Method and arrangement for delivering electronic state message information
First Claim
1. A method, executed in a messaging server for handling electronic messages for a user, handling electronic state messages for at least one IMAP terminal, and delivering electronic state messages to at least one IMAP terminal, said method comprising the following steps:
- identifying a state change in or at said messaging server, said state change relating to at least one electronic message associated with said user, said at least one electronic message containing a destination identity associated with said user,looking up said destination identity associated with said user, in a directory connected to said messaging server, to retrieve the terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal used by said user,looking up said terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal, used by said user, in a Domain Name System server, to retrieve the Internet Protocol address currently assigned to said at least one IMAP terminal, anddelivering an electronic state message to said at least one IMAP terminal, without using an IMAP session, using said Internet Protocol address as destination address, wherein the electronic state message comprises updated state information and a body of the at least one electronic message.
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Abstract
A method, executed in a messaging server handles electronic messages for a user, handles electronic state messages for at least one terminal, and delivers electronic state messages to at least one terminal. A state change is identified in or at the messaging server, the state change relating to at least one electronic message associated with the user, the at least one electronic message containing a destination identity associated with the user. A terminal address associated with the at least one terminal used by the user is retrieved based on the destination identity associated with the user. An electronic state message is delivered to the at least one terminal using the terminal address as destination address.
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1. A method, executed in a messaging server for handling electronic messages for a user, handling electronic state messages for at least one IMAP terminal, and delivering electronic state messages to at least one IMAP terminal, said method comprising the following steps:
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identifying a state change in or at said messaging server, said state change relating to at least one electronic message associated with said user, said at least one electronic message containing a destination identity associated with said user, looking up said destination identity associated with said user, in a directory connected to said messaging server, to retrieve the terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal used by said user, looking up said terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal, used by said user, in a Domain Name System server, to retrieve the Internet Protocol address currently assigned to said at least one IMAP terminal, and delivering an electronic state message to said at least one IMAP terminal, without using an IMAP session, using said Internet Protocol address as destination address, wherein the electronic state message comprises updated state information and a body of the at least one electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A messaging server for handling electronic messages for a user, handling electronic state messages for at least one IMAP terminal, and delivering electronic state messages to at least one IMAP terminal, comprising:
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a memory; a processor; an identifying element adapted, when executed by the processor, for identifying a state change in or at said messaging server, said state change relating to at least one electronic message associated with said user, said at least one electronic message containing a destination identity associated with said user, and a retrieving element adapted, when executed by the processor, for; looking up said destination identity associated with said user in a directory connected to said messaging server to retrieve the terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal used by said user, and looking up said terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal used by said user in said Domain Name System server to retrieve the Internet Protocol address currently assigned to said at least one IMAP terminal used by said user a delivering element adapted, when executed by the processor, for delivering an electronic state message to said at least one IMAP terminal, without using an IMAP session, using said terminal address as destination address, wherein the electronic state message comprises updated state information and a body of the at least one electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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