System and method for full wireless synchronization of a data processing apparatus with a messaging service

• US 20070239898A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Belshe, Michael, Friend, John, Bennett, Mike, Collins, Roger
• Application Number:
  US11/807,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20070239898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/56 Packet switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/24 Multipath
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A system is disclosed in which a data processing device is completely synchronized with a messaging service. One embodiment of the system comprises a wireless data processing device; a messaging service to maintain messages and other information on behalf of a user; and synchronization logic for maintaining synchronization of the messages and other information between the wireless device and the messaging service.

Claims

1-41. -41. (canceled)

42. A system comprising:

a wireless data processing device;

a messaging service to maintain data objects on behalf of a user; and

synchronization means for maintaining synchronization of said data objects between said wireless device and said messaging service over a wireless network, said synchronization means transmitting data object transaction updates originating at said service to said wireless device as modifications occur to data objects at the service and wirelessly transmitting data object transaction updates originating at said wireless device to said service as modifications occur to data objects at the wireless device.

43. The system as in claim 42 wherein said data objects include e-mail messages.

44. The system as in claim 43 wherein said data objects include electronic calendar data.

45. The system as in claim 44 wherein said data objects includes a to-do list data.

46. The system as in claim 45 wherein said data objects include contact information.

47. The system as in claim 42 wherein said synchronization means further comprises compression means for compressing said messages and other information transmitted between said wireless device and said service.

48. The system as in claim 42 wherein said synchronization means further comprises batch-processing means for combining groups of data object transaction updates before transmitting said updates between said wireless data processing device and said messaging service.

49. The system as in claim 42 wherein said data processing device comprises control means allowing said user to modify configuration parameters of said messaging service from said data processing device.

50. The system as in claim 42 wherein said synchronization means synchronizes message transaction updates including the movement of messages between e-mail folders.

51. The system as in claim 50 wherein one of said message transaction updates comprises indications that said user has viewed a message from said wireless data processing device.

52. The system as in claim 42 wherein said synchronization means further comprises:

a first batch processing means configured at a customer site at which said service operates; and

a second batch processing means configured at a data center communicatively coupled between said wireless data processing device and said customer site.

53. The system as in claim 52 wherein said first batch processing means combines data object transactions concurrently executed by a user at said customer site before transmitting said data object transactions and wherein said second batch processing means combines data object transactions not concurrently executed by said user.

61. wireless data processing device as in claim 42 further comprising batch-processing logic for combining groups of data object transaction updates before transmitting said updates to said messaging service.

54. A system for synchronizing a wireless device with a service comprising:

an interface communicatively coupled between said service and said wireless device, said interface executed at a customer site at which said service in installed and configured to transmit data object transaction updates to said wireless device as modifications occur to data objects at the service, and to transmit data object transaction updates to said service as modifications occur to data objects at the wireless device; and

a data center communicatively coupled between said wireless device and said interface, said data center temporarily storing said data object transaction updates until said data object transaction updates are successfully transmitted to said wireless device.

55. The system as in claim 54 further comprising:

batch processing logic to group said data object transaction updates together prior to transmission to said wireless device and/or to said interface.

56. The system as in claim 55 wherein said batch processing logic further comprises:

a first level of batch processing logic implemented at said interface, said first level of batch processing logic grouping data object transaction updates concurrently executed by a user prior to transmitting said data object transaction updates; and

a second level of batch processing logic implemented at said data center, said second level of batch processing logic grouping data object transaction updates individually executed by said user prior to transmitting said data object transaction updates to said wireless device.

57. The system as in claim 54 wherein said interface combines two or more data object transactions at said service into an equivalent single data object transaction to be transmitted to said wireless device.

58. The system as in claim 57 wherein said two or more data object transactions comprise a delete command deleting a data object from a source location on said service and a new command reproducing said data object in a destination location, and wherein said single data object transaction transmitted to said wireless device is a move command.

59. A wireless data processing device comprising synchronization logic for maintaining synchronization of said data objects with a messaging service via a wireless network by transmitting data object transaction updates to said service as modifications occur to data objects at the wireless device.

60. The wireless data processing device as in claim 59 wherein further comprising compression logic for compressing said messages and other information transmitted to said service.