Information exchange in wireless servers

• US 8,086,677 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Murphy, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Haresh N
• Application Number:
  US12/172,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,264 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/203, 709217-224, 726/7
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/17306 Intercommunication techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

Systems and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism for resource sharing. In an embodiment, e-mail messages is routed between mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through an external e-mail domain identified in the e-mail message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wireless server communicatively operable with a plurality of mobile wireless clients, the wireless server including;

a database configured to store information associated with users of the mobile wireless clients including a user identification for each mobile wireless client;

a hardware controller operatively coupled to the database;

an e-mail proxy to collect e-mails from one or more external e-mail domains external to the wireless server, each collected e-mail corresponding to a user identification; and

an e-mail agent to support e-mail services of the mobile wireless clients correlated to the user identifications, the e-mail services including coordinating the sending and receiving of e-mail from each e-mail domain corresponding to the user identifications; and

wherein the e-mail agent is configured to route an e-mail message directly between the mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through an external e-mail domain identified in the e-mail message; and

further wherein the e-mail agent is configured to update the external e-mail domains after the e-mail message is routed so that the external e-mail domains have a record of the e-mail from the external domain being sent or received between the mobile wireless clients.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the e-mail domains external to the wireless server include an e-mail domain based on a post office protocol (POP), an e-mail domain based on an internet message access protocol (IMAP), or e-mail domains based on POP and IMAP.

3. A method comprising:

a wireless server communicating with a plurality of mobile wireless clients using a hardware controller;

storing information associated with users of the mobile wireless clients including a user identification for each mobile wireless client;

collecting e-mails from one or more external e-mail domains external to the wireless server, each collected e-mail corresponding to a user identification;

supporting e-mail services of the mobile wireless clients correlated to the user identifications, the e-mail services including coordinating the sending and receiving of e-mail from each e-mail domain corresponding to the user identifications;

routing an e-mail message directly between the mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through an external e-mail domain identified in the e-mail message; and

further comprising updating the external e-mail domains after the e-mail message is routed so that the external e-mail domains have a record of the e-mail from the external domain being sent or received between the mobile wireless clients.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the e-mail domains external to the wireless server include an e-mail domain based on a post office protocol (POP), an e-mail domain based on an internet message access protocol (IMAP), or e-mail domains based on POP and IMAP.

5. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

collecting, using a hardware controller of the machine, e-mails from one or more external e-mail domains external to a wireless server, each collected e-mail corresponding to a user identification;

supporting e-mail services of one or more mobile wireless clients correlated to the user identifications, the e-mail services including coordinating the sending and receiving of e-mail from each e-mail domain corresponding to the user identifications;

routing an e-mail message directly between the mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through an external e-mail domain identified in the e-mail message; and

further comprising updating the external e-mail domains after the e-mail message is routed so that the external e-mail domains have a record of the e-mail from the external domain being sent or received between the mobile wireless clients.

6. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 5, wherein the e-mail domains external to the wireless server include an e-mail domain based on a post office protocol (POP), an e-mail domain based on an internet message access protocol (IMAP), or e-mail domains based on POP and IMAP.