending new mail operation, a checking for new mail operation, a setting calendar reminder operation, a setting an out of office reply operation, and a disabling an out of office reply operation.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising reformatting the mail mimic message data into an email system format that is associated with the email system.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising establishing a connection with the email system.

22. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 12.