(Redwood Shores, CA - April 28, 2004)– Visto Corporation (www.visto.com), the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile messaging solutions to wireless operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms, today announced that it has been issued a patent for a system and method for globally and securely accessing unified information in a computer network. This patent marks the ninth U.S. patent in Visto's portfolio.
The new patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,708,221, describes a mechanism for secure remote access to a corporation's data. Additional information on the patent is available at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at www.uspto.gov .
"Visto continues to lead the wireless market with innovative technology that makes mobile and offline access to data reliable and easy," said Daniel Mendez, vice president and CTO of Visto. "This new patent illustrates our capabilities in managing the synchronization of data of various types in a secure fashion over the wireless networks used by mobile workers. We anticipate this patent will be another valuable asset in Visto's already substantial portfolio of intellectual property."
Visto holds a total of nine U.S. patents relating to the storage, access, translation and synchronization of data, all technologies necessary for easy, secure mobile data access. Internationally, Visto holds issued patents in China, Israel and Singapore and has other patents pending in Europe, Japan and numerous other countries worldwide.
About Visto Corporation
Established in 1996, Visto is the leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to mobile operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms. Visto Mobile Access Solution, Server Edition, provides departmental and enterprise access to corporate email. Visto Mobile Personal Edition is a flexible set of custom-branded applications and services that let mobile operators provide subscribers with real-time, secure, remote access to their corporate and personal email, PIM and other files directly from their mobile devices. Both solutions include continuous synchronization for immediate email notification, and are well-suited to the "converged" mobile PDAs/phones using Palm OS, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone), J2ME and Symbian platforms as well as enhanced mobile WAP/Web browser-enabled mobile devices. Visto's solutions are available from Visto and through mobile operators worldwide, including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, KPN, Manitoba Telecom Services, Nextel Communications, Inc., Rogers, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone and TELUS Mobility. For more information, visit www.visto.com.
Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital and Blueprint Ventures.