Method, terminal and system for controlling several remote mailboxes

• US 20020002591A1
• Filed: 07/02/2001
• Published: 01/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Ketola, Pekka
• Granted Patent: US 7,395,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for controlling at least a first (3a) and a second remote mailbox (3a, 3b) located in at least one e-mail server (2a, 2b), in a terminal (1). Between the terminal (1) and said e-mail server (2a, 2b) maintaining the first remote mailbox (3a, 3b), and between the terminal (1) and said e-mail server (2a, 2b) maintaining said second remote mailbox (3b), at least partly simultaneous connection (PDP1, PDP2) is arranged to be established, wherein said remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) are arranged to be controlled by means of the terminal (1) substantially simultaneously by means of said connections (PDP1, PDP2).

Claims

1. A system for controlling at least a first (3a) and a second remote mailbox (3b) located in at least one e-mail server (2a, 2b), in a terminal (1), characterized in that between the terminal (1) and said e-mail server (2a, 2b) maintaining said first remote mailbox (3a) , and between the terminal (1) and said e-mail server (2a, 2b) maintaining said second remote mailbox (3b), at least partly simultaneous connection (PDP1, PDP2) is arranged to be set up, wherein said remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) are arranged to be controlled by means of the terminal (1) substantially simultaneously by means of said connections (PDP1, PDP2).

2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the terminal is a wireless communication device.

3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that preferably an e-mail program is arranged to be used for controlling said remote mailboxes (2a, 2b), which e-mail program is provided with the possibility to control several remote mailboxes substantially simultaneously, and in which each remote mailbox is provided with a unique identification (7), such as an icon or a name.

4. The system according to claim 3, in which a notification (10) of an e-mail message (9) that has arrived in one of said remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) is arranged to be produced for the user, characterized in that said notification is arranged to be provided with a unique identification (7) of that remote mailbox (3a, 3b) to which the e-mail message (9) has arrived.

5. The system according to claim 3 or 4, in which the user in the e-mail program is provided with the possibility to formulate and send e-mail messages (9), characterized in that the e-mail address of the user to be attached to the e-mail message (9) to be transmitted is arranged to be selected in the e-mail program.

6. The system according to claim 3, 4 or 5, in which the user in the e-mail program is provided with the possibility to reply to the e-mail messages (9) that have arrived, characterized in that by default the address of the remote mailbox (3a, 3b) to which the e-mail message (9) to be answered has arrived, is arranged to be attached to the reply message as an address of the sender of the reply message.

7. The system according to any of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises a GPRS system containing means for establishing PDP connections, and that the terminal (1) is arranged to set up said connections (PDP1, PDP2) to the e-mail servers (2a, 2b) by using the PDP connections of the GPRS system.

8. A method for controlling at least two remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) located in at least one e-mail server (2a, 2b), in a terminal (1), characterized in that between at least two said e-mail servers (2a, 2b) maintaining the remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) and the terminal (1), an at least partly simultaneous connection (PDP1, PDP2) is established, wherein said remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) are controlled by means of the terminal (1) substantially simultaneously by means of said connections (PDP1, PDP2).

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the terminal is a wireless communication device.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that an e-mail program is preferably used for controlling said remote mailboxes (2a, 2b), in which e-mail program it is possible to control several remote mailboxes substantially simultaneously, and in which each remote mailbox has its own unique identification (7) such as an icon or a name.

11. The method according to claim 10, in which, when a new e-mail message (9) arrives in any of said remote mailboxes (3a, 3b), a notification (10) of the e-mail message (9) that has arrived is produced for the user, characterized in that said notification is provided with a unique identification (7) of that remote mailbox (3a, 3b) to which the e-mail message (9) has arrived.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, in which in the e-mail program the user can formulate and send e-mail messages (9), characterized in that the e-mail address of the user to be attached to the e-mail message (9) to be transmitted is selected in the e-mail program.

13. The method according to claim 10, 11 or 12, in which in the e-mail program the user can reply to the e-mail messages (9) that have arrived, characterized in that by default the address of the remote mailbox (3a, 3b) to which the e-mail message (9) to be answered has arrived, is attached to the reply message as an address of the sender of the reply message.

14. The method according to any of the claims 8 to 13, characterized in that the wireless terminal (1) communicates with the GPRS system, and establishes said connections (PDP1, PDP2) to the e-mail servers (2a, 2b) by using the PDP connections of the GPRS system.

15. A terminal (1) which comprises means (14, 16) for controlling at least a first (3a) and a second remote mailbox (3b) located in at least one e-mail server (2a, 2b), characterized in that the terminal (1) comprises means (14) for establishing at least partly simultaneous connections (PDP1, PDP2) between the terminal (1) and said e-mail server (2a, 2b) maintaining the first remote mailbox (3a) , between the terminal (1) and said e-mail server (2a, 2b) maintaining the second remote mailbox (3b), and means (16, 17, 18) for controlling said at least two remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) substantially simultaneously by means of said connections (PDP1, PDP2).

16. The terminal (1) according to claim 15, characterized in that it is a wireless communication device.

17. The terminal (1) according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that an e-mail program is preferably arranged to be used for controlling said remote mailboxes (2a, 2b), which e-mail program is provided with the possibility to control several remote mailboxes substantially simultaneously, and in which each remote mailbox is provided with a unique identification (7), such as an icon or a name.

18. The terminal (1) according to claim 17, which comprises means (18, 19) for producing a notification (10) of an e-mail message (9) that has arrived in one of said remote mailboxes (3a, 3b) for the user, characterized in that said notification is arranged to be provided with a unique identification (7) of that remote mailbox (3a, 3b) to which the e-mail message (9) has arrived.

19. The terminal (1) according to claim 17 or 18, which comprises means (16, 17) for formulating e-mail messages (9) and means (14) for transmitting e-mail messages, characterized in that the e-mail address of the user to be attached to the e-mail message (9) to be transmitted is arranged to be selected in the e-mail program.

20. The terminal (1) according to claim 17, 18 or 19, which comprises means (14, 17) for answering the e-mail messages (9) that have arrived, characterized in that the address of the remote mailbox (3a, 3b) to which the e-mail message (9) to be answered has arrived, is arranged to be attached to the reply message as a default value.

21. The terminal (1) according to any of the claims 15 to 20, characterized in that it is arranged to be used at least in a mobile communication network according to the GPRS system, which comprises means for establishing PDP connections, and that the terminal (1) is arranged to set up said connections (PDP1, PDP2) to the e-mail servers (2a, 2b) by using the PDP connections of the GPRS system.