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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2004
Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yingqing Lawrence Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Min Zhou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yingqing Lawrence Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Min Zhou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention enables one or more agents to gather information from at least one server on a network and automatically provide this information to an inbox on a server and then providing it to an inbox on a mobile device if a wireless connection to the mobile device is available. A server agent facility provides for preprocessing requests for information from the mobile device, including, collecting the information out of band, filtering the collected information, and packaging the information for delivery in a format suitable for the mobile device. A server agent within the server agent facility may actively collect the information based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, time, event(s), user profile, mobile device profile, request(s), alert(s), and historical behavior.