Patent ID: 8756317

Claim:
A system for authenticating access to an electronic mailbox from a remote device and obtaining electronic mail (email), comprising: an email server; and a mobile office platform server configured as an agent between the email server and the remote device, and comprising a processor configured to access the email server, including initially accessing the electronic mailbox with a user identification and email address, determine when an authentication token is required to access the electronic mailbox and, then receive an authentication token from the email server, retain the user identification and email address when an authentication token is not required for accessing the electronic mailbox, when an attempt to access the electronic mailbox using the authentication token is successful, store the authentication token for subsequent use and discard the user identification and email address, and if when access to the electronic mailbox using the authentication token is not successful, request a new authentication token from the email server and make another attempt to access the electronic mailbox using the new authentication token.