METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC MAIL
First Claim
1. A method for processing an electronic mail message, the method comprising:
- forming, in an electronic mail server, a first message comprising information about the structural parts of said electronic mail message and attributes relating to the content of said structural parts;
transmitting said first message from the electronic mail server to a terminal;
generating in the terminal, a second message comprising information about at least one processing in the server, directed to the content of the electronic mail message;
transmitting said second message to the server;
implementing said processing in the server in response to said second message; and
transmitting the processed message or its part from the electronic mail server to the terminal.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus implementing the method for implementing electronic mail services. A message is produced by a terminal (10) comprising information about at least one processing directed to the content of an electronic mail message, carried out by an electronic mail server (11); said second message is transmitted to the server (11), said processing is carried out by the server (11) in response to said second message; and the processed message or its part is transmitted from the server (11) to a terminal (19). Enables the creation of services directed to the processing of the content of new electronic mail messages.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for processing an electronic mail message, the method comprising:
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forming, in an electronic mail server, a first message comprising information about the structural parts of said electronic mail message and attributes relating to the content of said structural parts;
transmitting said first message from the electronic mail server to a terminal;
generating in the terminal, a second message comprising information about at least one processing in the server, directed to the content of the electronic mail message;
transmitting said second message to the server;
implementing said processing in the server in response to said second message; and
transmitting the processed message or its part from the electronic mail server to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A terminal for utilising electronic mail services implemented through a telecommunications network, the terminal comprising means for receiving a first message from a server, the first message comprising information about the structural parts of said electronic mail message and the attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, wherein the terminal comprises
means for forming a second message, the second message comprising information about at least one processing in the server, directed to the content of the electronic mail message, and means for transmitting the second message or its part to the server.
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9. An electronic mail server comprising
a database for storing electronic mail message, means for forming a first message, the first message comprising information about the structural parts of an electronic mail message located in the database of the electronic mail server and the attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, and means for transmitting said first message from the electronic mail server to a terminal, wherein the electronic mail server comprises means for receiving a second message transmitted by the terminal, the second message comprising information about at least one processing in the server, directed to the content of the electronic mail message; -
means for carrying out said processing in response to the reception of said second message, and means for transmitting the processed message or its part from the electronic mail server to a terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A data transmission system implementing digital electronic mail services, the system comprising
one or more terminals, electronic mail servers, databases in connection with the electronic mail servers, and data transmission networks, an electronic mail server comprising means for forming a first message, the message comprising information about the structural parts of the electronic mail message, located in the database of the electronic mail server, and the attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, and means for transmitting the first message to a terminal; -
wherein the terminal comprises means for forming a second message, the second message comprising information about at least one processing directed to the content of the electronic mail message, carried out in the server, and means for transmitting the second message to the server;
the electronic mail server comprises means for receiving said second message, means for carrying out said processing in response to said second message, and means for transmitting the processed message or its part from the electronic mail server to the terminal.
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