System and Method for Pushing Information from a Host System to a Mobile Data Communication Device

• US 20080109521A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Lazaridis, Mihal, Vander Veen, Raymond, Mousseau, Gary, Linkert, Barry, Ferguson, Tabitha, Castell, William
• Granted Patent: US 7,689,721 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A scheme for message folder synchronization. In one embodiment, a method may comprise: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user; storing the message in a first folder of a first folder system associated with the user at the messaging server; processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user'"'"'s mobile data communication device over a wireless network; receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been moved from a first folder at the mobile data communication device to a second folder of a second folder system associated with the user at the mobile data communication device; and responsive to the status signal, moving the message from the first folder of the first folder system at the messaging server to a second folder thereat corresponding to the second folder of the second folder system.

Claims

1. A message folder synchronization method, comprising:

automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith;

storing the message in a first folder of a first folder system associated with the user at the messaging server;

processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user'"'"'s mobile data communication device over a wireless network;

receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been moved from a first folder at the mobile data communication device to a second folder of a second folder system associated with the user at the mobile data communication device; and

responsive to the status signal, moving the message from the first folder of the first folder system at the messaging server to a second folder thereat corresponding to the second folder of the second folder system.

2. A message folder synchronization system, comprising:

means for automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith;

means for storing the message in a first folder of a first folder system associated with the user at the messaging server;

means for processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user'"'"'s mobile data communication device over a wireless network;

means for processing a status signal received from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been moved from a first folder at the mobile data communication device to a second folder of a second folder system associated with the user at the mobile data communication device; and

means for responsive to the status signal, moving the message from the first folder of the first folder system at the messaging server to a second folder thereat corresponding to the second folder of the second folder system.