Patent ID: 7184753
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In an adaptive polling method for updating e-mails between at lease one mail server and a mobile communication device or mobile mail box of such device, the improvement comprising: retrieving current pre-emptive criteria from said at least one mail server; comparing said current pre-emptive criteria to previously stored pre-emptive criteria; and in the event said current pre-emptive criteria do not equal said previously store pre-emptive criteria then updating said e-mails between said at lease one mail server and mobile communication device or mobile mailbox, and otherwise pre-empting said updating of said e-mails between said at least one mail server and mobile communication device or mobile mailbox; wherein said pre-emptive criteria comprise at least one of number of messages in said mailbox and size said mailbox, and wherein the polling method is adapted for updating e-mails between multiple external mail servers and the mobile mailbox of the mobile device; the retrieving step comprises retrieving current pre-emptive criteria from each of said multiple external mail servers; and the comparison step comprises comparing said current pre-emptive criteria to previously stored pre-emptive criteria for respective ones of said multiple external servers; in the event said current pre-emptive criteria do not equal said previously stored pre-emptive criteria for a respective one of said multiple external mail severs then updating said e-mails between said respective one of said multiple external mail servers and said mobile mailbox, or otherwise pre-empting said updating of said e-mails between said respective one of said multiple external mail servers and said moble mailbox; and wherein said pre-emptive criteria comprise at least one of number of messages in and size of the mailbox of a respective one of said multiple external mail servers.