Patent ID: 7196807
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic message retrieval system comprising: a sender operable to transmit an encrypted electronic message, directed to a mobile device of a specified recipient, over a transmission medium; a message retrieval device associated with the specified recipient operable to receive the encrypted electronic message and provide a notification message to the mobile device indicating receipt of the encrypted electronic message by the message retrieval device; wherein said mobile device being operable to receive the notification message from said message retrieval device and in response thereto provide a secret password to said message retrieval device to initiate decryption of the encrypted electronic message, wherein said message retrieval device is further operable to convert the decrypted electronic message into a format that is compatible with the mobile device, and to transmit the converted decrypted electronic message to the mobile device.