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System and host arrangement for transmission of electronic mail
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
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Filing: 1996-08-30
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Granted: 2001-03-20
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Expires: 2016-08-30
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a system and to a host arrangement for transferring electronic mail over a mobile telephone network with the aid of SMS message routing means existing in the network. According to the invention, e-mail is coupled with a modified SMS message containing an agent which, through the medium of control characters, is recognized in the addressed mobile station. A client function in the computer decodes the agent and initiates the transfer of e-mail from the host arrangement, wherein the mail is loaded into the computer from the mobile station, via a PCMCIA connection.
Inventors
- 👤 Hjalmar Winbladh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:58
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/18; H04W88/184; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/06; H04L51/066; H04L51/58; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/50; H04M3/53; H04M3/533; H04L51/48; H04M2203/00; H04M2203/45; H04M2203/4536; H04M2207/00; H04M2207/18; H04M3/5322; H04M7/00; H04M7/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A method of a server, which server is operatively connected to a mobile telephone network, such as a GSM system, and to an external network, such as the Internet, for transferring electronic mail between the external network and a mobile telephone subscriber of the mobile telephone network the method comprising the steps of: storing an electronic mail received from said external network and addressed to said mobile telephone subscriber; forming an agent byte sequence that includes field with coded information, wherein one field includes information identifying said electronic mail and another field includes information identifying said server; initiating transmission of an SMS message to a mobile station of said mobile telephone subscriber, wherein said agent byte sequence is included in the user text part of the SMS message; and transmitting said electronic mail, upon a request from said mobile telephone subscriber, which request includes identifying information of said electronic mail, to said mobile station using a data connection provided by said mobile telephone network.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
164 words
A method of a server, which server is operatively connected to a mobile telephone network, such as a GSM system, and to an external network, such as the Internet, for transferring electronic mail between the external network and a mobile telephone subscriber of the mobile telephone network the method comprising the steps of: storing an electronic mail received from said external network and addressed to said mobile telephone subscriber; forming an agent byte sequence that includes field with coded information, wherein one field includes information identifying said electronic mail and another field includes information identifying said server; initiating transmission of an SMS message to a mobile station of said mobile telephone subscriber, wherein said agent byte sequence is included in the user text part of the SMS message; and transmitting said electronic mail, upon a request from said mobile telephone subscriber, which request includes identifying information of said electronic mail, to said mobile station using a data connection provided by said mobile telephone network.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said agent byte sequence is composed of a character string.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said data connection used for transmitting said electronic mail is established between said server and said mobile station by receiving and accepting a call from said mobile station, and wherein said data connection initially is used by the server for receiving said request from said mobile telephone subscriber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said information identifying said server corresponds to a server host telephone number in accordance with a telephone numbering plan.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said data connection is a GSM speech channel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
218 words
A server being operatively connected to a mobile telephone network, such as a GSM system, and to an external network, such as the Internet, for transferring electronic mail between the external network and a mobile telephone subscriber of the mobile telephone network, the server including: storage means for storing an electronic mail received from said external network and addressed to said mobile telephone subscriber; first means for forming an agent byte sequence that includes fields with coded information, wherein one field includes information identifying said electronic mail and another field includes information identifying said server; SMS gateway means for operatively connecting the server to an SMS center, which SMS center is provided by said mobile telephone network for routing SMS messages; second means for initiating transmission of an SMS message, which message includes said agent byte sequence in its user text part, from said SMS center to a mobile station of said mobile telephone subscriber; data gateway means for connecting the server to a data connection provided by said mobile telephone network between said mobile station and the server; and third means for transmitting said electronic mail, via the data gateway means and the data connection, to said mobile station in response to a request from the mobile station, said request including identifying information of said electronic mail.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
218 words
A server being operatively connected to a mobile telephone network, such as a GSM system, and to an external network, such as the Internet, for transferring electronic mail between the external network and a mobile telephone subscriber of the mobile telephone network, the server including: storage means for storing an electronic mail received from said external network and addressed to said mobile telephone subscriber; first means for forming an agent byte sequence that includes fields with coded information, wherein one field includes information identifying said electronic mail and another field includes information identifying said server; SMS gateway means for operatively connecting the server to an SMS center, which SMS center is provided by said mobile telephone network for routing SMS messages; second means for initiating transmission of an SMS message, which message includes said agent byte sequence in its user text part, from said SMS center to a mobile station of said mobile telephone subscriber; data gateway means for connecting the server to a data connection provided by said mobile telephone network between said mobile station and the server; and third means for transmitting said electronic mail, via the data gateway means and the data connection, to said mobile station in response to a request from the mobile station, said request including identifying information of said electronic mail.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The server as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said first, second and third means are program code instruction means to be executed by a processing unit included in the server.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The server as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said agent byte sequence is composed of a character string.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
The server as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said data connection used for transmitting said electronic mail is established between said server and said mobile station by receiving and accepting a call from said mobile station, and wherein said data connection initially is used by the server for receiving said request from said mobile telephone subscriber.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The server as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said information identifying said server corresponds to a server host telephone number in accordance with a telephone numbering plan.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The server as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said data connection is a GSM speech channel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The server as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said first, second and third means are program code instruction means to be executed by a processing unit included in the server.
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