Notification system and method for a mobile data communication device
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1. A method of replicating data items from a host system to a mobile data communication device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of data items at the host system, wherein the plurality of data items are transmitted to the host system from a plurality of remote systems;
characterizing the plurality of data items at the host system by the host system automatically determining a data item type and a data item priority for each of the received data items;
generating an e-mail message for each of the received data items, wherein the e-mail message includes the received data item and a header that includes the data item type and the data item priority determined by the host system in the characterizing step;
configuring a plurality of notification schemes at the mobile data communication device, wherein each of the plurality of notification schemes includes a plurality of notification fields that determine whether a particular notification scheme should be applied to a particular data item and an alert type, and wherein the plurality of notification fields include a party specific field that identifies a person associated with the data item, a data item type field that identifies a type of the data item, and a data item priority field that identifies a priority ranking of the data item;
redirecting the e-mail messages from the host system to the mobile data communication device;
recovering the data items, the data item types and the data item priorities from the redirected e-mail messages at the mobile data communication device; and
applying the plurality of notification schemes to the redirected data items at the mobile data communication device by determining whether each data item and its characterized data item type and data item priority matches the party specific field, the data item type field and the data item priority field, respectively, of a particular notification scheme of the plurality of notification schemes, and if so, then enabling the alert type at the mobile data communication device for the particular notification scheme that matches the data item.
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Abstract
A notification system and method for a mobile data communication device is provided. A clientbased software program operates at the mobile communication device to manage and execute, user-selectable notification schemes (“notification module”) in response to data items transmitted to the mobile device from a host system via a communications network. The user configures the notification module to execute certain audible, visual and/or tactile notifications in response to certain types of messages being received at the mobile device.
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1. A method of replicating data items from a host system to a mobile data communication device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of data items at the host system, wherein the plurality of data items are transmitted to the host system from a plurality of remote systems;
characterizing the plurality of data items at the host system by the host system automatically determining a data item type and a data item priority for each of the received data items;
generating an e-mail message for each of the received data items, wherein the e-mail message includes the received data item and a header that includes the data item type and the data item priority determined by the host system in the characterizing step;
configuring a plurality of notification schemes at the mobile data communication device, wherein each of the plurality of notification schemes includes a plurality of notification fields that determine whether a particular notification scheme should be applied to a particular data item and an alert type, and wherein the plurality of notification fields include a party specific field that identifies a person associated with the data item, a data item type field that identifies a type of the data item, and a data item priority field that identifies a priority ranking of the data item;
redirecting the e-mail messages from the host system to the mobile data communication device;
recovering the data items, the data item types and the data item priorities from the redirected e-mail messages at the mobile data communication device; and
applying the plurality of notification schemes to the redirected data items at the mobile data communication device by determining whether each data item and its characterized data item type and data item priority matches the party specific field, the data item type field and the data item priority field, respectively, of a particular notification scheme of the plurality of notification schemes, and if so, then enabling the alert type at the mobile data communication device for the particular notification scheme that matches the data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of redirecting e-mail messages and meeting notices from a host system to a mobile data communication device via a wireless network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving e-mail messages and meeting notices from a plurality of remote systems at the host system;
generating a plurality of electronic envelopes at the host system, wherein the electronic envelopes include the received e-mail messages or the meeting notices;
the host system automatically generating characterization information regarding the electronic envelopes, the characterization information including a data item type that indicates whether the electronic envelope contains an e-mail message or a meeting notice and data item priority ranking that indicates a priority of the e-mail message or meeting notice;
the host system appending the characterization information to the electronic envelopes and redirecting the electronic envelopes from the host system to the mobile data communication device via the wireless network;
receiving the electronic envelopes at the mobile data communication device;
extracting the characterization information from the electronic envelopes;
comparing the characterization information to a plurality of stored notification schemes at the mobile data communication device to determine whether to enable a particular alert type associated with the notification scheme, wherein the notification scheme includes a user defined field for the data item type and the data item priority.
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8. A method of automatically characterizing electronic data items at a messaging system prior to redirection to a wireless mobile communication device that applies a plurality of notification schemes to the characterized electronic data items, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of data items at the messaging system;
the messaging system characterizing the plurality of data items by automatically determining a data item type and data item priority for each of the received plurality of data items;
the messaging system generating an e-mail message for each of the received data items that includes the data item and a header that includes the determined data item type and data item priority;
transmitting the e-mail messages from the messaging system to the wireless mobile communication device via a wireless gateway that couples the messaging system to a wireless data network;
receiving the e-mail messages at the wireless mobile communication device; and
the wireless mobile communication device automatically determining the type and priority of each received data item by examining the header in the e-mail messages and comparing the data item type and data item priority information in the header to stored information in the wireless mobile communication device;
based on the comparison step, the wireless mobile communication device then applying one of a plurality of stored notification schemes to the received e-mail messages.
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