Patent ID: 7447745

Claim:
A system for enabling the exchange of data between at least one remote user having a portable device with an email application program running in an off-line mode and an email server communicatively coupled to the portable device over a network, said system comprising: a client logical module; and a domain module; wherein the client logical module is installed in the portable device in association with the email application and the network and is adapted to: receive user credentials; detect the generation of an outgoing message generated through the email application program while it is operating in an off-line mode; transfer the outgoing message over the network toward the domain module; receive incoming messages from the domain module; and transfer the incoming messages toward the email application program while the email application program is operating in an off-line mode; and the domain module communicatively coupled to the client logical module and operating in association with the email server, said domain module being adapted to: impersonate the remote user, thereby appearing to the email server as though the email application program is connected directly to the email server in an on-line mode; receive outgoing messages from the client logical module; transfer the outgoing messages to the email server; receive incoming messages from the email server; and provide the received incoming messages to the client logical module in the portable device.