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1. 1 A cellular handheld electronic device comprising an input device a wireless communications port and a processor in communication with the input device and the wireless communications port the processor being con figured to detect at the input device input of an out of office reply setting comprising an instruction to enable the out of office reply setting and a date for disabling the out of office reply setting the out of office reply setting comprising a change to an out of office reply setting previously stored at the cellular handheld electronic device and in the account at the server and send using the wireless communications port the detected out of office reply setting for storage at a server for an account associated with said setting wherein the processor is configured to send the detected out of office reply setting by wirelessly sending said setting for receipt by an enterprise server in communication with a mail server comprising the account 2 The cellular handheld electronic device of claim 1 wherein the cellular handheld electronic device is associated with the account 3 The cellular handheld electronic device of claim 1 wherein the out of office reply setting comprises auto reply text 4 The cellular handheld electronic device of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to receive using the wireless communications port a change to an out of office reply setting previously stored2. FIG 11 shows as screen 1389 the e mail settings display screen 138 of FIG 8 after selecting the corresponding menu item 132 of FIG 4 or after changing the setting 204 of FIG 9 This shows that the user can also edit the Out of Office reply e mail setting 204 wirelessly from the device 4 The user can enable disable that setting 204 which is also automatically disabled if the mail server 218 FIG 12 e g a Lotus Notes or Domino mail server supports such a setting by the device 4 and by the mail server 218 FIG 12 as of the specified due date 222 The user can also create and edit the auto reply text 220 In contrast Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange Server does not automatically disable such an e mail setting 204 Referring to FIG 12 the wireless handheld electronic device 4 the wireless enterprise server ES 216 and a data base store DS 230 of user e mail settings the mail server MS 218 and the personal computer PC 134 are shown First the user makes one or more changes on the wireless handheld electronic device 4 to an e mail setting e g e mail filters such as 148 150 of FIG 6 e mail redirection setting 198 FIG 8 save copy in sent folder e mail setting 200 use auto signature e mail setting 202 out of office reply e mail setting 204 Responsive to the selection of the Save item 212 FIG 9 the one or more change s is are then sent to the wireless enterprise server ES 216 over a wirele
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5. U S Patent Apr 16 2013 Sheet 1 of 7 US 8 423 011 B2 104 102 Pa Mo 528 Od U S Patent Apr 16 2013 Sheet 2 of 7 US 8 423 011 B2 INPUT APPARATUS MEMORY 20 90 CALENDAR ADDRESS I 22 BOOK TASKS A 96 MEMOS 98 MESSAGES 100 SEARCH FIG 2 U S Patent Apr 16 2013 Sheet 3 of 7 US 8 423 011 B2 118 2 Hide mon Mark Prior Opened Delete Prior Compose Email Compose PIN Place Call Compose SMS Search View Folder View Saved Messages pi FIG 3 Message Uptions Email Reconciliation 478 Email Filters 130 124 Email Settings 132 FIG 4 Email Filters if no filters apply send email to handheld 152 144 Yes WDE NLL LLLLLLLA Mi fA Futeres o Filter 136 Ge U S Patent Apr 16 2013 Sheet 4 of 7 US 8 423 011 B2 if no filters apply send Move down handheld Disable filter New 464 Edit 166 Delete 168 Filter Name f 84 is 178 180 182 184 186 188 190 5 BCC to me Importance None 192 Sensitivity None 194 196 HG 0 U S Patent Apr 16 2013 Sheet 5 of 7 US 8 423 011 B2 Email Settings Send Email to Handheld Save Copy in Sent Folder Use Auto Signature gt My Signature Use Out UF Office Reply 18 FIG B 206 Email Settings Cha Opti d Send Email to Honaneitchange Uption7777 Folder Redirection Save Copy in Sent Fo Save N
6. 006 A 9 1999 Eggleston et al 709 219 6 219 694 Bl 4 2001 Lazaridis et al 6 452 588 B2 9 2002 Griffin et al 6 489 950 Bl 12 2002 Griffin et al 6 519 454 B1 2 2003 Calabrese et al 455 432 1 7 010 303 B2 3 2006 Lewis et al 7 355 730 B2 4 2008 Landau etal 358 1 14 7 437 416 B2 10 2008 Enatsu et al 7 475 109 Bl 1 2009 Fletcher et al 7 912 206 B2 3 2011 Miller etal 379 265 09 2002 0037714 Al 3 2002 Takae etal Continued OTHER PUBLICATIONS Barney Doug Remote cc Mail client goes graphical 2 0 lets Win dows users filter preview mail Lotus Development Corp intro duces cc Mail Mobile for Windows 2 0 electronic mail system InfoWorld 16 No 5 Jan 31 1994 Continued Primary Examiner Mahendra Patel 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Fish amp Richardson P C 57 ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for changing settable email param eters ina system supporting email using a wireless device the system including a wireless electronic device and a wireless network Provided is away of changing email settings on the wireless device and storing those changes on both the device and as needed or desired on the wireless network The wire less network and wireless device are adapted to wirelessly communicate with each other 19 Claims 7 Drawing Sheets Folder Redirection Desktop i Mailbox Build Failed John Public 1 Deleted Ite
7. 2 example a desktop personal computer Accordingly there is room for improvement in wireless handheld electronic devices and related systems and methods SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION These needs and others are met by the invention which provides a user interface on a wireless handheld electronic device in order to remotely control e mail settings for the device without using a software utility at for example a desktop personal computer In accordance with one aspect of the invention a method of changing e mail settings on a wireless handheld device com prises detecting an email setting displayable on the wireless handheld device saving the detected email setting in the wireless handheld device such that the detected email setting is retrievable at a later time sending using a wireless output communications port of the wireless handheld device the detected email setting in a manner receivable by a wireless server and uniquely associable with the sending wireless handheld device and using as needed by a message applica tion of the wireless handheld device the detected email set ting As another aspect of the invention a mobile wireless hand held device comprises wireless input and output ports a memory a display at least one input device configured to be usable by a user of the wireless handheld device software comprising at least a message application retrievably stored in the memory and a processor operatively couple
8. Display Time Display Name Confirm Delete on the handheld electronic device 4 The Email Reconciliation item 128 when selected provides a conventional bi directional e mail reconciliation between the user s main e mail processor e g a personal computer PC 134 FIG 12 desktop or workstation and the handheld electronic device 4 Although the items 126 and 128 are shown one or both of these items need not be employed Selecting the Email Filters item 130 causes the Email Filters display 136 of FIG 5 to be displayed Similarly selecting the Email Settings item 132 causes the Email Settings display 138 of FIG 8 to be displayed As will be explained starting from the Message Options menu screen 124 the user may control various different e mail settings such as for example e mail filter settings FIGS 5 7 auto signature e mail settings FIG 8 e mail folder redirection settings FIG 10 and out of office reply e mail settings FIG 11 As will be discussed below in connection with FIG 12 the e mail settings 248 which are created displayed edited and or deleted by the wireless handheld electronic device 4 permit the software utility 140 of the PC 134 FIG 12 to not be required for day to day usage As a result users can configure important e mail set tings from the wireless handheld electronic device 4 Those e mail settings 248 may also be found for example in a Redirector Settings component 142 of the PC softwar
9. Microsoft Exchange XP 002497503 2003 18 pp Research in Motion Limited BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange Feature Comparison XP002497521 http www sfrentreprises fr elements documents espace client utilisateurs business mail logicie MS__feature _comparison pdf 2004 1 p Notify Technology Corporation NotifyLink Enterprise Mobility Solution for Microsoft Exchange 2004 Notify Technology Corporation NotifyLink WorkGroup Solution for Departmental Wireless Email Calendar Contacts amp Tasks 2002 Lee C Dunker J CE Software Ships MobileVision tm CE Software Inc Press Release 1995 3 pgs Goin Postal version 5 Freeware Manual revision Goin Postal A Mailer for DOS HP Palmtops 100LX 200LX 700LX 1000CX undated 30 pgs CE Software Inc Mobile Vision Direct Wireless Connection to You LAN Based Electronic Mailbox User Manual 1995 49 pgs Sullivan K B Message is out about wireless E mail PC Week Netweek article Mar 13 1995 2 pgs Infowave Software Inc Symmetry User Guide PN 9110 01390 rev 1 0 Jun 22 2000 33 pgs Cingular Xpress Mail System Pocket PC Office Action issued in U S Appl No 10 988 305 on May 31 2006 9 pages Office Action issued in U S Appl No 10 988 305 on Nov 16 2006 9 pages Advisory Action issued in U S Appl No 10 988 305 on Feb 2 2007 3 pages Notice of Allowance issued in U S Appl No
10. Use Auto Signature gt My Signature Use Dut Of Office Reply IN 138 205 U S Patent Apr 16 2013 Sheet 6 of 7 US 8 423 011 B2 Folder Redirection Desktop Ei Mailbox John Public _ Build failed ii Deleted Items Gate Keeper Hell Inbox 226 Java Dev Java Device Apps 228 YwVuser Defined Email Folder Public Relation Clips FIG 10 nm 24 Email Settings Send Email to Handheld Yes Save Copy in Sent Folder ns Use Auto Signature gt My Signature Out of office reply 204 Due date Fri Dec 10 2004 P Note I will be out of the office FIGI 138 US 8 423 011 B2 Sheet 7 of 7 Apr 16 2013 U S Patent US 8 423 011 B2 1 WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING AND STORING EMAIL SETTINGS This application is a continuation of application Ser No 11 734 868 filed Apr 13 2007 now U S Pat No 7 653 402 and entitled Coordinated Changing Of Email Settings On Wireless Electronic Devices And Wireless Networks which is a continuation of application Ser No 10 988 305 filed Nov 12 2004 now U S Pat No 7 218 926 and entitled Method Wireless Handheld Electronic Device And System OfRemotely Controlling E Mail Settings From The Device BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1 Field of the Invention The invention relates generally to handheld electronic devices and more particularly to a
11. in field 176 FIG 7 and may include JohnSmith xyz com in the from field 178 and the check box 186 being checked As a 15 20 25 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 result e mail messages from JohnSmith xyz com sent directly to the user of the device 4 would not be forwarded to the user s wireless handheld EXAMPLE 2 For example Filter2 150 would include Filter2 in field 176 FIG 7 and may include Low Rate Mortgage in the subject field 182 As a result any e mail messages including that text in the subject field would not be forwarded FIGS 5 7 show that users can now perform any or all of the following actions directly from the device 4 without requiring any PC 134 FIG 12 1 view e mail filters FIGS 5 7 2 edit e mail filters FIGS 6 and 7 3 delete e mail filters FIGS 6 and 4 create new e mail filters FIGS 6 and 7 The Email Settings display 138 of FIG 8 is displayed after selecting the corresponding item 132 from the menu screen 124 of FIG 4 The display 138 includes various e mail set tings such as for example an e mail redirection setting 198 e g Send Email To Handheld an e mail setting 200 asso ciated with saving a copy ofa sent e mail ina sent folder e g Save Copy In Sent Folder an auto signature e mail setting 202 e g Use Auto Signature and an out of office reply e mail setting 204 e g Use Out Of Office Reply Those e mail settings 198 200 202 204
12. may individually be enabled e g Yes or disabled e g No Although example e mail setting selections are shown none one some or all may be enabled and none one some or all may be disabled Since the auto signature e mail setting 202 is enabled also displayed is the corresponding auto signature text 205 e g in this example My Signature FIG 9 shows the display screen 138 of FIG 8 and the corresponding menu screen 206 that is displayed by the pro cessor 16 FIG 2 responsive to the processor detecting another input through the input apparatus 16 such as by providing a selection input by translating the thumbwheel 32 in the direction indicated by the arrow 38 FIG 1 The menu screen 206 includes menu items 208 210 211 212 214 Selecting one of those menu items 208 210 211 212 214 pro vides one of the following five actions 1 the Hide Menu item 208 removes the menu screen 206 from the display 60 FIG 1 2 the Change Option item 210 either toggles the selected one of the e mail settings 198 200 202 204 e g selected e mail setting 204 in this example would toggle from No to Yes 3 the Folder Redirection item 211 brings up the display screen 224 shown in FIG 10 4 the Save item 212 saves the current e mail settings 198 200 202 204 in the memory 20 FIG 2 of the device 4 and also remotely controls the corresponding e mail settings in the wireless enterprise server 216 and or mail server 218 FIG 12 and 5
13. the Close item 214 removes the display screen 138 and redisplays the menu screen 124 FIG 4 EXAMPLE 3 For example if the user edits one some or all or the e mail settings 198 200 202 204 and or the text fields 205 or 220 FIG 11 and then selects the Save item 212 that information is saved in the memory 20 FIG 2 and also is wirelessly communicated by the device 4 to the wireless enterprise server 216 as will be discussed below in connection with FIG 12 If the e mail setting Send Email To Handheld 198 is enabled Yes then if none of the rules of the e mail filters e g FIG 5 apply then the e mail message is forwarded or redirected to the device 4 by the wireless enterprise server 216 FIG 12 FIGS 8 and 9 show that the user can view and US 8 423 011 B2 9 change the e mail redirection setting 198 by selecting the particular e mail setting with the thumbwheel 32 displaying the menu 206 and selecting the Change Option item 210 If the e mail setting Save Copy In Sent Folder 200 is enabled Yes then the processor 16 FIG 2 saves a copy of the e mail message in a sent folder 217 FIG 2 in the memory 20 of the device 4 FIGS 8 and 9 show that the user can view and change the e mail setting 200 If the e mail setting Use Auto Signature 202 is enabled Yes then the text 205 is appended by the e mail server 218 FIG 12 to any e mail messages that are sent by the device 4 FIGS 8 and 9 show that the user
14. the terms e mail setting or e mail settings mean one some or all of e mail filter setting s e mail redirection setting s e mail setting s associated with saving a copy ofa sent e mail in a sent folder auto signature e mail setting s and out of office reply e mail setting s US 8 423 011 B2 5 The invention is described in association with a wireless handheld electronic device although the invention is appli cable to a wide range of handheld electronic devices A wireless handheld electronic device 4 is indicated gen erally in FIG 1 and is depicted schematically in FIG 2 The example device 4 includes a housing 6 upon which are dis posed a processor unit that includes an input apparatus 8 an output apparatus 12 a processor 16 as shown in FIG 2 a memory 20 FIG 2 and a plurality of routines 22 FIG 2 The processor 16 may be for instance and without limitation a microprocessor uP that responds to inputs from the input apparatus 8 and provides output signals to the output appara tus 12 which includes a wireless communications port 23 FIG 2 The processor 16 also interfaces with the memory 20 Examples of handheld electronic devices are included in U S Pat Nos 6 452 588 and 6 489 950 which are incorpo rated by reference herein As can be understood from FIG 1 the input apparatus 8 includes a keypad 24 and a thumbwheel 32 The wireless handheld electronic device 4 as shown employs a user in
15. G 2 is a schematic depiction of the wireless handheld electronic device of FIG 1 FIG 3 is an example ofa Message List and a corresponding menu screen of the display of FIG 1 FIG 4 is an example of a Message Options menu screen that is displayed after making a selection from the menu screen of FIG 3 FIG 5 an example ofan Email Filters display screen that is displayed after making a selection from the menu screen of FIG 4 FIG 6 an example of the Email Filters display screen of FIG 5 and the corresponding menu screen FIG 7 an example of a Filter display screen that is dis played after making a selection from the menu screen of FIG 6 FIG 8 is an example of an Email Settings display screen that is displayed after making a selection from the menu screen of FIG 4 FIG 9 an example of the Email Settings display screen of FIG 8 and the corresponding menu screen FIG 10 is an example of a Folder Redirection display screen that is displayed after making a selection from the menu screen of FIG 9 FIG 11 is an example of the Email Settings display screen that is displayed after making a selection from the corre sponding menu screen of FIG 9 FIG 12 is a block diagram showing a wireless handheld electronic device a wireless enterprise server and database store a mail server and a personal computer PC in accor dance with an embodiment of the invention DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As employed herein
16. US008423011B2 a United States Patent 10 Patent No US 8 423 011 B2 Bocking et al 45 Date of Patent Apr 16 2013 54 WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE SYSTEM 370 328 709 206 219 21 217 248 228 75 73 21 22 65 63 51 52 58 AND METHOD OF DETECTING AND STORING EMAIL SETTINGS Inventors Andrew D Bocking Waterloo CA Anthony G Burns Waterloo CA David P Yach Waterloo CA Phil H Nguyen Kirchener CA Piotr K Tysowski Waterloo CA Research In Motion Limited Waterloo Ontario CA Assignee Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 245 days This patent is subject to a terminal dis claimer Appl No 12 647 797 Filed Dec 28 2009 Prior Publication Data US 2010 0105359 Al Apr 29 2010 Related U S Application Data Continuation of application No 11 734 868 filed on Apr 13 2007 now Pat No 7 653 402 which is a continuation of application No 10 988 305 filed on Nov 12 2004 now Pat No 7 218 926 Int Cl H04M 3 00 2006 01 US Cl USPC re 455 419 455 466 455 417 455 445 709 206 709 207 379 265 09 Field of Classification Search 455 412 1 455 466 418 411 410 574 445 419 370 252 709 225 203 218 207 726 3 379 88 17 379 265 09 See application file for complete search history 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 5 958
17. as without limitation software firmware and the like Referring again to FIG 1 the output apparatus 12 includes a display 60 upon which is provided an example output 64 The display 60 may also include a caret e g cursor 84 FIG 7 that depicts generally where the next input from the input apparatus 8 will be received The output 64 of FIG 1 is depicted as displaying a home screen that represents a num ber of applications 86 FIG 2 depicted as corresponding discrete icons 88 The applications 86 include for example a Calendar application 90 an Address Book application 92 a Tasks application 94 a MemoPad Memos application 96 a Messages application 98 and a Search application 100 The corresponding icons 88 include for example the Calendar icon 102 the Address Book icon 104 the Tasks icon 106 the MemoPad icon 108 the Messages icon 110 and the Search icon 112 respectively Although various applications and icons are shown a wide range of fewer or greater applications and icons may be employed In FIG 1 the home screen output 64 is currently active and would constitute another one of the applications 86 One of the other applications 86 such as the Messages application 98 can be initiated from the home screen output 64 by pro 0 35 40 45 55 65 6 viding a suitable input through the input apparatus 16 such as by suitably rotating the thumbwheel 32 and providing a selec tion input by translati
18. ast one of the at least one server being adapted to wirelessly communicate with the wireless handheld elec tronic device The wireless handheld electronic device is adapted to remotely control at least one of the e mail settings at the at least one server through wireless communication between the at least one server and the wireless handheld electronic device The at least one server may comprise a wireless enterprise server and an e mail server The at least one of the e mail settings may comprise an out of office reply e mail setting The wireless handheld electronic device may be further adapted to input a change to the out of office reply e mail setting and to wirelessly send the change to the wireless enterprise server The wireless enterprise server may be adapted to forward the change to the e mail server The e mail server may be adapted to independently update a change to the out of office reply e mail setting from a remote personal computer or from a remote client device including mail client software The wireless enterprise server may be further adapted to periodically monitor the out of office reply e mail setting of the e mail server and to wire lessly send a change thereof to the wireless handheld elec tronic device The at least one server may comprise a wireless enterprise server The wireless handheld electronic device may be fur ther adapted to input a plurality of changes to the e mail settings and to wirelessly send the
19. be made via the email program e g Microsoft Outlook on the PC 134 would be the e mail setting 204 The other of the e mail settings 248 would all be made by the desktop software utility 140 Then the steps work in reverse to get the updates out to the user s handheld device 4 as well At 240 this change is noticed For example the ES 216 may periodically monitor and or be notified of the e mail settings and or the ES 216 may subscribe to events that are published by the mail server 218 Finally at 242 the ES 216 sends the change wirelessly to the wireless handheld electronic device 4 which responsively updates its memory 20 FIG 2 with the new e mail setting s For example the mail server 218 is adapted to indepen dently update a change to the out of office reply e mail set ting from a remote client device including mail client soft ware such as the remote PC 134 The ES 216 is adapted to periodically monitor or be notified of changes to the out of office reply e mail setting of the mail server 218 and to wire lessly send a change thereof to the wireless handheld elec tronic device 4 A suitable firewall FW 244 is preferably employed between the device 4 and the ES 216 Preferably there is true end to end encryption between the enterprise server 216 and the device 4 such that the device 4 is truly an extension that is behind the virtual firewall 244 A system 246 includes the wireless handheld electron
20. can view and change the e mail setting 202 and or create view and edit the corre sponding text field 205 operatively associated with the setting 202 For example the text field 205 could be edited to alter natively state Sent From My Wireless Handheld Ifthe e mail setting Use Out Of Office Reply 204 is enabled Yes then the mail server 218 FIG 12 sends a predefined reply e mail message to any e mail message that is sent to the user s email address account FIGS 8 9 and 11 show that the user can view and change the e mail setting 204 and or create view and edit the corresponding text field 220 e g Note I will be out of the office FIG 11 or due date 222 e g Fri Dec 10 2004 FIG 11 For example the due date 222 could be edited to alternatively state Sat Dec 11 2004 FIG 10 shows an example of a Folder Redirection display screen 224 that is displayed after making a selection from the menu 206 of FIG 9 The user may employ a menu screen not shown similar to the menu screen 206 FIG 9 to edit the Folder Redirection settings wirelessly from the device 4 This allows the user to specify e mail folders e g without limi tation Inbox 226 User defined email folder 228 for which corresponding e mail messages are redirected or forwarded to the device 4 It will be appreciated that none one some or all of the various folders of the screen 224 may be selected or de selected by the device 4
21. changes to the wireless enterprise server The wireless enterprise server may be jak 5 20 35 40 45 50 4 adapted to update the at least one of the e mail settings in the database based upon the changes The at least one server may further comprise an e mail server The at least one of the e mail settings may comprise an out of office reply e mail setting The wireless handheld electronic device may be further adapted to input a change to the out of office reply e mail setting and to wirelessly send the change to the wireless enterprise server The wireless enterprise server may be adapted to forward the change to the e mail server As another aspect of the invention a wireless handheld electronic device comprises an input apparatus a wireless communication port a memory including a plurality of e mail settings associated with the wireless communication port and a processor cooperating with the input apparatus the wireless communication port and the memory to remotely control at least one of the e mail settings at a wireless server through wireless communication with the wireless commu nication port BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A full understanding of the invention can be gained from the following description of the preferred embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which FIG 1 is a top plan view of a wireless handheld electronic device in accordance with the invention FI
22. claim 6 wherein the processor is further configured to output using the display the detected out of office reply setting 8 The cellular handheld electronic device of claim 6 wherein the processor is further configured to receive from 12 the email server using the wireless communications port a previously set out of office reply setting 9 A method comprising detecting input of an out of office reply setting at a cellular 5 handheld electronic device the out of office reply set ting comprising an instruction to enable the out of office reply setting and a date for disabling the out of office reply setting the out of office reply setting comprising a change to an out of office reply setting previously stored at the cellular handheld electronic device and an account at a mail server and wirelessly sending from the cellular handheld electronic device to an enterprise server in communication with the mail server comprising the account the detected out of office reply setting for storage at the mail server for the account associated with said setting 10 The method of claim 9 wherein the account is associ ated with the cellular handheld electronic device 11 The method of claim 9 wherein the account is an email 20 account 12 The method of claim 9 wherein the out of office reply setting comprises an auto reply text 13 The method of claim 9 further comprising the cellular handheld electronic device receiving
23. d to the wireless input and output ports the memory the display the at least one input device and structured to retrieve and run the software where the software is further configured to run on the processor and further where the software and the proces sor are configured to be able to retrieve and save a plurality of email settings the email settings further saved in a manner usable by the message application to enable display of changeable email settings and detection of changes to the email settings by the at least one input device to save detected changes to email settings in a manner usable by the software and to send through the output port wireless communica tions configured to be receivable by a wireless server where the detected changes to the email settings are uniquely asso ciable with the wireless handheld device As another aspect of the invention a method of changing e mail settings on a wireless network comprises providing storage for email settings on the wireless network the storage enabled for retrievably storing email settings associated with a specific wireless device receiving on the wireless network a communication comprised of at least one email setting associable with the specific wireless device where the received at least one email setting has the property of being changeable by an input device on the specific wireless device saving in the storage the received at least one email setting in a manner as
24. e of the at least one folder may be forwarded or redirected to the wireless handheld electronic device The wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to enable or disable the forwarding or redirecting for the one of the at least one folder The e mail setting may be an out of office reply e mail setting and the wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to create enable edit or disable the out of office reply e mail setting The out of office reply e mail setting may be automatically disabled at a predetermined date The wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to edit the predetermined date The e mail setting may be associated with saving a copy of a sent e mail in a sent folder The wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to enable or disable the e mail setting associated with saving a copy ofa sent e mail in a sent folder The e mail setting may be an auto signature e mail setting The wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to enable or disable the auto signature e mail setting A text field may be associated with the auto signature e mail setting and the wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to edit the text field As another aspect of the invention a system comprises a wireless handheld electronic device comprising a plurality of e mail settings associated therewith and at least one server comprising a database maintaining at least one of the e mail settings at le
25. e utility 140 Referring to FIGS 5 7 the user can create FIGS 6 and 7 display FIGS 5 7 edit FIGS 6 and 7 and delete FIG 6 various e mail filters As shown in the Email Filters display 136 of FIG 5 there is a first display portion 144 anda second display portion 146 including two example filters 148 Fil terl and 150 Filter2 The first display portion 144 shows that if no filters apply then an e mail message will be sent to the wireless handheld electronic device 4 as indicated by the redirection setting 152 Yes If however the setting 152 was No then e mail messages that do not meet the various filter criteria are not forwarded or redirected to the wireless hand held electronic device 4 In this example there are two US 8 423 011 B2 7 enabled e g as indicated by the example checks such as 154 filters 148 150 although there may be one or more filters each of which may be independently enabled or disabled e g the absence of a check not shown As shown in FIG 6 a menu screen 156 can be initiated from the display 136 by providing a suitable input through the input apparatus 16 such as by suitably rotating the thumb wheel 32 FIG 1 e g to select Filterl 148 as shown and providing a selection input by translating the thumbwheel 32 in the direction indicated by the arrow 38 The menu screen 156 for the enabled Filterl 148 includes a Hide Menu item 158 a Move down item 160 a Disable filter i
26. from the server a 25 change to an out of office reply setting previously stored in the account at the server and storing said change at the cellular handheld electronic device 14 The method of claim 9 wherein the cellular handheld electronic device is a mobile handheld device 15 A system comprising at least one server comprising settings stored in an account the at least one server being configured to communicate with a cellular handheld electronic device wherein the at least one server comprises an enterprise server con figured to receive the detected out of office reply setting from the cellular handheld electronic device and a mail server in communication with the enterprise server con figured to receive and store the detected out of office reply setting from the enterprise server and the cellular handheld electronic device comprising an input device a wireless communications port a processor in communication with the input device and the wireless communications port the processor being configured to detect at the input device input of an out of office reply setting comprising an instruction to enable the out of office reply setting and a date for dis abling the out of office reply setting the out of office reply setting comprising a change to an out of office reply setting previously stored at the cellular handheld electronic device and in the account and send using the wireless communications port the detected o
27. handheld electronic device including an e mail function The invention also relates to a method or a system of remotely controlling e mail settings from such a handheld electronic device 2 Background Information Numerous types of handheld electronic devices are known Examples of such handheld electronic devices include for instance personal digital assistants PDAs handheld com puters two way pagers cellular telephones and the like Many handheld electronic devices also feature wireless com munication capability although many such handheld elec tronic devices are stand alone devices that are functional without communication with other devices Electronic mail email or e mail is used to send messages over networks and over the Internet Electronic messaging has become a ubiquitous means of communication for both business and personal use Devices that process electronic messages typically maintain a message list identifying elec tronic messages received for reading and processing by the recipient Such processing can include for example replying to forwarding to others deleting and filing the messages It is known to configure e mail settings for wireless hand held electronic devices from a software utility at a desktop personal computer that interfaces with a wireless enterprise server over for example the Internet Such e mail settings may include for example e mail filter settings e mail redi rection settings save c
28. ic device 4 and one or more servers such as the ES 216 and the MS 218 The device 4 includes a plurality of e mail settings 248 associated therewith The database store DS 230 of the ES 216 maintains one or more of those e mail settings 248 The ES 216 is adapted to wirelessly communicate with the wireless handheld electronic device 4 which is adapted to remotely control one or more of the e mail settings 248 at one or both of the servers 216 218 through wireless communica tion between the ES 216 and the device 4 While for clarity of disclosure reference has been made herein to the exemplary display 60 for displaying informa tion such as e mail setting information it will be appreciated that such information may be stored printed on hard copy be computer modified or be combined with other data All such processing shall be deemed to fall within the terms display or displaying as employed herein While specific embodiments of the invention have been described in detail it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and alternatives to those details could be developed in light of the overall teachings of the disclosure Accordingly the particular arrangements dis closed are meant to be illustrative only and not limiting as to the scope of the invention which is to be given the full breadth of the claims appended and any and all equivalents thereof US 8 423 011 B2 11 What is claimed is
29. in the account at the server and to store said change at the cellular handheld elec tronic device 5 The cellular handheld electronic device of claim 1 wherein the cellular handheld electronic device comprises a mobile handheld device 6 A cellular handheld electronic device comprising a wireless communications port a memory a display a touch based input device and a processor in communication with the wireless commu nications port memory display and touch based input device the processor being configured to detect at the touch based input device input of an out of office reply setting the out of office reply setting comprising instructions including auto reply text a date for disabling the out of office reply setting and an instruction to enable the out of office reply setting the out of office reply setting comprising a change to an out of office reply setting previously stored at the cellular handheld electronic device and an account at a mail server and send using the wireless communications port the detected out of office reply setting for storage in an email account associated with said cellular handheld electronic device at an email server wherein the pro cessor is configured to send the detected out of office reply setting by wirelessly sending said setting for receipt by an enterprise server in communication with the mail server comprising the account 7 The cellular handheld electronic device of
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31. ng the thumbwheel 32 in the direction indicated by the arrow 38 For example the home screen output 64 displays the icon 110 associated with the Messages application 98 FIG 3 is an example of a message list 114 and a corre sponding menu screen 116 of the display 60 of FIG 1 The message list 114 is displayed by the processor 16 responsive to the initiation of the Messages application 98 FIG 2 as was discussed above The menu screen 116 is displayed by the processor 16 from the Messages application 98 responsive to the processor detecting another input through the input apparatus 16 such as by providing a selection input by trans lating the thumbwheel 32 in the direction indicated by the arrow 38 FIG 1 Within the menu screen 116 there are menu items including for example a Hide Menu item 118 which when selected causes the menu screen 116 to be removed from the display 60 a Close item 120 which when selected causes the Messages application 98 to close and the home screen output 64 FIG 1 to be redisplayed and an Options item 122 When the Options item 122 is selected in the same manner that has been described the Message Options menu screen 124 of FIG 4 is displayed The menu screen 124 includes a General Options item 126 an Email Reconciliation item 128 an Email Filters item 130 and an Email Settings item 132 The General Options item 126 when selected permits the user to set conventional e mail client settings e g
32. opy of e mail in a sent folder settings e mail auto signature settings and out of office reply e mail settings For example an e mail filter setting is a setting that blocks certain e mail messages based upon user selected cri teria An e mail redirection setting enables and disables the redirection of e mail messages from a user s normal e mail system to the user s wireless handheld electronic device Such settings may also redirect e mail messages from selected folders e g Inbox Spam in the user s normal e mail system An e mail auto signature setting enables and disables appending predefined text to an e mail message that is sent from a wireless handheld electronic device An out of office reply e mail setting enables or disables sending a predefined reply e mail message from a wireless handheld electronic device in response to an e mail message that is received by such device For example the out of office reply e mail setting is configurable via a program such as for example Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes on a per sonal computer The other e mail settings e g auto signa ture redirected folders e mail redirection are controlled via desktop software on a personal computer There exists the need for users of wireless handheld elec tronic devices to remotely control their e mail settings from such devices without having to use a software utility at for 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
33. s played as Move up As shown in the Filter display screen 174 of FIG 7 each of the e mail filters includes a number of entry fields such as 176 178 180 182 184 that define the new or previously cre ated e mail filter For example the field 176 defines the e mail filter name e g Filterl Filter2 as shown in FIG 6 Zero one some or all of the fields 178 180 182 184 may be employed to filter an e mail message based upon the sender as selected by field 178 the recipient as selected by field 180 the message subject as selected by field 182 and the message contents as selected by field 184 Furthermore zero one some or all of the check boxes 186 188 190 may be employed to filter an e mail message that is sent directly to the user as selected by check box 186 that is carbon copied CC to the user as selected by check box 188 and or that is blind carbon copied BCC to the user as selected by check box 190 Also one or both of the fields 192 194 may be employed to filter an e mail message that includes an importance setting e g high normal low none as selected by field 192 or a sensitivity setting e g personal confidential private nor mal Thank You none as selected by field 194 Further there is a field 196 that defines the action taken e g do not for ward if the test of the corresponding e mail filter is true EXAMPLE 1 For example Filterl 148 would include Filter1
34. sociated with the specific wireless device and retrieving at a time later than the saving the saved at least one email setting and enabling for retrieval any other information in the storage associated with the specific wireless device As another aspect of the invention a method of remotely controlling e mail settings comprises maintaining at least one of the e mail settings at a wireless enterprise server associating at least one of the e mail settings with the wireless handheld electronic device and enabling remote control of at least one of the e mail settings at the wireless enterprise server through wireless communication between the wireless enterprise server and the wireless handheld electronic device US 8 423 011 B2 3 The e mail setting may be an e mail filter setting and the wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to cre ate display edit or delete the e mail filter setting The e mail setting may be an e mail redirection setting and the wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to enable or disable the e mail redirection setting At least one folder corresponding to a predetermined category of e mail messages may be included with the e mail redirection setting The wireless handheld electronic device may be employed to select at least one of the at least one folder At least one folder for at least one e mail message may be associated with the e mail redirection setting An e mail mes sage for on
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36. ss connec tion at 232 Next at 234 the ES 216 updates the e mail setting s for this user in a suitable store such as the user e mail settings database store DS 230 which is employed by the ES 216 Ifthe e mail setting s include the out of office reply e mail setting 204 then this e mail setting is forwarded at 236 to update the mail server 218 e g Microsoft 5 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 Exchange Server as that e mail setting 204 is not a wireless enterprise related setting and instead isa mail server setting In this example the e mail setting 204 is the only e mail setting that affects the core mail server behavior The other e mail settings are enterprise e mail settings and are stored in the mail server 218 in the user s account in order that the desktop software utility 140 can access them but are only executed on by the enterprise server 216 the device 4 and optionally the desktop software utility 140 Although not required alternatively the various e mail setting s may also be updated by the user via the wireless enterprise s desktop software utility 140 ifthat is installed on the user s PC 134 For example at 238 the user modifies the out of office reply e mail setting 204 at the user s PC 134 and or the wireless enterprise s desktop software utility 140 running suitable mail client software e g Microsoft Out look The only e mail setting that would
37. tem 162 a New item 164 an Edit item 166 a Delete item 168 and a Close 170 to exit from the Email Filters display 136 Selecting one of those items even numbers 158 170 provides one of the following seven actions 1 the Hide Menu item 158 removes the menu screen 156 from the display 60 FIG 1 2 the Move down item 160 causes the selected e mail filter to be moved down in priority below the next e mail filter e g Filter2 150 would be executed prior to Filter1 148 in order to attempt to filter out forwarding of an e mail message to the device 4 3 the Disable filter item 162 disables the selected e mail filter e g causing the check 172 to be removed not shown 4 the New item 164 displays the Filter display screen 174 of FIG 7 and allows the user to create a new email filter 5 the Edit item 166 displays a display screen not shown for the selected e mail filter that is similar to the screen 174 except that it includes information previously entered for that selected e mail filter 6 the Delete item 168 causes the selected e mail filter to be deleted and removed from the screen 136 and 7 the Close item 170 removes the display 136 and redisplays the menu screen 124 FIG 4 If the selected e mail filter is disabled not shown then the Disable filter item 162 is displayed as Enable filter If the selected e mail filter is at the bottom of the screen 136 e g such as Filter2 150 then the Move down item 160 is di
38. ter face including for example the keypad 24 and the thumb wheel 32 foruser interface navigation As an alternative to the thumbwheel 32 a wide range of cursor positioning and or function selecting mechanisms or other suitable user input devices e g a touch pad a joystick button whether pres ently known or unknown may be employed Continuing to refer to FIG 1 the keys 28 are disposed on a front face of the housing 6 and the thumbwheel 32 is disposed at a side of the housing 6 The thumbwheel 32 can serve as another input member and is both rotatable as is indicated by the arrow 34 to provide selection inputs to the processor 16 and also can be pressed in a direction generally toward the housing 6 as is indicated by the arrow 38 to provide another selection input to the processor 16 Another key the lt ESC gt key 45 is disposed on the side of the housing 6 adjacent the thumbwheel 32 although the same or similar key may be disposed as part of the keypad 24 The memory 20 FIG 2 can be any ofa variety of types of internal and or external storage media such as without limi tation RAM ROM EPROM s EEPROM s and or the like that provide a storage register for data storage such as in the fashion of an internal storage area of a computer and can be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory The memory 20 additionally includes the routines 22 for the processing of data The routines 22 can be in any of a variety of forms such
39. ut of office reply setting to the at least one server for storage for said account wherein the processor is configured to send the detected out of office reply setting by wirelessly sending said set ting for receipt by the enterprise server in commu nication with the mail server 16 The system of claim 15 wherein the cellular handheld electronic device is associated with the account 17 The system of claim 15 wherein the mail server is configured to receive a change to said out of office reply setting thus stored and to provide said change to the enterprise server and the enterprise server is configured to transmit said change to the cellular handheld electronic device 15 30 35 40 50 55 65 US 8 423 011 B2 13 14 18 The system of claim 15 wherein the cellular handheld electronic device and enterprise server are configured to com municate over an encrypted channel 19 The system of claim 15 wherein the detected out of office reply setting comprises auto reply text 5 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO 8 423 011 B2 Page of 1 APPLICATION NO 12 647797 DATED April 16 2013 INVENTOR S Andrew D Bocking It is certified that error appears in the above identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below Title Page In Column 1 Inventors Item 75 Line 4 Delete Kirchener and insert Kitchener
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