DIRECT ACCESS ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) DISTRIBUTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL SMTP SERVER SUPPORT
First Claim
1. A communications system, comprising:
- a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; and
a direct access server operative with the network engine for polling electronic mailboxes of the user belonging to an email source hosted by an email provider and obtaining email from the electronic mailboxes and pushing any email through the network engine to selected user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices, said direct access server further comprising an internal SMTP server that is configured for outgoing email, wherein said direct access server is operative for specifying an SMTP server for communication belonging to an email provider given a SMTP server and protocol combination for the email source of the email provider to which communication is desired such that the internal SMTP server of the direct access server is not used.
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Abstract
A communications system includes a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom. A direct access server is operative with the network engine for polling electronic mailboxes of the user belonging to an email source hosted by an email provider and obtaining email from the electronic mailboxes and pushing any email through the network engine to selected user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices. It includes an internal SMTP server that is configured for outgoing email and operative for specifying an SMTP server for communication belonging to an email provider given a SMTP server and protocol combination for the email source of the email provider to which communication is desired such that the internal SMTP server of the direct access server is not used.
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23 Claims
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; and a direct access server operative with the network engine for polling electronic mailboxes of the user belonging to an email source hosted by an email provider and obtaining email from the electronic mailboxes and pushing any email through the network engine to selected user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices, said direct access server further comprising an internal SMTP server that is configured for outgoing email, wherein said direct access server is operative for specifying an SMTP server for communication belonging to an email provider given a SMTP server and protocol combination for the email source of the email provider to which communication is desired such that the internal SMTP server of the direct access server is not used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communications system, comprising:
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a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network for sending and receiving emails therefrom; and a direct access server including a proxy and a SOAP module operative for polling electronic mailboxes of the user belonging to an email source hosted by an email provider and obtaining email from the electronic mailboxes and pushing any email through the network engine to selected user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices, and further comprising an internal SMTP server associated with the direct access server that is configured for outgoing email, wherein said proxy is operative for specifying an SMTP server for communication belonging to an email provider given a SMTP server and protocol combination for the email source of the email provider to which communication is desired such that the internal SMTP server associated with the direct access server is not used. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications method, comprising:
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polling electronic mailboxes of a user belonging to an email source hosted by an email provider from a direct access server; obtaining email at the direct access server from the electronic mailboxes; pushing email from the direct access server through a communications network to selected user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices; specifying an SMTP server for communication belonging to an email provider given a SMTP server and protocol combination for the email source of the email provider to which communication is desired such that an internal SMTP server associated with the direct access server is not used. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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