System and Methodology for Extending Enterprise Messaging Systems to Mobile Devices

A method for messaging between applications where at least some of the applications are running on mobile devices, the method comprising:

• receiving a message from an application at a mobile device for transmission to a particular application at another device;
• storing the message in a database at the mobile device;
• synchronizing the database at the mobile device with a consolidated database at a server when the mobile device establishes connectivity with the server, so as to transmit the message from the mobile device to the server;
• and
• providing the message in the consolidated database at the server to the particular application.

In a messaging system comprising a plurality of devices exchanging messages, a method for regulating message transmission based on specified rules, the method comprising:

• receiving rules specifying when messages are to be transmitted by at least some of said plurality of devices;
• determining whether transmission of a message received at a particular device for transmission to another device is permitted under the rules;
• transmitting the message if transmission is permitted under the rules;
• and
• otherwise, delaying transmission of the message until transmission of the message is permitted under the rules.