System and Method for Pushing Information from a Host System to a Mobile Data Communication Device

Abstract

A scheme for message status indication. One embodiment of a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith, wherein the message is received from a sending party that has requested a read receipt indication; processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network; receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been read at the mobile data communication device; altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal; and forwarding a read receipt indication to the sending party.

1 . A message status indication method, comprising: 
 automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith, wherein the message is received from a sending party that has requested a read receipt indication;    processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network;    receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been read at the mobile data communication device;    altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal; and    forwarding a read receipt indication to the sending party.    
   
   
       2 . A message status indication system, comprising: 
 means for automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status indicator icon associated therewith, wherein the message is received from a sending party that has requested a read receipt indication;    means for processing at least a portion of an instance of the message for transmission to the user's mobile data communication device over a wireless network;    means for receiving a status signal from the mobile data communication device indicating that the message has been read at the mobile data communication device;    means for altering the status indicator icon associated with the message on the computer responsive to the status signal; and    means for forwarding a read receipt indication to the sending party.