Patent ID: 7430581

Claim:
A method of provisioning a mobile communication device to operate with an enterprise server, the enterprise server being operable to communicate with a wireless gateway over a computer network to redirect electronic messages from an electronic mail (email) account to the mobile communication device, comprising: generating a provisioning request message at the mobile communication device that includes a wireless identification to identify the mobile communication device in a wireless network and also includes an email address identifying the email account; transmitting the provisioning request message over the wireless network to the wireless gateway; using the email address to transmit the provisioning request message to the email account using an email transfer protocol; monitoring the email account to detect the provisioning request message; in response to detecting the provisioning request message in the email account, configuring the enterprise server to include the wireless identification; generating a provisioning response message that includes a network address for the enterprise server that identifies the enterprise server in the computer network; transmitting the provisioning response message to the wireless gateway using the email transfer protocol; transmitting the provisioning response message to the mobile communication device over the wireless network; and configuring the mobile communication device to include the network address of the enterprise server.