EMAIL SYSTEM INCLUDING AN EMAIL AGGREGATION SERVER PROVIDING POLLING TIME GAP COMPACTING AND RELATED METHODS
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1. An electronic mail (email) system comprising:
- at least one email server having mailboxes for storing email messages;
a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices; and
at least one email aggregation server for repetitively polling the mailboxes for email messages, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices;
said at least one email aggregation server determining time gapped polling of corresponding mailboxes defined by at least one time gap between successive polls, and time compacting a subsequent polling of the corresponding mailboxes by removing the at least one time gap.
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Abstract
An electronic mail (email) system may include at least one email server having mailboxes for storing email messages, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices. The system may further include at least one email aggregation server for repetitively polling the mailboxes for email messages, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices. The at least one email aggregation server may determine time gapped polling of corresponding mailboxes defined by at least one time gap between successive polls, and time compact a subsequent polling of the corresponding mailboxes by removing the at least one time gap.
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1. An electronic mail (email) system comprising:
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at least one email server having mailboxes for storing email messages; a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices; and at least one email aggregation server for repetitively polling the mailboxes for email messages, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices; said at least one email aggregation server determining time gapped polling of corresponding mailboxes defined by at least one time gap between successive polls, and time compacting a subsequent polling of the corresponding mailboxes by removing the at least one time gap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic mail (email) system comprising:
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at least one email server having mailboxes for storing email messages; a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices; and at least one email aggregation server for polling the mailboxes for email messages at least once during a repeating polling time interval, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices; said at least one email aggregation server determining time gapped polling of corresponding mailboxes defined by at least one time gap between successive polls, and time compacting a subsequent polling of the corresponding mailboxes by removing the at least one time gap; said at least one email aggregation server determining time gapped polling based upon polling of corresponding mailboxes beginning outside of a time gap threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic mail (email) aggregation server comprising:
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an aggregation module for repetitively polling mailboxes on at least one email server for email messages, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices; and a scheduling module for determining time gapped polling of corresponding mailboxes defined by at least one time gap between successive polls, and time compacting a subsequent polling of the corresponding mailboxes by removing the at least one time gap. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electronic mail (email) aggregation method comprising:
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repetitively polling mailboxes on at least one email server for email messages, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices; and determining time gapped polling of corresponding mailboxes defined by at least one time gap between successive polls, and time compacting a subsequent polling of the corresponding mailboxes by removing the at least one time gap. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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