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System and method for enabling offline use of email through a browser interface

a browser interface and email technology, applied in the field of email applications, can solve the problems of user email interfaces that are separate, and the ability to access such systems through browser interfaces

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-09
VMWARE INC
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The present invention provides a system and method for providing online and offline email functionality (and other collaboration suite functionality). A local web server application runs on the user's computer and serves the email client on the user's computer, regardless of whether the user's computer is online or offline. The local web server application also communicates with a remote web server, which synchronizes its user mailbox information with the local web server application when the user's computer is online. This allows users to access their email from both online and offline environments.

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There is no ability to access such systems through a browser interface when the user's computer is offline.
One disadvantage of this is that a user has a separate email interface for when the user is offline and online.

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[0017]FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of an email system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The system includes a remote web server 160 and a local web server application 130, where the local web server application runs on a user's computer. The remote web server 160 and local web server application 130 execute code that provides email server functionality. Such code may also provide additional functionality associated with collaboration applications, such as a calendar and “contacts” directory (i.e., an electronic address book). Both the local web server application 130 and the remote web server 160 store user mailbox information and process user mailbox information in the same way.

[0018]The local web server application 130 serves an email client application 110 that runs within browser 120 on the user's computer 170 (i.e., with email client code 110, the browser 120 becomes the email client). The local web server application 130 responds to requests from ...

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Abstract

A system and method provide online and offline collaboration suite functionality. A local web server application running on the user's computer serves an email client on the user's computer, where the email client executes within a browser. Because the local web server application executes on the user's computer, it is able to serve the email client regardless of whether the user's computer is online or offline. The local web server application also communicates with a remote web server, where the remote web server has the capability to receive incoming messages from, and send outbound messages to, a Mail Transfer Agent. When the user's computer is online, the remote web server and local web server application periodically (although not necessarily at regular intervals) synchronize their user mailbox information. The local web server application and remote web server application store, search, and index user mailbox information in the same manner.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 606,862, filed on Sep. 2, 2004, and titled “Email System and Methods for Viewing, Searching, Tracking, and Indexing Email,” the contents of which are incorporated by reference as if fully disclosed herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates generally to email applications and more specifically to a system and method for enabling offline use of a client email application executing within a browser.[0004]2. Description of the Background Art[0005]Accessing one's email account through a browser interface is known in the art. In such cases, a user uses a browser to go to a website associated with the user's email account. For instance, in Yahoo Mail, a user accesses his email by logging into Yahoo's website.[0006]In known systems, email accounts accessed through a browser are available only when the user's computer is online. There is no ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16
CPCG06Q10/107H04L12/58Y10S707/99937Y10S707/99931H04L67/1095H04L51/00
Inventor SCHEMERS, III, ROLAND J.DARGAHI, ROSSDHARMARAJ, SATISH
Owner VMWARE INC
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