Patent ID: 7797386

Claim:
Apparatus for a communication network having at least a mobile node and a home node, the home node having a configured desktop email manager capable of automatically effectuating a plurality of different dispositions for different email messages received at the home node, according to how the home-node desktop email manager is configured, and the mobile node comprising a memory device operable to store a current configuration status included in a confirmation message, said apparatus for reconfiguring the home-node desktop email manager from the mobile node, said apparatus comprising: a configuration status request message generator selectably coupled to the communication network and configured for selectably generating a status summary request for transmission to the home node in order to determine the current configuration of the desktop email manager; a receiver configured to receive a configuration status summary of the current configuration of the desktop email manager; a reconfiguration message generator selectably coupled to the communication network for generating a reconfiguration message comprising instructions to make changes to a home-node configuration file for reconfiguring the effectuation of disposition of the email messages responsive to the reconfiguration message; a transmitter configured to transmit the reconfiguration message to the home-node, wherein the home-node performs the reconfiguration of the home-node desktop email manager if the home-node determines the reconfiguration message is considered to be proper and logically consistent with the home-node desktop email manager; whereby a first type email message received at the home node from the communication network is automatically provided a first type of disposition prior to receipt of the reconfiguration message and provided a second type disposition after receipt of the reconfiguration message, email messages being unchanged by dispositions.