System and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device having a shared electronic address

A message redirection method operating at a host system, comprising the steps of:

• associating a first address with the host system;
• configuring one or more redirection events at the host system;
• detecting that a redirection event has occurred at the host system and generating a redirection trigger;
• receiving messages at the host system from a plurality of message senders;
• in response to the redirection trigger, continuously redirecting the received messages from the host system to a mobile data communication device associated with the host system;
• receiving reply messages from the mobile data communication device at the host system and configuring the reply messages using the first address associated with the host system as the originating address, wherein messages generated at either the mobile data communication device or the host system share the first address;
• and
• transmitting the configured reply messages from the host system to the plurality of message senders.

A message redirection method. comprising the steps of:

• configuring one or more redirection events at a host system;
• detecting that a redirection event has occurred at the host system and generating a redirection trigger;
• receiving messages at the host system from a plurality of message senders;
• in response to the redirection trigger, continuously redirecting the received messages from the host system to a mobile data communication device associated with the host system, wherein a first email address for the user of the mobile data communication device is associated with the host system;
• receiving the redirected messages at the mobile data communication device;
• generating reply messages at the mobile data communication device;
• transmitting the reply messages from the mobile data communication device to the host system;
• receiving the reply messages at the host system and configuring the reply messages using the first email address for the user of the mobile data communication device as the address originating the reply messages, wherein messages generated at either the host system or the mobile data communication device share the first email address;
• and
• transmitting the configured reply messages from the host system to the plurality of message senders.

A method for redirecting messages generated at a mobile data communication device by a message sender destined for a message recipient, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a message, generated at the mobile data communications device by the message sender destined for the message recipient, at a redirector component associated with a host system, wherein messages generated at the host system by the message sender use a first address;
• configuring address information of the received message such that the received message uses the message sender's first address as the address originating the message, wherein messages generated at either the mobile data communications device or host system share the message sender's first address;
• and
• redirecting the configured received message to the message recipient.

A method for redirecting messages between a host system and a mobile data communication device, comprising the steps of:

• configuring one or more redirection events at the host system;
• detecting that a redirection event has occurred at the host system and generating a redirection trigger;
• receiving incoming messages directed to a first address at the host system from a plurality of message senders, wherein the first address is associated with messages generated at the host system by a user of the mobile data communication device;
• in response to the redirection trigger, continuously redirecting the incoming messages from the host system to the mobile data communication device;
• receiving outgoing messages generated at the mobile communications device at the host system;
• configuring address information of the outgoing messages so that the first address is used as an originating address of the outgoing messages, wherein messages generated at either the mobile data communication device or the host system share the first address;
• and
• transmitting the outgoing messages from the host system to message recipients.

A computer readable medium encoded with software instructions for enabling a method of redirecting messages generated at a mobile data communication device by a message sender destined for a message recipient, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a message, generated at the mobile data communications device by the message sender destined for the message recipient, at a redirector component associated with a host system, wherein messages generated at the host system by the message sender use a first address;
• configuring address information of the received message such that the received message uses the message sender's first address as the address originating the message, wherein messages generated at either the mobile data communications device or host system share the message sender's first address;
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• redirecting the configured received message to the message recipient.