Patent ID: 7787864
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A wireless communications system comprising: a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a device identification (ID), each device ID having associated therewith a device capability set from among a plurality of device capability sets; and at least one electronic mail (email) server comprising a database of subscriber accounts and configured to send emails to and receive emails from said mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and device IDs; said at least one email server compare a given PIN and device ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless communications device, with a corresponding PIN and device ID for the corresponding subscriber account in said database, and update a corresponding device capability set for the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy; said at least one email server also configured to determine if the PIN in the subscriber account for said given mobile wireless communications device corresponds to the device ID in the subscriber account and, if not, reconcile the subscriber account to include a corresponding PIN for the device ID.