Patent ID: 8639754

Claim:
A system for accessing messages on a message storage system configured for receiving a plurality of messages through a network connection system from a plurality of sending client devices and storing the messages and message information associated with the messages, the message information for each message specifying an intended receiving client device, the system comprising: a message server coupled to the message storage system and configured for: retrieving message data from the message storage system and sending the message data to a receiving client device through a first network connection using a non-HyperText Transfer Protocol, the message data comprising at least one message and message information associated with the at least one message, the message information for the at least one message specifying the receiving client device as the intended receiving client device; and a user interface (UI) server configured for: sending UI data to the receiving client device through a second network connection using a HyperText Transfer Protocol, the receiving client device comprising a web browser comprising a client UI for accessing message data, the UI data for producing webpages of the client UI on the receiving client device, the message data for populating the webpages of the client UI, the message server and the UI server being different servers, the message server and UI server being simultaneously coupled to the receiving client device, wherein the message server sends message data through the first network connection to the receiving client device while the UI server simultaneously sends UI data through the second network connection to the receiving client device, wherein the message data comprises no UI data, the UI data comprises no message data, the message server does not send UI data to the receiving client device, and the UI server does not send message data to the receiving client device.