Patent ID: 7953802

Claim:
A method of redirecting information between a messaging host system and a wireless mobile data device that is associated with a computer connected over a network to the messaging host system, the method comprising: receiving a notification at a redirector component associated with the messaging host system indicating receipt of a mail item by the messaging host system, wherein the mail item is addressed to a data store associated with the messaging host system that is viewable via the computer; processing the mail item at the redirector component to add identification information associated with the wireless mobile data device; sending the mail item from the redirector component to the wireless mobile data device over a wireless network; receiving a read command from the wireless mobile data device at the redirector component indicating the mail item was read at the wireless mobile data device; and interfacing the read command to the messaging host system by the redirector component such that a message status change indicator is associated with the mail item and is viewable via the computer, wherein the message status change indicator indicates that the mail item was read and further wherein the message status change indicator is a read icon that is associated with the mail item and is viewable via the computer and the read icon provides an indication that the mail item was read at the wireless mobile data device.