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Method and system for providing easy access to an e-mail account via a mobile communication network

US7409426B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

12Claims

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Assignee

T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Gill · Essen, DE
Tarek Salem · Bonn, DE
Klaus Weis · Schwanau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2003
Grant date	Aug 5, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for providing easy access to an e-mail account, in particular a POP3/SMTP e-mail account, via a mobile communication network. The method comprises the steps of: providing a mobile terminal having a generic e-mail configuration with at least one default POP3/SMTP server address, setting up a connection to a server identified by the default POP3/SMTP server address via the mobile communication network using a standard POP3/SMTP protocol, and in the proxy server evaluating a user identification based on specific information assigned to the user, identifying a user e-mail account assigned to the user identification, and setting up a connection to the identified e-mail account of an e-mail system.

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