METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUSHING E-MAIL TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES

摘要

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 e-mail server identifier and an e-mail notification identifier are provided with the e-mail change notification information so that requests to receive particular e-mail information may be properly facilitated. User-configurable delivery settings are also provided so that e-mail information may be pushed (if at all) as specified by the end-user.