Patent ID: 7194252
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of retrieving electronic mail messages over a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a first electronic mail retrieval request message on a gateway by a router utilizing a first socket from a wireless device, the first electronic mail retrieval request message being in a format compatible with the wireless device, the first electronic mail retrieval request message identifying a user account; in response to receiving the first electronic mail retrieval request, looking up the user account in a user database to determine a remote electronic mail message server and to determine a protocol of the wireless device: converting at the gateway the first electronic mail retrieval request message into a second electronic mail retrieval message that is in a format that is compatible with the remote electronic mail message server of an external network; sending the second electronic mail retrieval request message from the gateway over the external network in communication with the gateway to the remote electronic mail message server; receiving a first electronic mail retrieval reply message on the gateway from the remote electronic mail message server of the external network in response to the second electronic mail retrieval request message; converting at the gateway the first electronic mail retrieval reply message into a second electronic mail retrieval reply message that is in a format that is compatible with the wireless device by conforming the second electronic mail retrieval reply message to the protocol of the wireless device that has been determined from the user account of the user database; and sending the second electronic mail retrieval reply message from the gateway to the wireless device.