Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data items from a messaging host system to a user's mobile device using a redirector component disposed in a wide-area data network. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting receipt of a new data item from the messaging host system for a user over the wide-area data network; based on filtering rules configured for the user, determining if the new data item is to be redirected to the user's mobile device over a wireless network; and upon determining that the new data item is to be redirected, processing at least a portion of the new data item for transmission thereof to the user's mobile device.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data items from a messaging system to a user's mobile communication device. One embodiment of a method comprises: configuring a plurality of redirection trigger events for a user, wherein upon occurrence of a redirection trigger event, a redirection flag configured for the user is set so as to enable uninterrupted redirection of data items to the user's mobile data communication device from the messaging system until the redirection flag is reset to indicate cessation of redirection of the data items; automatically detecting receipt of a new data item at the messaging system for the user, the new data item arriving subsequent to the setting of the redirection flag configured for the user; and processing at least a portion of the new data item for transmission thereof to the user's mobile communication device over a wireless network.

Abstract: A message status synchronization scheme. In one embodiment, a method may comprise: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server from a sender for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith; processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network; upon receiving a reply message from the mobile data communication, configuring address information associated with the reply message and transmitting the reply message to the sending entity with the user's mail address as its originating address; receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been replied to on the mobile data communication device; and altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal.

Abstract: A scheme for message status indication. One embodiment of a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith, wherein the message is received from a sending party that has requested a read receipt indication; processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network; receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been read at the mobile data communication device; altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal; and forwarding a read receipt indication to the sending party.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting e-mail messages and message attachments to a user of a mobile data communication device that is associated with a host system and communicates therewith via a wireless gateway, the system comprising: a structure for automatically detecting arrival of a data item at the host system from a message sender, the data item being directed to an address associated with the user at the host system, the data item including an e-mail message and a message attachment; a structure for transmitting at least a portion of the data item from the host system to the mobile data communication device via the wireless gateway using a network address of the mobile data communication device; and a structure, operable responsive to receiving a first command message from the mobile data communication device at the host system requesting more of the data item, for transmitting the message attachment from the host system to the mobile data communication device via the wireless gateway using the network address o

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data to a mobile communication device from a messaging server. One embodiment comprises one or more of the following: receiving a connection request command from a store-and-forward server associated with a wireless packet data network; transmitting an address request to the store-and-forward server in response to the connection request command; and upon obtaining an IP address from the store-and-forward server, receiving a data item for a user associated with the mobile communication device over the wireless packet data network.

Abstract: A key distribution scheme for management of keys used for encryption of data items redirected between a messaging server and a mobile device associated with a user. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: generating a first pair of keys by a redirector component associated with the messaging server, the first pair of keys including a public key and a private key; storing the private key of the first pair of keys at the redirector component and providing the public key of the first pair of keys to a key repository; generating a second pair of keys by the mobile device, the second pair of keys including a public key and a private key; storing the private key of the second pair of keys at the mobile device and providing the public key of the second pair of keys to the key repository; and exchanging the public keys of the first and second pairs of keys between the redirector component and the mobile device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile data communication device operable with a redirector component disposed in a wide-area data network. The claimed embodiment comprises a structure for manipulating a set of filtering rules configured for a user associated with the mobile data communication device, the filtering rules operating in conjunction with a redirector component disposed in a wide-area data network; and a structure for determining that a data item received at the mobile data communication device responsive to the filtering rules is a data item redirected from the redirector component based on examining a redirection flag associated with the data item.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-accessible medium having instructions which, when executed on a computer, effectuate redirection of messages between a mail system and a mobile communications device. The computer-accessible medium comprises: program code for determining occurrence of a trigger event configured to control redirection of messages at the mail system with respect to a user; program code for automatically detecting arrival of a new message at the mail system, the new message being addressed to the user; and program code for causing to package an instance of the new message for transmission to the mobile communications device associated with the user.

Abstract: A message redirection scheme, comprising: receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user's mobile data communication device; obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID; obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and obtaining a site information record based on the site ID; if the site information record has a blank domain name, using an address found in the user record as an e-mail address; and if the site information record a populated domain name, then using a juxtaposition of a user name and a domain name as the e-mail address for transmitting the message.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data to a mobile communication device capable of communicating via at least one short-range wireless communication path and at least one long-range wireless communication path. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: a structure for setting a redirection flag configured for a user associated with a mobile communication device to enable continuous redirection of data items thereto from a host system until the redirection flag is reset to indicate cessation of redirection of the data items. Thereafter, the embodiment is operable to determine whether the mobile communication device is within coverage of a cell of a plurality of cells, each cell being operable with an associated short-range wireless communication path, whereby a data item is redirected accordingly.

Abstract: A message status synchronization scheme. In one embodiment, a method may comprise: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith; processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network; receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been deleted on the mobile data communication device; and altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal.

Abstract: A scheme for message status indicator synchronization. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith; processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network; receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device; and altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile data communication device operable to process redirected data items from a messaging system, wherein the data items include message attachments. The mobile data communication device includes one or more of the following: a structure for generating a command towards a redirector component associated with a messaging system to initiate redirection of user data items over a wireless network for a user associated with the mobile data communication device; a structure for receiving at least a portion of a data item redirected from the messaging system over the wireless network; and a structure for generating a request towards the redirector component for more of the data item.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting messages between an Internet Service Provider (ISP) host and a mobile device associated with a user having a mail address at the ISP host. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: receiving incoming messages directed to the user's mail address at the ISP host; responsive to a setting of a redirection trigger associated with the user, encrypting and redirecting the incoming messages from the ISP host to the mobile device via a redirector that is integrated with the ISP host; receiving encrypted outgoing messages that are generated and encrypted at the mobile communications device; decrypting the received encrypted outgoing messages to recover the outgoing messages; and configuring address information of the outgoing messages so that the user's mail address is used as an originating address of the outgoing messages.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting messages from a messaging system to a mobile communication device associated with a user having a mail address at the messaging system. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: maintaining a folder list at the messaging system for incoming messages addressed to the user's mail address; upon receiving an automatically generated notification indicative of arrival a new incoming message for the user, determining if the new message is in the folder list; and upon determining that the new message is in the folder list, processing at least a portion of an instance of the new message for transmission to the user's mobile communication device over a wireless network.

Abstract: A scheme for 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.

Abstract: A message delivery scheme operable at a mobile data communication device. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: determining that a received message is a redirected message from a messaging system for a user associated with the messaging system, the received message including a new message having a sender address and the user's mail box address associated with the messaging system as a recipient address; and processing a reply message generated responsive to the new message in order for transmitting the reply message to a redirector component operatively coupled to the messaging system, the reply message having the user's mail box address as its destination address.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting e-mail messages and message attachments from a mail system to a mobile data communication device. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting a data item including an e-mail message and a message attachment by a redirector component associated with the mail system; processing the data item for sending a first portion of the data item to the mobile data communication device via a wireless network; receiving a command message from the mobile data communication device at the redirector component requesting more of the data item; and sending a second portion of the data item including the message attachment to the mobile data communication device via the wireless network in response to the command message.

Abstract: A scheme for redirecting e-mail messages and message attachments to a user of a mobile data communication device that is associated with a host system and communicates therewith via a wireless gateway. In embodiment, a method comprises, among others, determining occurrence of a trigger event configured with respect to a user for controlling redirection of data items addressed to the user at the host system, automatically detecting arrival of a data item at the host system from a message sender, the data item being directed to an address associated with the user at the host system, the data item including an e-mail message and a message attachment; and transmitting at least a portion of the data item from the host system to the mobile data communication device via the wireless gateway using a network address of the mobile data communication device.