Method and apparatus for pushing e-mail to wireless communication devices
CA 2496283 C · Owner: Van, Ngoc Anh · Inventors: Gilhuly, Barry J.; Parry, Thomas; Van, Ngoc Anh
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Each e-mail server is publicly accessible and manages a plurality of unaffiliated e-mail accounts respectively associated with the plurality of wireless communication devices. An e-mail managing client logs on to an e-mail server behalf of the plurality of unaffiliated e-mail accounts and a TCP/IP connection is established and maintained with it. Thereafter e-mail change , notification information for all of the e-mail accounts are received continually over the single TCP/IP connection. Based on the e-mail change notification information, e-mail information may be retrieved and pushed for "real time" receipt by the plurality of wireless communication devices. An email server …
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- Filed August 14, 2002 and granted January 3, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 2022.
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