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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2007
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
David Challener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
James S. Rutledge, Durham, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James J. Thrasher, Efland, NC (US);
Michael Vanover, Raleigh, NC (US);
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
David Challener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
James S. Rutledge, Durham, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James J. Thrasher, Efland, NC (US);
Michael Vanover, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Arrangements for permitting incoming mail to be transferred from a WAN Drive to a notebook computer hard drive under conditions that are not stressful to the hard drive. Preferably, a WAN card is configured to wake a notebook when mail capacity is full or close to full. Mail is then preferably moved from the flash drive to the hard drive, subject to verification that this will not overly stress the hard drive. In a variant embodiment, the WAN card may preferably be configured to wake a notebook when mail is received at all. Again, mail is then preferably moved from the flash drive to the hard drive, subject to verification that this will not overly stress the hard drive. Once mail is moved to the hard drive, the system preferably runs an embedded email program that allows the user to employ an existing VPN infrastructure.