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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
William D. Castell, Waterloo, CA;
Allan D. Lewis, New Dundee, CA;
Tabitha K. Ferguson, Waterloo, CA;
Bill Yuan, Waterloo, CA;
Ian M. Patterson, Petersburg, CA;
William D. Castell, Waterloo, CA;
Allan D. Lewis, New Dundee, CA;
Tabitha K. Ferguson, Waterloo, CA;
Bill Yuan, Waterloo, CA;
Ian M. Patterson, Petersburg, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A system and method for reducing congestion in wireless communication systems is provided. An unsolicited message reduction system includes a message detector and an all points bulletin (APB) generator. The message detector applies predefined filtering rules to identify and act upon unsolicited email messages to reduce the total number of transmissions in the wireless communication system. The filtering rules include global and user rules, with the global rules normally having precedence over user rules. The APB generator allows messages to be sent wireless mobile communication devices through direct wireless messages instead of through email messages.