# US 7,613,828 B2 · Store-and-forward messaging channel for occasionally connected mobile applications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,613,828 B2 - Document ID: US7613828B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/622,577 - Filed: 2007-01-12 - Published: 2008-07-17 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2007-01-12 - Assignees: Microsoft Corporation - Inventors: William M. Zintel; Roman Batoukov; Sergiy Kuryata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7613828B2 ## CPC - G06F 9/546: {Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues} - H04L 51/00: User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail - H04L 67/63: Routing a service request depending on the request content or context - H04W 12/033: of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic - H04W 4/00: Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Sending and receiving application or service data through an email transport for mobile computing devices occasionally disconnected from network connectivity. At a sending service or application, application or service data is intercepted from the application or service. The application or service data is packaged in an email message. The email message includes the application or service data within the email envelope and an identification of an application or service client to which the application or service data should be applied at a client computer system. The email message is sent through an email transport to a mobile client computer system which includes the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied. At the client the email message is intercepted. The data is extracted from the email envelope. The application or service client is identified. The data is routed to the appropriate application or service. ## Claims ### Claim 1 In a mobile network computing environment including mobile computing devices that may be occasionally or frequently disconnected from network connectivity, a method of providing a fall-back transport so that when other transports fail due to disconnection of a mobile device from the network, receiving application or service data that is typically received via the other network transports can still be accomplished, the method comprising: at a service connected to the network, intercepting service or application data from a service or application, and the service packaging the service or application data in an email envelope of an email message, the service also including in the email envelope an identification of an application or service to which the application or service data should be applied; intercepting at an email server connected to the network the email message packaged with the service or application data and the identification of the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied; from the email server, forwarding the email message to a mobile device and then extracting the application or service data from the email envelope along with the identification of the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied; the mobile device then using the identification of the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied to identify from among a plurality of applications or services the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied; and in the event of a failure of other network transports, the email service then routing the application data to an appropriate application or service as identified. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein intercepting an email message comprises identifying an email message to a specific address, wherein the address is used to identify a mobile client computer system to which the application or service data should be transmitted to, further wherein the address is used to identify that the email message contains application or service data applicable to one or more of the plurality of applications or services. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying from among a plurality of applications or services the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied comprises referencing a given email property, wherein the email property acts as a networking port. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the given email property is a subject field. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the email through a standard email encryption protocol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: verifying a signature used to sign the application or service data; and decrypting the application or service data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein verifying and decrypting are performed using a WS-Security protocol. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: sending the email message from the email service through an email transport to a mobile client computer system including the application or service to which the application or service data should be applied. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the application or service data is pushed from a server to the mobile client computer system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein a property of the email message is used to identify a service or application to which the application or service data should be applied. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the property of the email message is a subject field of the email message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the application or service data comprises data from a Web Service. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the email message using one or more standardized email encryption protocols. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising, prior to packaging the application or service data in an email message: encrypting the application or service data; and signing the application or service data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein encrypting the application or service data and signing the application or service data is performed using a WS-Security protocol. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein sending the email message through an email transport comprises sending the email to one or more standard email servers, the email servers requiring no specialized configuration to be able to transport the application or service data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A computer storage medium comprising computer executable instructions configured to perform the method of claim 1.