Apparatus and method for pushing e-mail to portable terminal in e-mail system
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1. An e-mail system for pushing an e-mail, the e-mail system comprising:
- an e-mail agent for checking if a new e-mail exists in an e-mail server by using periodic polling operations, receiving and storing the new e-mail when the new e-mail exists in the e-mail server, generating a mail notification message notifying reception of the new e-mail, transmitting the mail notification message to a message server, receiving a mail request message from an e-mail client, and transmitting the new e-mail to the e-mail client, wherein the mail notification message includes a current Internet Protocol (IP) address of the e-mail agent which stores the received new e-mail and information indicating existence of the new e-mail in the e-mail agent;
the message server for receiving the mail notification message and transmitting the received mail notification message to the e-mail client; and
the e-mail client for generating the mail request message requesting the new e-mail upon reception of the mail notification message from the message server, transmitting the generated mail request message to the e-mail agent corresponding to the current IP address included in the mail notification message, and receiving the new e-mail from the e-mail agent.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for pushing an e-mail to a portable terminal in an e-mail system. In an e-mail system for pushing an e-mail, an e-mail agent checks reception of a new e-mail, receives and stores the new e-mail, and generates a mail notification message, a message server receives the mail notification message and transmits it to an e-mail client, the e-mail client generates a mail request message and transmits it to the e-mail agent.
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34 Claims
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1. An e-mail system for pushing an e-mail, the e-mail system comprising:
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an e-mail agent for checking if a new e-mail exists in an e-mail server by using periodic polling operations, receiving and storing the new e-mail when the new e-mail exists in the e-mail server, generating a mail notification message notifying reception of the new e-mail, transmitting the mail notification message to a message server, receiving a mail request message from an e-mail client, and transmitting the new e-mail to the e-mail client, wherein the mail notification message includes a current Internet Protocol (IP) address of the e-mail agent which stores the received new e-mail and information indicating existence of the new e-mail in the e-mail agent; the message server for receiving the mail notification message and transmitting the received mail notification message to the e-mail client; and the e-mail client for generating the mail request message requesting the new e-mail upon reception of the mail notification message from the message server, transmitting the generated mail request message to the e-mail agent corresponding to the current IP address included in the mail notification message, and receiving the new e-mail from the e-mail agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An e-mail agent for pushing an e-mail through a message server in an e-mail system, the e-mail agent comprising:
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an e-mail storage for storing an e-mail from an e-mail server; a client database for storing information on an e-mail client; an e-mail processor for periodically checking if a new e-mail exists in the e-mail server, receiving the new e-mail when the new e-mail exists in the e-mail server, and storing the received new e-mail into the e-mail storage; and a message processor for generating a mail notification message notifying that the new e-mail exists when the e-mail processor receives the new e-mail, and transmitting the mail notification message to the message server, wherein the mail notification message includes a current Internet Protocol (IP) address of the e-mail agent which stores the received new e-mail and information indicating existence of the new e-mail in the e-mail agent; wherein the e-mail processor receives a mail request message from the e-mail client and transmits the new e-mail in the e-mail storage to the e-mail client, and wherein the e-mail client transmits the mail request message to the e-mail agent corresponding to the current IP address included in the mail notification message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable terminal for checking reception of an e-mail using a message server in an e-mail system, the portable terminal comprising:
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a message processor for receiving a mail notification message notifying of existence of a new e-mail from the message server, wherein the mail notification message includes a current Internet Protocol (IP) address of an e-mail agent which stores the received new e-mail and information indicating existence of the new e-mail in the e-mail agent; and an e-mail processor for performing communication connection with the e-mail agent transmitting the mail notification message when the message processor receives the mail notification message, generating and transmitting a mail request message requesting the new e-mail to the e-mail agent corresponding to the current IP address included in the mail notification message, and receiving the new e-mail from the e-mail agent. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for pushing an e-mail using a message server in an e-mail agent of an e-mail system, the method comprising:
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periodically checking if a new e-mail exists in an e-mail server; generating a mail notification message notifying existence of the new e-mail and transmitting the mail notification message to the message server, wherein the mail notification message includes a current Internet Protocol (IP) address of the e-mail agent which stores the received new e-mail and information indicating existence of the new e-mail in the e-mail agent; and receiving a mail request message from an e-mail client and transmitting the new e-mail to the e-mail client, wherein the e-mail client transmits the mail request message to the e-mail agent corresponding to the current IP address included in the mail notification message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for recognizing existence of a new e-mail through a message server and receiving the new e-mail in a portable terminal of an e-mail system, the method comprising:
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receiving a mail notification message notifying existence of the new e-mail from the message server, wherein the mail notification message includes a current Internet Protocol (IP) address of an e-mail agent which stores the received new e-mail and information indicating existence of the new e-mail in the e-mail agent; performing a communication connection with the e-mail agent transmitting the mail notification message; generating and transmitting a mail request message requesting the new e-mail to the e-mail agent corresponding to the current IP address included in the mail notification message; and receiving the new e-mail from the e-mail agent. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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