Patent ID: 7136920
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting messages to a plurality of wireless mobile communication devices configured to receive and process e-mail messages and direct wireless messages, comprising: an e-mail messaging server configured to receive and store e-mail messages in a memory, the e-mail messaging server coupled to an e-mail communication network for transporting the e-mail messages; a wireless server configured to detect e-mail messages, in the memory, that should be sent to the wireless mobile communication devices via a wireless communication network; a filter rules database for storing filter conditions and corresponding filter actions; a rules applicator for applying the filter conditions to the detected e-mail messages to determine whether the detected messages match filter conditions; an action applicator for executing the filter actions upon detected e-mail messages that match the corresponding filter conditions; an automatic message generator for generating an all points bulletin message body and a list of recipients, the all points bulletin message body including information that indicates the status of the e-mail messaging server; an address database for storing wireless network identification numbers for the wireless mobile communication devices; and a message wrapper for generating direct wireless messages addressed to each wireless network identification number corresponding to the list of recipients, the direct wireless messages containing the all points bulletin message body; wherein the direct wireless messages are not e-mail messages and are transmitted directly to the wireless communications devices by the wireless communication network so as to bypass the e-mail communication network.