Patent ID: 8224295

Claim:
A method for facilitating communication between a mobile device and a network application using an electronic mail interface computing device, the method comprising: obtaining, at the electronic mail interface computing device, a request for change of data from the mobile device, the request for change of data including a set of expiration data, and wherein the expiration data defines a time interval for returning a response to the mobile device from the electronic mail interface computing device; monitoring, at the electronic mail interface computing device, electronic mail data during the time interval for providing a response to the request for change of data; determining whether the electronic mail data has changed prior to expiration of the time interval, and if so, transmitting a response including changed data to the mobile device prior to expiration of the time period; and if the time interval expires and no electronic mail data has changed, transmitting from the electronic mail interface computing device a notification to the mobile device that no electronic mail data has changed after expiration of the time interval.