Direct access electronic mail (email) distribution and synchronization system with provision for pre-configured service offerings
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1. A communications server, comprising:
- a network engine comprising a processor configured to communicate with a mobile wireless communications device via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; and
a direct access server comprising a processor, and configured to;
operate with the network engine to poll an electronic mailbox, retrieve email from the electronic mailbox and push any email through the network engine to the mobile wireless communications device,configure the electronic mailbox to allow a user to login with a user name and password based on a user'"'"'s mail access parameters as an email address, provide access to the electronic mailbox from the mobile wireless communications device and provide access to at least one service offering as at least one of a mail or address service offering based on;
the user'"'"'s mail-access configurations including one of mail server, mail protocol and communications port matching a predefined set of mail-access configurations and the determination that the user is one of a predefined group of users, and when there is a matching, configuring the service offering based on the mail access configurations, and receiving a user'"'"'s acceptance of the service offering.
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Abstract
A communications system includes a network engine that communicates with a plurality of unsubscribed mobile wireless communications devices using a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom. A direct access server is operative with the network engine for polling electronic mailboxes of users and retrieving email from the electronic mailboxes and pushing any email through the network engine to selected user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices. This direct access server is operative for providing at least one pre-configured service offering to a user that is linked to mail-access parameters when a user configures their respective electronic mailbox.
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10 Claims
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1. A communications server, comprising:
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a network engine comprising a processor configured to communicate with a mobile wireless communications device via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; and a direct access server comprising a processor, and configured to; operate with the network engine to poll an electronic mailbox, retrieve email from the electronic mailbox and push any email through the network engine to the mobile wireless communications device, configure the electronic mailbox to allow a user to login with a user name and password based on a user'"'"'s mail access parameters as an email address, provide access to the electronic mailbox from the mobile wireless communications device and provide access to at least one service offering as at least one of a mail or address service offering based on;
the user'"'"'s mail-access configurations including one of mail server, mail protocol and communications port matching a predefined set of mail-access configurations and the determination that the user is one of a predefined group of users, and when there is a matching, configuring the service offering based on the mail access configurations, and receiving a user'"'"'s acceptance of the service offering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communications server, comprising:
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a network engine comprising a processor configured to communicate with a mobile wireless communications device via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; and a direct access server comprising a processor and SOAP module, and configured to; operate with the network engine to poll an electronic mailbox retrieve email from the electronic mailbox and push any email through the network engine to the mobile wireless communications device, and configure the electronic mailbox to allow a user to login with a user name and password based on a user'"'"'s mail access parameters as an email address, provide access to the electronic mailbox from the mobile wireless communications device, and provide access to a service offering including a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service, based on;
the user'"'"'s mail-access configurations including one of a mail server, mail protocol and communications port matching a predefined set of mail-access configurations and the determination that the user is one of a predefined group of users, and when there is a matching, configuring the service offering based on the mail access configurations, and receiving a user'"'"'s acceptance of the service offering. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A communications method, comprising:
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providing a network engine comprising a processor configured to communicate with a mobile wireless communications device via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; providing a direct access server comprising a processor configured to;
operate with the network engine to poll an electronic mailbox, retrieve email from the electronic mailbox, and push any email through the network engine to the mobile wireless communications devices;configuring the electronic mailbox to allow the user to loin with a user name and password based on the user'"'"'s mail access parameters as an email address, providing access to the electronic mailbox from the mobile wireless communications device; and providing access to at least one service offering as at least one of a mail or address service offering, based on;
the user'"'"'s mail-access configurations including one of a mail server, mail protocol and communications port matching a predefined set of mail-access configurations and the determining that the user is one of a predefined group of users, and when there is a matching, configuring the service offering based on the mail access configurations, and receiving a user'"'"'s acceptance of the service offering.
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