System and method of polling electronic mailboxes
US7206816B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications system includes a polling agent that can be part of a mobile office platform for polling an electronic mailbox to retrieve unique identifiers (UID's) of electronic messages. A database stores the UID's resulting from the polling operation. The polling agent is operative for polling the electronic mailbox and retrieving only those UID's that are newer than the UID's from a previous polling to determine that new messages are available.
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