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`US 20030208547A1
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`(19) United States
`(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2003/0208547 A1
`Branimir
`(43) Pub. Date:
`NOV. 6, 2003
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`(54) DIRECT INTERNET MAIL ACCESS
`THROUGH LINKS IN WIRELESS INSTANT
`MESSAGING SYSTEMS
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`(76) Inventor: Ambrekovic Branimir, Zagreb (HR)
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`Correspondence Address:
`WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP
`ATTN: GREGORY M STONE
`SEVEN SAINT PAUL STREET
`BALTIMORE, MD 21202-1626 (US)
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`(21) App1_ No;
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`10/426,465
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`(22) Filed;
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`Apr. 30, 2003
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`Related US. Application Data
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`(60) Provisional application No. 60/377,261, ?led on May
`1, 2002.
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`Publication Classi?cation
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`(51) Int. Cl.7 ................................................... .. G06F 15/16
`(52) US. Cl. .......................................... .. 709/206; 709/203
`(57)
`ABSTRACT
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`A method and system enabling the user of a Wireless device
`to remotely access a modi?ed version of an Internet email
`message through a link provided in a low bandwidth mes
`sage transmitted to the Wireless device.
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`Internet
`Mail server
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`Mamet
`Mail server
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`Internet
`Mail server
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`Mail check module
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`Filter module
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`- Storage module
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`Mail handler
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`Notification module
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`Statistics module
`<2“ -
`Call center module
`- User settings module
`- Account module
`- Con?guration
`mOdUlG
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`WAP
`interface
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`interface
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`client 1
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`WEB
`client 1
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`client n
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`FIGURE 1
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`Internet
`Mail server
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`Internet
`Mail server
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`Internet
`Mail sewer
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`Mail check module
`Filter module
`Storage module
`Mail handler
`Notification module
`Statistics module
`Call center module
`User settings module
`Account module
`Configuration
`module
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`interface
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`WEB
`interface
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`client 1
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`client n
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`WEB
`client 1
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`WEB
`client n
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`FIGURE 4
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`CHECK FOR NEW’ E-MAIL FOR EVERY
`CLIENT ACCOUNT AND DOWI‘ILOAD
`E-MAIL TO WMQMAIL SERVER
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`TRANSFORM E-MAIL TO WML FILE AND
`PROCESS E-MAIL AND ATTACHMENTS
`FOR VIEWING VIA WAP
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`1
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`SEND UNIQUE LINK TO CLIENT CELL
`PHONE 'V'IA SMSl MMS, OR WAP PUSH
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`FIGURE 5
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`CLIENT MAIL SEWER’I
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`CLIENT MAIL SERVERZ
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`CLIENT MAIL SERVER N
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`CHECK FOR NEW E-MAIL ON CLIENT
`MAIL ACCOUNTS
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`CLIENT HHS NEV'Ir E-MAIL
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`DOWNLOAD EMAIL TO WMZMAIL
`SE RVE R
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`CL'ENT MAIL SERVE R
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`STORE NEW E-MAIL TO USER'S
`STORAGE ON WMZMAIL SERVER
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`WMZMAIL SERVER DATABASE
`STORAGE
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`PROCESS E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS AND
`TRANSFORM THEM INTO WAP
`VIEWABLE PAGES
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`PREPARE E-MAIL FOR VIEWING VIA
`WAP OR WEE]
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`SEND USER NOTIFICATION ABOUT
`NEW E-MAIL VIA SMS, MMS, EMS OR
`WAF' PUSH
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`DISPLAY E-MAIL ON USER REQUEST
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`AS A WEB PAGE (when cell phone
`accesses link sent in wireless message)
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`7
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`Sample SMS noli?calion
`message
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`E-mail From: info@wave-tech. com
`Subject: Sample email
`Link: httg :l/wwwwave-techcoml
`3589642359wm1
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`Sample e-mail transformed into WML
`('INAP) page by WM ZMAIL. server
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`F rominfogQwave-tech. com
`To:sales@wave-tech.com
`Cc: suggortgQwave-te ch. com
`Subject: Sample email
`Attachment: wave-techjpg
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`FIGURE 6
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`EVERY CLIENT E-MAIL ACCOUNT
`AND CUENT PREFERENCES DATA
`ARE STORED IN WM EMAIL SERVER
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`LOGINWITH CUENT'S USERNAME
`AND PASSWORD ON CLIENT E
`MAIL SERVER
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`SAM PLE CLIENT ACCOUNT
`PREFERENCES ON WM IMAILSERVER
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`MAIL ACCOUNTS:
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`1. WAVE-TECH
`USERNAME: tesl
`PASSWORD; ””
`MAIL SERVER: maiI.wave-Iech.com
`MAIL CHECK INTERVAL: 10 min
`TYPE: POP3
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`'
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`1. HOTMAIL
`USERNAME: test
`PASSWORD: "m
`MAIL SERVER: hutmaiIcom
`MAIL CHECK INTERVAL; 10 min
`TYPE: HTTP
`
`maiIwave-techcom
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`popEI sewer
`username:lest
`passwurdzm
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`IF USER HAS NEW E-MAIL
`DOWNLOAD E-MAIL AND STORE IT
`ON WMZMAIL SERVER
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`WMQMAIL SERVER,
`DATABASE E-MAIL STORAGE
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`FIGURE 7
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`BASED ON CLIENT PREFERENCES
`PROCESS E-MAIL
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`BASED ON TYPE OF ATTACHMENT
`FILTER E-NIAIL AND CONVERT
`ATTACHMENT TO WML (wireless markup
`language) FILE
`
`BASED ON CLIENT PREFERENCES
`CREATE NEW WNILFILE CONTAINING
`NEW E-IIIIAIL AND STORE IT ON
`
`WNI2MAIL SERVER IN CLIENT STORAGE
`SPACE WITH UNIOUE NANIE CONTAINING
`USER DETAILS ENCRYPTEDIN THAT
`LINK
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`CLIENT ACCOUNT PREFERENCES
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`BASED ON CLIENT PREFERENCES
`CREATE NEW SNIS, NINIS OR WAR PUSH
`MESSAGE CONTAINING LINK TO NEW
`E-NIAIL MESSAGE AND SEND IT TO
`CLIENT CELL PHONE
`
`CLIENT ACCOUNT PREFERENCES
`
`CELL PHONE NO:
`+17911U5U3U8
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`TYPE OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE;
`SNIS
`ON
`MMS
`OFF
`WAR PUSH
`OFF
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`DIRECT INTERNET MAIL ACCESS THROUGH
`LINKS IN WIRELESS INSTANT MESSAGING
`SYSTEMS
`
`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
`[0001] This application is based upon and gains priority
`from US. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/377,
`261, entitled “Direct Internet Mail Access Through Links in
`Wireless Instant Messaging Systems”, ?led With the US.
`Patent and Trademark Of?ce on May 1, 2002 by the inven
`tors herein, the speci?cation of Which is incorporated herein
`by reference.
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
`[0003] The invention comprises a method and system for
`distributing electronic mail to Wireless devices, and more
`particularly to a method and system enabling the user of a
`Wireless device to remotely access a modi?ed version of an
`Internet email message through a link provided in a loW
`bandWidth message transmitted to the Wireless device.
`[0004] 2. Description of the Background
`[0005] Wireless telephone technology is Widespread
`among today’s consumers, affording persons at remote loca
`tions the ability to keep in touch With those Who might need
`to reach them While they are on the go. The demand for such
`remote accessibility has risen to a demand for remote access
`to email through a Wireless device that the user already has,
`such as a cellular telephone, and attempts have been made
`to enable such remote access. Currently, the only services
`enabling a user to access their e-mail by using a cellular
`telephone carry too many obstacles and limitations to be
`Widely accepted and implemented. For instance, currently
`available cellular telephone email systems require the user to
`use a WAP broWser and login to a WAP enabled front-end in
`order to access their Internet mail system. This process is too
`complex because the average user doesn’t even knoW hoW
`to point a WAP broWser to a WAP enabled front end.
`Moreover, requiring the user to login by entering their
`username and passWord is inconvenient and excessively
`complex When the data entry device is a cell phone.
`
`[0006] Moreover, only a handful of Internet mail servers
`support WAP or i-Mode enabled access to POP3 and IMAP
`mailboxes. Most of them do not offer such support.
`
`[0007] Still further, WAP access to Internet mail cannot
`display HTML formatted messages, attachments, etc.
`[0008] Telecommunication companies also arrange the
`forWarding of Internet mailbox contents to cell phones in the
`form of SMS, EMS, or MMS. This Way, the user can only
`access e-mail that is stored in a mailbox residing With the
`Wireless provider. Ordinarily, the user cannot access a cor
`porate mailbox, an ISP mailbox, or a private mailbox via the
`cell phone. Still further, the message forWarded to SMS is
`cut doWn to only 160 characters, thus essentially cutting out
`all of the content from the e-mail except for the subject line.
`Lastly, no formatting or attachments are visible in such a
`message.
`
`[0009] Thus, there remains a need to provide a method and
`system capable of alloWing a user to employ their Wireless
`device to remotely access their email While avoiding the
`disadvantages associated With the prior art systems and
`methods.
`
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`[0010] The above disadvantages are overcome by the
`system and method of the invention described herein, Which
`in one embodiment provide instant noti?cation of received
`Internet email messages by forWarding a subject and a link
`to the full message via SMS, EMS or MMS. Such system
`and method enables access to virtually any Internet e-mail
`system supporting POP3 or IMAP, and is capable of pro
`viding WAP and a Wireless front end to existing Internet mail
`systems “on-the-?y.” The user doesn’t need any information
`concerning hoW to hook up to their mailboxes through their
`respective Wireless devices (WAP, etc.). Rather, the user
`merely needs to click on the link embedded in the regular
`SMS, EMS or MMS received. Moreover, the user doesn’t
`have to login to access e-mail safely and securely. Rather,
`the link embedded in the SMS, EMS or MMS and front end
`service ensure identity and access rights. Such a method and
`system are extremely easy to use for the end user, and the
`service dramatically increases the use and data traf?c of
`Wireless internet, thus providing for signi?cant increase in
`revenues for Wireless operators (2G, 25G and 3G).
`
`DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`
`[0011] FIG. 1 is a schematic vieW of a system for distrib
`uting electronic mail to Wireless devices according to the
`instant invention.
`
`[0012] FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a computer
`server implementing the methods of the instant invention.
`
`[0013] FIG. 3 is a How chart depicting the transfer and
`processing of a message from an Internet mail server to a
`Wireless client device according to a method of the instant
`invention.
`
`[0014] FIG. 4 is a How chart depicting the process of
`receiving a neW email from an Internet mail server and
`forWarding an instant message noti?cation email to a Wire
`less device.
`
`[0015] FIG. 5 is a How chart depicting the transfer of data
`betWeen server 10 and external elements When implement
`ing a method of the instant invention.
`
`[0016] FIG. 6 is a How chart depicting the server function
`of obtaining neW email from Internet mail servers according
`to a method of the instant invention.
`
`[0017] FIG. 7 is a How chart depicting the server function
`of creating a modi?ed mail message based upon an original
`Internet email message according to a method of the instant
`invention.
`
`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
`
`[0018] The system comprises a remote server 10, for
`example a WINDOWS-based server built around a Pentium
`CPU, a Sun Fire Server running Solaris or a Linux platform,
`or any other similarly capable computer platform equipped
`to communicate With a Wide area netWork (such as the
`Internet), a local area netWork, an intranet, or the like. Server
`10 is also equipped to communicate With a plurality of
`Wireless machines 30, such as Wireless telephones, pagers,
`personal data assistants, portable computers, and the like.
`The server performs functions to receive Internet Mail from
`Internet Mail Servers, process received mail into a modi?ed
`message Which is stored in a format in Which the message
`and any attachments thereto may be read, vieWed, heard, and
`otherWise accessed on a Wireless client machine, transmit a
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`summary of a particular received Internet Mail message
`(With a link to the speci?c modi?ed message) to the intended
`Wireless client machine, and communicate With the Wireless
`client machine to alloW secure access from that Wireless
`client machine to the modi?ed message Without requiring a
`logon procedure by the user.
`
`[0019] Aplurality of Internet Mail Servers 20 manage the
`reception, storage, and transmission of Internet email using
`the Well-knoWn POP3 (Post Of?ce Protocol 3) and IMAP
`(Internet Message Access Protocol) mail protocols, as is
`knoWn in the art. Internet Mail Servers 20 transmit neWly
`received Internet mail messages to server 10. The transfer of
`Internet mail messages from Internet Mail Servers 20 to
`server 10 may be carried out in a number of Ways. First,
`server 10 may check for neWly arrived Internet email on
`mailboxes housed on individual servers 20 at regular time
`intervals. To effect the transfer of email from Internet Mail
`Servers 20 to server 10 in this fashion, a Wireless service
`subscriber may, at the time of subscribing to the services
`administered by server 10, provide a listing of all Internet
`mail accounts from Which they Wish to receive mail on their
`Wireless device. Such listing of Internet mail accounts is
`then Written to a database ?le on or in communication With
`server 10, and is particularly identi?ed to server 10 as
`corresponding to that user’s Wireless account. Alternately, a
`Java applet may be used to fetch from an end-user’s PC
`information about mail accounts from MS OUTLOOK or
`other similarly con?gured mail management programs.
`Once a subscriber’s Internet mail accounts have been iden
`ti?ed to server 10 and Written to the database ?le, a mail
`check module (described in greater detail beloW) may regu
`larly query the Internet mail servers 20 listed for that
`Wireless user’s pro?le stored on the database at any desirable
`time interval, transmitting to the server the ordinary login
`information (e.g., username and passWord) required by that
`Internet mail server to access the intended Wireless user’s
`Internet mail account. Once communication is established
`betWeen server 10 and the intended Internet mail server(s),
`server 10 determines Whether neW mail messages are present
`on the Internet mail server. Server 10 ?rst reads all date and
`time ?elds and message identi?cations and compares them
`against a list on server 10 of all messages that have been
`previously processed. All messages that have not yet been
`processed by server 10 are then retrieved from server 20, and
`processed from the local storage on server 10. Thus, server
`10 simply acts as a conventional mail client, such as MS
`OUTLOOK, and retrieves a copy of the original email
`message from server 20, storing such copy in a database ?le
`on or in communication With server 10. Alternately, if a
`user’s mail server supports “forWard copy”, and the Wireless
`user has instructed his Internet mail server to automatically
`forWard copies of all neWly received email messages to
`server 10, a copy of the message Will be instantly forWarded
`to server 10 upon its reception at Internet mail server 20.
`Clearly, server 10 may access a plurality of Internet Mail
`Servers 20 independently of one another, on behalf of one
`user or a multitude of users, so long as each server and each
`individual mail user on each server is identi?ed in advance
`in server 10’s user database.
`
`[0020] Upon reception of a neW Internet mail message,
`server 10 processes the mail message into a form in Which
`the message may be vieWed by a remote, Wireless client
`machine 30, and stores such modi?ed email message in a
`database on or in communication With server 10. More
`particularly, server 10 processes the received email message
`into a page that may be transmitted to and vieWed by a
`
`Wireless machine implementing a Wireless Application Pro
`tocol
`enabled broWser or a traditional HTML enabled
`broWser.
`
`[0021] To accomplish this conversion, the user preference
`?le for the intended recipient of the email message is
`checked to determine Whether the particular user’s Wireless
`device supports an HTML-enabled broWser or a WAP
`enabled broWser. Depending upon the type of broWser, the
`teXt body of the email message is formatted as either an
`HTML or WAP document, Which document may be vieWed
`by the appropriate HTML or WAP enabled broWser running
`on a client Wireless device. The HTML or WAP document is
`then stored in a database on or in communication With server
`10, along With an identi?er of the intended recipient. Also
`associated With the HTML or WAP document (either as a
`part of the same ?le or as a link betWeen the HTML or WAP
`document and the original email message copy received on
`server 10) is the sender’s email address, the recipients’ email
`addresses, the teXt of the subject line, and the ?le name of
`any attachments to the original email message transmitted to
`server 10 from Internet mail servers 20, all of Which items
`are ultimately nested together in a single HTML or WAP
`document vieWable on a Wireless client device 30, as further
`detailed beloW.
`
`[0022] Further, if the original email message stored on
`server 10 includes an attachment, server 10 attempts to
`translate such attachment into a form that is accessible on the
`Wireless device, again depending on the user’s preferences.
`More particularly, upon subscribing to the services offered
`by server 10, a user is presented a listing of possible ?le
`attachment types that server 10 is equipped to translate into
`a form suitable for accessing from a Wireless device. For
`eXample, the list of ?le types presented to the user may
`include “.DOC” (MICROSOFT WORD ?le types), “.PDF”
`(ADOBE ACROBAT ?le types), “.JPG” (graphic ?les), etc.,
`and the user may select “ON” or “OFF” for each ?le type
`listed. If a user selects “ON” for a certain ?le type, attach
`ments to email messages received for that user on server 10
`Will be processed by a softWare plug-in module capable of
`reading the attachment and translating the information into
`a form that may be presented on a Wireless client device,
`e.g., converting a “.JPG” ?le to a bitmap ?le, converting a
`“.DOC” ?le into ASCII teXt, etc., each of Which may then be
`stored as a separate HTML or WAP document on server 10
`and accessible via a link in the modi?ed email message
`Which itself is an HTML or WAP document, or alternately as
`part of the modi?ed email message itself. Clearly, a large
`variety of ?le types maybe provided for in this fashion, each
`?le type simply requiring a translation plug-in module
`translating the original document or ?le into a format
`presentable to the Wireless device.
`
`[0023] Once the Internet Mail Message has been received
`and translated into a WAP or HTML page ?le vieWable on
`a Wireless device, that ?le, along With any translated attach
`ments thereto, is stored in a database accessible by Wireless
`client machines 30. Each such ?le is in turn associated With
`a particular Wireless customer, such that the translated ?les
`may be made accessible only to those Wireless customers for
`Whom the original message Was intended.
`
`[0024] More particularly, as mentioned above, each user’s
`email account is particularly associated With a Wireless
`device user Who in turn has one or more unique Wireless
`device telephone numbers or similar unique communica
`tions identi?er. When the modi?ed HTML or WAP email
`document is generated, it is given a unique ?le name and
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`stored on server 10 at a particular address that is identi?able
`by a particular universal resource locator (“URL”). The URL
`is formatted as a link attached to the instant Wireless
`noti?cation message forWarded to the appropriate Wireless
`client device When the neW message is received. As the ?le
`name, and thus the URL, are entirely unique to the particular
`original email message, and because the instant Wireless
`noti?cation message is sent only to such Wireless devices as
`have been identi?ed by that user, no one but the intended
`recipient Wireless device may retrieve the modi?ed email
`message stored on server 10.
`
`[0025] After the WAP or HTML page ?le has been so
`generated, server 10 transmits an instant Wireless message to
`the appropriate Wireless client machine 30. The message
`may be transmitted via any one of the several knoWn
`methods of instant messaging to Wireless devices, including
`but not limited to Short Message Service (SMS), Enhanced
`Message Service (EMS), Multimedia Message Service
`(MMS), or WAP Push, Which alloWs content to be sent or
`“pushed” to devices by server-based applications via a Push
`Proxy. Any knoWn communications method may be used to
`implement the transmission of the instant Wireless message
`to the Wireless client machine 30, such as simple commu
`nication betWeen the server 10 and a digital cell phone,
`communication betWeen server 10 and a telecommunica
`tions service provider’s SMS, EMS, MMS, or WAP Push
`server, or any other knoWn methods for transmitting mes
`sages to Wireless devices.
`
`[0026] The instant Wireless message transmitted to Wire
`less client machine 30 serves as merely a noti?cation of
`neWly received email, providing an indication of the sender
`and the subject of the received email, but does not transmit
`the original Internet mail message or the modi?ed WAP or
`HTML page to the Wireless device. More particularly, the
`instant Wireless message comprises a header ?eld indicating
`the email address of the person that originated the Internet
`mail message and the subject of the message. FolloWing the
`header, as explained above, the Wireless message provides a
`link enabling the Wireless client machine to access the WAP
`or HTML page ?le associated With the original Internet mail
`message that in turn Was used to generate the instant Wireless
`message. Once again, the link provided on the instant
`message is entirely unique to that particular message. Thus,
`for each neW Internet mail message received by server 10,
`a unique link is generated addressing (e.g., via generation of
`a URL as is Well knoWn in the art) the WAP or HTML pages
`that are generated on server 10 from that speci?c Internet
`mail message, and that speci?c link is Written to the instant
`mail message associated With that particular WAP or HTML
`?le it is intended to address.
`[0027] As explained above, Whether the Wireless device
`accesses a WAP version or an HTML version of the message
`page(s) generated from the original Internet mail message
`depends on the operating system used by the Wireless
`machine, i.e., Whether the machine employs a WAP-capable
`broWser or an HTML-capable broWser. When the link is
`activated (e.g., by “clicking” on the link using a pointing
`device, as is Well knoWn in the art), the Wireless client
`machine transmits to server 10 a request to receive the WAP
`or HTML page ?le located at the address identi?ed by the
`unique link, Which is likeWise the ?le associated With the
`instant Wireless message then being vieWed. In response to
`receiving such request from a Wireless client machine, server
`
`10 then transmits to the Wireless client machine the WAP or
`HTML pages located at that speci?c address, Which pages
`again include the modi?ed version of the Internet mail
`message originally transmitted to server 10, thus enabling
`the user to vieW the modi?ed version of that original mail
`message (With attachments) on their Wireless client machine.
`[0028] Having noW fully set forth the preferred embodi
`ments and certain modi?cations of the concept underlying
`the present invention, various other embodiments as Well as
`certain variations and modi?cations of the embodiments
`herein shoWn and described Will obviously occur to those
`skilled in the art upon becoming familiar With said under
`lying concept. It should be understood, therefore, that the
`invention may be practiced otherWise than as speci?cally set
`forth herein.
`
`1. Amethod for communicating email messages to remote
`users of Wireless devices, comprising the steps of:
`
`a. checking for neW email on a plurality of mail accounts
`associated With a plurality of remote users of Wireless
`devices;
`b. receiving neW email from at least one client mail
`server;
`
`c. storing neW email in a database With an identi?er
`associating said neW email With a particular remote
`user;
`d. transforming any attachments to said email into WAP
`vieWable pages;
`
`e. preparing said email for vieWing via WAP or WEB; and
`
`f. sending said particular remote user noti?cation about a
`neW email message via SMS, MMS, EMS, or WAP
`PUSH.
`2. A system for enabling the user of a Wireless device to
`remotely access a modi?ed version of an Internet email
`message through a link provided in a loW bandWidth mes
`sage transmitted to the Wireless device, comprising:
`
`a computer hosting an email service accessible via Wire
`less devices to a plurality of remote users, said email
`service being operable to:
`
`a. receive Internet mail from at least one Internet mail
`server;
`
`b. process the received mail into a modi?ed message
`and store said modi?ed message in a format in Which
`the message and any attachments thereto may be
`read, vieWed, heard, and accessed on a remote Wire
`less client machine;
`
`c. transmit a summary of the received Internet Mail
`message With a link to said modi?ed message to a
`Wireless client machine associated With a user iden
`ti?ed in said received mail; and
`
`d. communicate With said Wireless client machine to
`alloW secure access from said Wireless client
`machine to said modi?ed message Without requiring
`a user logon procedure.
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`WHATSAPP INC.'S EXHIBIT NO. 1013
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