Patent ID: 8880628

Claim:
A push email system comprising a mobile handheld device for a mobile user, an email server device and a separate unstructured supplementary service data (USSD)-type server device that provides real-time messaging, the mobile handheld device having a mobile application to interface with the email server device to configure the email server device, listen for messages from the USSD-type server device and retrieve an email from the email server device when the email meets the preferences of the mobile user, the email server device configured by the mobile application to receive email for an email account of the mobile user, check preferences of the mobile user, and, when the email satisfies the preferences of the mobile user, notify the USSD-type server device of the receipt of the email for the mobile user; the USSD-type server device configured to send a real-time message to the mobile application, the real-time message including the mobile user's email account, length of the email and number of attachments, if any, to the email, the real-time message notifying the mobile application of the receipt of the email by the email server device for the account of the mobile user; and responsive to the receipt of the real-time message by the mobile application, the mobile application retrieves the email to the mobile handheld device directly from the email server device when the email meets the preferences of the mobile user.