Information exchange in wireless servers that bypass external domain servers

• US 8,832,185 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• 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:
  US13/684,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709217-228, 726/7
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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, an electronic communication is routed between mobile wireless clients without first processing the electronic communication through an external domain. In an embodiment, an e-mail message 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. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Claims

1. A wireless server device, comprising

a memory storing instructions;

a processor coupled to the memory, which when executing the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising;

communicating with a plurality of mobile wireless clients;

routing an electronic communication of an external domain from a first mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients to at least a second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients without first processing the electronic communication through the external domain identified in the electronic communication by bypassing the external domain identified in the electronic communication;

instructing the external domain to synchronize after or simultaneously with a direct routing of the electronic communication between the first and the at least the second mobile wireless clients of the plurality of mobile wireless clients, and

updating an external server associated with the external domain for the electronic communication to operatively provide, to the external server, a record of the electronic communication.

2. The wireless server device of claim 1, wherein the electronic communication includes instant messaging.

3. The wireless server device of claim 1, comprising:

an e-mail proxy to collect e-mails from one or more e-mail domains external to the wireless server device, each collected e-mail corresponding to a respective one of a set of user identifications, each user identification correlated to a respective one of the mobile wireless clients; 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 sending and receiving of e-mail from the one or more e-mail domains corresponding to user identifications, wherein the e-mail agent is operable to route an e-mail message of a selected e-mail domain of the one or more e-mail domains from the first mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients directed to the at least the second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through the selected e-mail domain by bypassing the e-mail domain.

4. The wireless server device of claim 1, wherein the one or more e-mail domains external to the wireless server device 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. The wireless server device of claim 4, wherein the e-mail agent is configured to update an external e-mail server associated with the selected e-mail domain after the e-mail message is routed to the at least the second mobile wireless client to operatively provide, to the external e-mail server, a record of the e-mail of the selected e-mail domain being sent from the first mobile wireless client.

6. The wireless server device of claim 4, wherein the e-mail agent is configured to update an external e-mail server associated with the selected e-mail domain simultaneously with the direct routing of the message from the first mobile wireless client of the plurality to the at least the second mobile wireless client.

7. The wireless server device of claim 1, wherein the wireless server device includes a database such that the wireless server device is arranged to operatively access the database to retrieve user identifications correlated to the mobile wireless clients.

8. The wireless server device of claim 1, wherein the processor when executing instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

collecting e-mails from one or more e-mail domains external to the wireless server device, each collected e-mail corresponding to a respective one of a set of user identifications, each user identification correlated to a respective one of the mobile wireless clients;

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

routing an e-mail message of a selected e-mail domain of the one or more email domains from the first mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients directed to the at least the second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through the selected e-mail domain by bypassing the e-mail domain.

9. The wireless server device of claim 8, wherein the e-mail domains external to the wireless server device 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 email domains based on POP and IMAP.

10. The wireless server device of claim 8, wherein the processor when executing instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising updating an external e-mail server associated with the selected e-mail domain after the e-mail message is routed to the at least the second mobile wireless client to provide, to the external e-mail server, a record of the e-mail of the selected e-mail domain being sent from the first mobile wireless client.

11. The wireless server device of claim 8, wherein the processor when executing instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising updating an external e-mail server associated with the selected e-mail domain simultaneously with the direct routing of the message from the first mobile wireless client of the plurality to the at least the second mobile wireless client.

12. A mobile wireless client, comprising

a memory storing instructions;

a processor coupled to the memory, which when executing the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising;

receiving communications from a wireless server device which is communicating with a plurality of mobile wireless clients including the mobile wireless client;

sending an electronic communication of an external domain to the wireless server device which routes the electronic communication of the external domain to at least a second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients without first processing the electronic communication through the external domain identified in the electronic communication by bypassing the external domain identified in the electronic communication;

directly routing of the electronic communication between the mobile wireless client and the at least the second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients, wherein the wireless server device instructs the external domain to synchronize after or simultaneously with the direct routing of the electronic communication between the mobile wireless client and the at least the second mobile wireless client; and

wherein an external server associated with the external domain is updated for the electronic communication to operatively provide, to the external server, a record of the electronic communication.

13. The mobile wireless client of claim 12, wherein the electronic communication includes routing of instant messaging.

14. The mobile wireless client of claim 12, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising synchronizing with the external domain after the direct routing of the electronic communication between the mobile wireless client and the at least the second mobile wireless client.

15. The mobile wireless client of claim 12, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising synchronizing with the external domain simultaneously with the direct routing of the electronic communication between the mobile wireless client and the at least the second mobile wireless client.

16. A machine-readable storage device comprising a hardware unit that stores instructions, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the operations comprising:

operating an email agent to communicate with a plurality of mobile wireless clients;

routing, by the email agent, an electronic communication of an external domain from a first mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients directed to at least a second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients without first processing the electronic communication through the external domain for the electronic communication by bypassing the external domain for the electronic communication;

instructing, by the email agent, the external domain to synchronize after or simultaneously with a direct routing of the electronic communication between the first and the at least the second mobile wireless clients of the plurality of mobile wireless clients; and

updating, by the email agent, an external server associated with the external domain for the electronic communication to provide, to the external server, a record of the electronic communication.

17. The machine-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein routing, by the email agent, the electronic communication includes routing of instant messaging.

18. The machine-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the instructions include:

operating the email agent to collect e-mails from one or more e-mail domains external to the email agent, each collected e-mail corresponding to a respective one of a set of user identifications, each user identification correlated to a respective one of the mobile wireless clients;

operating the email agent to support e-mail services of the mobile wireless clients correlated to the user identifications, the e-mail services including coordinating sending and receiving of e-mail from the one or more external e-mail domains corresponding to user identifications; and

operating the email agent to route an e-mail message of a selected e-mail domain of the one or more e-mail domains from the first mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients directed to the at least the second mobile wireless client of the plurality of mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through the selected e-mail domain by bypassing the e-mail domain.

19. The machine-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the instructions updating an external e-mail server associated with the selected e-mail domain after the e-mail message is routed to the at least the second mobile wireless client to provide, to the external e-mail server, a record of the e-mail of the selected e-mail domain being sent from the first mobile wireless client.