Processing Method for Mobile Device to Display Email, Server, and Mobile Device

• US 20130124656A1
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Peng, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,438,544 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

The present invention relates to a processing method for a mobile device to display an email, a server, and a mobile device. The method for processing an email includes: after receiving an email downloading request from a client, checking, by a server, a processing capability of the client, where the processing capability is reported to the server by the client when the client is connected to the server, and where the processing capability includes a supported coding/decoding manner and character set; in the case that the client does not have a capability for processing an email that is requested to be downloaded, converting, by the server and according to the processing capability of the client, a body of the email into a format that is processable for the client; and sending, by the server, a converted email to the client, so that the client displays an attachment.

Claims

1. A processing method for a mobile device to display an email comprising:

checking, by a server, a processing capability of a client after receiving an email downloading request from the client, wherein the processing capability is reported to the server by the client when the client is connected to the server, and wherein the processing capability comprises a supported coding/decoding manner and character set;

converting, by the server according to the processing capability of the client, a body of the email into a format that is processable for the client when the client does not have a capability for processing the email requested to be downloaded; and

sending, by the server, a converted email to the client.

2. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the server, the converted email to the client comprises sending, by the server, the converted email to the client directly.

3. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the server, the converted email to the client comprises generating, by the server, an attachment based on the converted email and sending the attachment to the client.

4. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein before receiving, by the server, the email downloading request from the client, the method further comprises receiving a connection request from the client, wherein the connection request comprises information of the processing capability of the client or a path of a location where the information of the processing capability is located.

5. A processing method for a mobile device to display an email comprising:

sending, by a client, a connection request to a server, wherein the connection request comprises information of a processing capability of the client or a path of a location where the information of the processing capability is located, and wherein the processing capability comprises a supported coding/decoding manner and character set;

sending, by the client, an email downloading request to the server; and

receiving, by the client, a converted email sent by the server, wherein the converted email is obtained after the server converts, according to the processing capability of the client, a body of the email into a format that is processable for the client when the client does not have a capability for processing the email that is requested to be downloaded.

6. A server comprising:

a capability checking unit configured to, after a server receives an email downloading request from a client, check a processing capability of the client, wherein the processing capability is reported to the server by the client when the client is connected to the server, and wherein the processing capability comprises a supported coding/decoding manner and character set;

an email converting unit configured to covert, according to the processing capability of the client, a body of the email into a format that is processable for the client when the client does not have a capability for processing an email that is requested to be downloaded; and

a sending unit configured to send an email to the client, wherein the email is obtained through conversion of the email converting unit.

7. The server according to claim 6, wherein the sending unit comprises:

a first sending subunit configured to send the email to the client directly, wherein the email is obtained through conversion of the email converting unit; and

an email processing subunit configured to generate an attachment based on the email that is obtained through conversion of the email converting unit and add in a body of an original email a key word for prompting that the original email has been used as an attachment.

8. The server according to claim 6, wherein the sending unit comprises a second sending subunit configured to generate an attachment based on the converted email and send the attachment to the client.

9. The server according to claim 6, further comprising a connection request receiving unit configured to, before receiving the email downloading request from the client, receive a connection request from the client, wherein the connection request comprises information of the processing capability of the client or a path of a location where the information of the processing capability is located.