Forwarding E-mail from a wireless device

• US 8,738,909 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Singh, Ravi, Sherkin, Alexander, Adams, Neil Patrick, Vats, Nikhil
• Primary Examiner(s): Chea, Philip
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, KHOI V
• Application Number:
  US13/281,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 713/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials

Abstract

A system and method of sending an e-mail message associated with a wireless device is provided. A request to forward or reply to an original e-mail message is sent from the wireless device to a server. The request contains one or more recipients and includes a message identifier of an original e-mail message. A portion indicator is provided for retrieving portions of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier. An e-mail message is sent to the one or more recipients comprising any added user text and the one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message such that text of the original message that the user may not be aware is not forwarded to new recipients.

Claims

1. A method of sending an e-mail message from a wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving a request at a server to forward an original e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of the original e-mail message, at least a portion of the original e-mail message having been delivered to the wireless device;

determining at the server one or more portions of the original e-mail message associated with the request that were delivered to, or displayed on, the wireless device;

retrieving at the server the determined one or more portions of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier; and

sending from the server a forwarded e-mail message comprising the one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message, that were delivered to, or displayed on the wireless device, from the server to the one or more recipients;

wherein the one or more portions of the original e-mail message that were delivered to, or displayed on, the wireless device are determined from a portion indicator provided by the wireless device that identifies an amount of text of the original e-mail message that was displayed on the wireless devices relative to the amount of text received by the wireless device prior to the request to forward the original e-mail message being received at the server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the request further comprises appending text in the forwarded e-mail message provided in the forwarding request.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the forward request is based upon a reply to the original e-mail message where one or more recipients are recipients not associated with the original e-mail message.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprises appending text to a portion of the forwarded e-mail message to identify that the e-mail message was truncated.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the message identifier uniquely identifies an encrypted e-mail message.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the encrypted e-mail message is a Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) format message.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the wireless devices provide a decryption key to the wireless server to decrypt the message.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the server retrieves a decryption key from a public key infrastructure (PKI) server.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising retrieving the original e-mail message or the one or more portions of the original e-mail message from an e-mail server coupled to the server which is a wireless server.

10. A device for sending an e-mail message from a wireless device, the device comprising:

a network interface;

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor containing instructions which when executed by the processor perform;

receiving at the device a request via the network interface to forward an original e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of the original e-mail message, at least a portion of the original e-mail message having been delivered to the wireless device;

determining at the device one or more portions of the original e-mail message associated with the request that were delivered to, or displayed on, the wireless device;

retrieving at the device the determined one or more portions of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier; and

sending from the device a forwarded e-mail message via the network interface comprising the one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message, that were delivered to, or displayed on the wireless device, from the server to the one or more recipients;

wherein the one or more portions of the original e-mail message that were delivered to, or displayed on, the wireless device are determined from a portion indicator provided by the wireless device that identifies an amount of text of the original e-mail message that was displayed on the wireless devices relative to the amount of text received by the wireless device prior to the request to forward the original e-mail message being received at the server.

11. The device of claim 10 further comprises appending text to a portion of forwarded e-mail message to identify that the e-mail message was truncated.

12. The device of claim 10 further comprising retrieving the original e-mail message or the one or more portions of the original e-mail message from an e-mail server coupled to the server which is a wireless server.

13. The device of claim 10 wherein the message identifier uniquely identifies an encrypted e-mail message.

14. The device of claim 13 wherein the encrypted e-mail message is a Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) format message.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein the wireless devices provide a decryption key to the wireless server to decrypt the message.

16. The device of claim 14 wherein the server retrieves a decryption key from a public key infrastructure (PKI) server.

17. The device of claim 10 wherein the forward request is based upon a reply to the original e-mail message where one or more recipients are recipients not associated with the original e-mail message.

18. The device of claim 10 wherein the request further comprises appending text in the forwarded e-mail message provided in the forwarding request.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions which when executed by a processor perform:

receiving a request at a server to forward an original e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of the original e-mail message, at least a portion of the original e-mail message having been delivered to the wireless device;

determining at the server one or more portions of the original e-mail message associated with the request that were delivered to, or displayed on, the wireless device;

retrieving at the server the determined one or more portions of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier; and

sending from the server a forwarded e-mail message comprising the one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message, that were delivered to, or displayed on the wireless device, from the server to the one or more recipients;

wherein the one or more portions of the original e-mail message that were delivered to, or displayed on, the wireless device are determined from a portion indicator provided by the wireless device that identifies an amount of text of the original e-mail message that was displayed on the wireless devices relative to the amount of text received by the wireless device prior to the request to forward the original e-mail message being received at the server.