Messaging Architecture
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1. A method of manipulating electronically generated messages belonging to at least two of the following message types:
- e-mail, fax, video, pager, SMS, voice mail;
comprising handling the electronically generated messages using a single messaging application, wherein said single messaging application is run by the same device on which the messages are displayed.
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Abstract
A messaging architecture is disclosed which enables a single messaging application, handling non-transport specific attributes and operations, to manipulate any commonly known message type (such as fax, e-mail, pager, SMS, voice mail) using dynamically loadable plug-ins which contribute the ability to handle all transport specific attributes and operations. This architecture results in a single in-box being presented to a user for browsing all incoming messages, irrespective of message type.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of manipulating electronically generated messages belonging to at least two of the following message types:
- e-mail, fax, video, pager, SMS, voice mail;
comprising handling the electronically generated messages using a single messaging application, wherein said single messaging application is run by the same device on which the messages are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21)
- e-mail, fax, video, pager, SMS, voice mail;
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7. An electronic communications device comprising:
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a user interface able to display electronically generated messages to an end-user; and
a single messaging application running locally on the device, the messaging application programmed to handle attributes shared by electronically generated messages of several different messages types;
wherein;
(i) the different message types include two or more of;
e-mail, fax, video, pager, SMS (short message service), voice mail, music files, video clips; and
(ii) the attributes are generic attributes shared by the different message types and are selected from the list;
subject/description, date, size, message type, body text, originator, first recipient, priority, attachment flag. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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