Methods and arrangements for effecting supplementary mail transfer or management
View Patent ↗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.
1. A system comprising:
a main memory;
a hard drive; and
a supplementary mail module;
said supplementary mail module acting to store incoming mail during shutoff of said hard drive and said main memory; and
a transfer module acting to transfer mail from said supplementary mail module to said hard drive under predetermined conditions:,
wherein said transfer module acts to transfer mail from said supplementary mail module to said hard drive in accordance with a physical condition of said system.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said transfer module is incorporated in a system basic input/output system (BIOS).
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said supplementary mail module comprises a wireless area network (WAN) card flash drive.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said system comprises a notebook computer.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said supplementary mail module acts to power on said hard drive and main memory upon storing incoming mail beyond a predetermined threshold capacity.
6. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a movement detection module which ascertains physical movement of said system;
said transfer module acting to transfer mail from said supplementary mail module to said hard drive upon said movement detection module detecting physical movement of said system below a predetermined threshold.
7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein said movement detection module comprises an accelerometer.
8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein said transfer module acts to inhibit mail transfer from said supplementary mail module to said hard drive upon said movement detection module detecting physical movement of said system above a predetermined threshold.
9. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a temperature measurement module which ascertains a system temperature;
said transfer module acting to inhibit mail transfer from said supplementary mail module to said hard drive upon said temperature measurement module detecting a system temperature above a predetermined threshold.
10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein:
said hard drive comprises a protected area and an unprotected area;
said transfer module acts to transfer mail from said supplementary mail module to said unprotected area of said hard drive;
said system further comprises a mail transfer agent;
said mail transfer agent acts to transfer mail from said unprotected area of said hard drive to said protected area of said hard drive upon system booting.
11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein:
said supplementary mail module acts to power on said hard drive and main memory upon receiving incoming mail; and
said transfer module acts to thereafter transfer incoming mail to said hard drive under predetermined conditions.
12. The system according to claim 11 , further comprising a corporate email module which acts to run an embedded mail program to permit management of incoming mail at said hard drive.
13. The system according to claim 12 . wherein said corporate email module further acts to communicate with a corporate network via VPN infrastructure.
14. A method comprising the steps of:
storing incoming mail in a supplementary mail module arranged within a computer during shutoff of the computer; and
transferring mail from the supplementary mail module to a hard drive of the computer under predetermined conditions;
wherein said transferring comprises transferring mail from the supplementary mail module to the computer hard drive in accordance with a physical condition of the computer.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the computer comprises a notebook computer.
16. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising powering on the computer upon storing incoming mail beyond a predetermined threshold capacity.
17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein said transferring of mail in accordance with a physical condition of the computer comprises transferring mail upon physical movement of the computer being below a predetermined threshold.
18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein said transferring comprises:
transferring mail from the supplementary mail module to an unprotected area of the computer hard drive; and
transferring mail from an unprotected area of the computer hard drive to a protected area of the computer hard drive upon the computer booting.
19. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving incoming mail at the supplementary mail module and thereupon waking the computer; and
said transferring comprising transferring incoming mail to the computer hard drive under predetermined conditions.
20. The system of claim 1 , wherein said a physical condition of the system comprises a physical condition selected from the group of conditions comprising motion and temperature.
21. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising the steps of:
storing incoming mail in a supplementary mail module arranged within a computer during shutoff of the computer; and
transferring mail from the supplementary mail module to a hard drive of the computer under predetermined conditions;
wherein said transferring comprises transferring mail from the supplementary mail module to the computer hard drive in accordance with a physical condition of the computer.