Patent ID: 6941349

Claim:
In a system having a messaging server operating to receive an electronic meeting request directed to an electronic mail account maintained by the messaging server and operating to determine whether the electronic mail account is associated with a wireless mobile device, wherein if the electronic mail account is associated with the wireless mobile device and the messaging server has been configured to redirect electronic meeting request messages to the wireless mobile device, then the messaging server operates to generate an electronic mail message with a file attachment that includes information contained within the electronic meeting request and with a content type indicator that indicates that the file attachment includes the meeting request information, and to transmit the electronic mail message to the wireless mobile device via a wireless network, the mobile device comprising: a receiver circuit operating to receive the electronic mail message from the wireless network; and a processing device operating to detect the content type indicator in the electronic mail message and in response to the content type indicator, to automatically execute a calendar application program to display the meeting request information on a user interface.