Email communications system with wireless device move reconciliation features and related methods
First Claim
1. An electronic mail (email) communications system for operating over a communications network, the email communications system comprising:
- an email server having a server inbox for receiving and storing email via the communications network and having a server email storage folder;
at least one wireless email communications device having a device inbox; and
an email proxy server for communicating with said email server and said at least one wireless email communications device via the communications network forforwarding email from the server inbox to the device inbox,detecting a deletion of a given email from the server inbox,determining if the detected deletion of the given email from the server inbox was accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, andif the deletion of the given email from the server inbox is not accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, then causing said wireless email communications device to also delete the given email from the device inbox based thereon.
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Abstract
An email communications system for operating over a communications network may include an email server having a server inbox for receiving and storing email via the communications network and having a server email storage folder. The system may further include at least one wireless email communications device having a device inbox, and an email proxy server for communicating with the email server and the at least one wireless email communications device via the communications network. The email proxy server may be for forwarding email from the server inbox to the device inbox, detecting a deletion of a given email from the server inbox, and if the deletion of the given email from the server inbox is not preceded by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, then causing the wireless email communications device to also delete the given email from the device inbox based thereon.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic mail (email) communications system for operating over a communications network, the email communications system comprising:
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an email server having a server inbox for receiving and storing email via the communications network and having a server email storage folder; at least one wireless email communications device having a device inbox; and an email proxy server for communicating with said email server and said at least one wireless email communications device via the communications network for forwarding email from the server inbox to the device inbox, detecting a deletion of a given email from the server inbox, determining if the detected deletion of the given email from the server inbox was accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, and if the deletion of the given email from the server inbox is not accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, then causing said wireless email communications device to also delete the given email from the device inbox based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic mail (email) proxy server for communicating with an email server and at least one wireless email communications device via a communications network, the email server having a server inbox for receiving and storing email via the communications network and having a server email storage folder, and the at least one wireless email communications device having a device inbox, the email proxy server comprising:
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a mail user agent (MUA) module for forwarding email from the server inbox to the device inbox; and a mail reconciliation module for detecting a deletion of a given email from the server inbox, determining if the detected deletion of the given email from the server inbox was accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, and if the deletion of the given email from the server inbox is not accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, then causing the wireless email communications device to also delete the given email from the device inbox based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic mail (email) communications method comprising:
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receiving and storing email in a server inbox of an email server via a communications network, the email server also having a server email storage folder; forwarding email from the server inbox to a device inbox on at least one wireless email communications device; detecting a deletion of a given email from the server inbox; determining if the detected deletion of the given email from the server inbox was accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder; and if the deletion of the given email from the server inbox is not accompanied by copying of the given email to the server email storage folder, then causing the wireless email communications device to also delete the given email from the device inbox based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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