System and method for full wireless synchronization of a data processing apparatus with a messaging system

• US 7,243,163 B1
• Filed: 03/29/2002
• Issued: 07/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Good Technology Incorporated (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Belshe, Michael, Friend, John, Collins, Roger, Bennett, Mike
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US10/109,928
• Time in Patent Office: 1,929 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/212, 709/219, 709/246, 709/248, 709/203, 709/206, 709/207
• US Class Current: 709/248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/56 Packet switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/24 Multipath
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A system is disclosed in which a data processing device is completely synchronized with a messaging service. One embodiment of the system comprises a wireless data processing device; a messaging service to maintain messages and other information on behalf of a user; and synchronization logic for maintaining synchronization of the messages and other information between the wireless device and the messaging service.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server implementing a messaging service application to maintain a plurality of electronic mail (e-mail) messages;

a data center communicatively coupled to the messaging service application; and

a wireless device to initiate first synchronization with the messaging service application by automatically transmitting a first message updates to the messaging service application via the data center as a modification occurs to a first e-mail messages and to initiate second synchronization with the messaging service application by automatically transmitting a second message update to the messaging service application via the data center as a modification occurs to a second e-mail message, the first and second message updates indicating a modification made to each of the first and second e-mail messages at the wireless device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the messaging service application transmits an acknowledge message to the wireless messaging device upon receiving a message update.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the wireless device combines two or more message updates prior to transmitting the combined message updates as a single update message.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the wireless device comprises processing parameters that indicate when message updates are to be combined.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the message updates are combined if the wireless device has not been accessed for a predetermined time period.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein the message updates are combined if a first e-mail message and a second e-mail message are modified within a predetermined time period.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the messaging service application initiates synchronization with the wireless device by transmitting message updates to the wireless device indicating that one or more of the plurality of e-mail messages have been updated in a database at the server.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the messaging service application combines two or more message updates prior to transmitting the combined message updates as a single message update.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein a message update indicates that an e-mail message has been read by a user.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a message update indicates that an e-mail message has been deleted by a user.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein a message update indicates that an e-mail message has been moved from a first organization folder to a second organization folder.

12. A wireless device comprising control logic to initiate first synchronization with a messaging service application by automatically transmitting first message updates to the messaging service application via a data center as a modification occurs to a first electronic mail (e-mail) messages if the wireless device is communicatively coupled to the data center and to initiate second synchronization with the messaging service application by automatically transmitting a second message update to the messaging service application via the data center as a modification occurs to a second e-mail message, the first and second message updates indicating a modification made to each of the first and second e-mail messages at the wireless device.

13. The wireless device of claim 12 wherein the control logic receives an acknowledge message from the messaging service application indicating that the message update has been received at the messaging service application.

14. The wireless device of claim 13 further comprising batch processing logic to combine two or more message updates prior to transmitting the combined message updates to the messaging service application as a single update message.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 wherein the batch processing logic includes processing parameters that indicates when message updates are to be combined.

16. The wireless device of claim 15 wherein the message updates are combined if the wireless device has not been accessed for a predetermined time period.

17. The wireless device of claim 15 wherein the message updates are combined if a first e-mail message and a second e-mail message are modified within a predetermined time period.

18. The wireless device of claim 12 further configured to receive message updates from the messaging service application indicating that one or more of the plurality of e-mail messages has been updated at the messaging service application.

19. The wireless device of claim 12 wherein a message update indicates that an e-mail message has been read by a user.

20. The wireless device of claim 12 wherein a message update indicates that an e-mail message has been deleted by a user.

21. The wireless device of claim 12 wherein a message update indicates that an e-mail message has been moved from a first organization folder to a second organization folder.

22. A method comprising:

modifying a first electronic mail (e-mail) message at a wireless device;

generating a first message update indicating a modification to the first e-mail;

automatically transmitting the first message update to a messaging service application via the data center as modification occurs to the first e-mail message;

modifying a copy of the first e-mail message stored at the messaging service application based upon the first message update at the wireless device;

modifying a second e-mail message at the wireless device;

generating a second message update indicating a modification to the second e-mail;

automatically transmitting the second message update to the messaging service application via the data center as modification occurs to the second e-mail message; and

modifying a copy of the second e-mail message stored at the messaging service application based upon the second message update at the wireless device.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising:

modifying a second e-mail message at the wireless device;

generating a second message update indicating that the second e-mail message has been modified;

transmitting the second message update to the messaging service application; and

modifying a copy of the second e-mail message stored at the messaging service application based upon the second message update at the wireless device.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

receiving a first acknowledge signal at the wireless device from the messaging service application indicating that the first message update has been received at the messaging service application; and

receiving a second acknowledge signal at the wireless device from the messaging service application indicating that the second message update has been received at the messaging service application.

25. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

storing the first message update if the wireless device is not actively coupled to the data center; and

transmitting the first message update to the messaging service application via the data center once the wireless device is actively coupled to the data center.

26. A system comprising:

a server implementing a messaging service application to maintain a plurality of electronic mail (e-mail) messages and initiate synchronization by transmitting message updates indicating that one or more of the plurality of e-mail messages has been updated in a database at the server;

and

a wireless device to initiate first synchronization with the messaging service application by automatically transmitting a first message updates to the messaging service application via the data center as a modification occurs to a first e-mail messages and to initiate second synchronization with the messaging service application by automatically transmitting a second message update to the messaging service application via the data center as a modification occurs to a second e-mail message, the first second message updates indicating a modification made to each of the first and second e-mail messages at the wireless device.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein the wireless device combines two or more message updates prior to transmitting the combined message updates as a single update message.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein the wireless device comprises processing parameters that indicate when message updates are to be combined.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein the message updates are combined if the wireless device has not been accessed for a predetermined time period.

30. The system of claim 28 wherein the message updates are combined if a first e-mail message and a second e-mail message are modified within a predetermined time period.

31. The system of claim 26 wherein the messaging service application combines two or more message updates prior to transmitting the combined message updates as a single message update.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the messaging service application comprises processing parameters that indicate when message updates are to be combined.