A system and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device upon sensing a triggering event is disclosed. A redirector program operating at the host system enables a user to continuously redirect user-selected data items from the host system to the user's mobile data communication device upon detecting that one or more user-defined triggering events has occurred. The redirector program operates in connection with event generating applications and repackaging systems at the host system to configure and detect particular user-defined events, and then to repackage the user-selected data items in an electronic wrapper prior to pushing the data items to the mobile device. The system includes information processing components for identifying one or more information processors in the vicinity of the mobile device and then routing an attachment or information from the host system, the device or an external information source to a selected information processor.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/298,983, titled "System and Method for Managing Message Attachment and Information Processing from a Mobile Data Communication Device", filed on Jun. 18, 2001. This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/761,480, filed on Jan. 16, 2001 and issued on Aug. 20, 2002 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,438,585, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/087,632, filed on May 29, 1998 and issued on Apr. 17, 2001 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,219,694, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/545,963, filed on Apr. 10, 2000 and issued on Aug. 17, 2004 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,779,019. This application is also related to the following co-pending, and commonly-owned, United States patent applications, all of which are related to Ser. No. 09/087,632, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/401,868, issued on Mar. 2, 2004 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,378, Ser. No. 09/528,495, issued on Oct. 8, 2002 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,463,464, Ser. No. 09/545,962, issued on Apr. 24, 2007 as U.S. Pat. No. 7,209,955, and Ser. No. 09/649,755, issued on Oct. 8, 2002 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,463,463, all of which are hereby incorporated into the present application by reference.
