Patent ID: 7440887
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for causing a first electronic messaging service mailbox of a first electronic messaging service system connected to a first user station for a user of said first electronic messaging service mailbox to migrate towards a second electronic messaging service system, the first electronic messaging service mailbox having a first physical electronic address and a first access electronic address for providing access to outside users, the method comprising: connecting each of the first and second electronic messaging service systems to a message routing center including a directory database containing addresses associated with mailboxes of first and second electronic messaging service systems; and recording, during a first step, a migration request on a migration control server, which request contains, in association, at least the first access electronic address of the first electronic messaging service mailbox and a scheduled migration instant for migration of the first electronic messaging service mailbox; for each migration request recorded in the migration control server, and in succession, when conditions required on the first and second electronic messaging service mailboxes have been verified by the message routing center as satisfactory,