Port discovery and message delivery in a portable electronic device
US8539093B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/37
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for fetching email from an email server to a portable electronic device is disclosed. The method includes, at a portable electronic device configured with an email client: (1) when creating an email account on the portable electronic device: (a) attempting to connect to an outbound email server using a first port/security combination according to a first preferred sequence of port/security combinations; (b) if connection is made using the first port/security combination, storing the first port/security combination as a stored configuration for the email account; (c) if connection is not made using the first port/security combination, repeating (1)(a) for different port/security combinations according to the preferred sequence until connection is made with a second port/security combination; and (d) storing the second port/security combination as the stored configuration; and (2) subsequently employing the stored configuration to connect to and send email via the outbound email server.
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