Methods, Systems, and Products for Categorizing and Converting Attached Objects

• US 20080281932A1
• Filed: 05/09/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wellons, David L., Turcan, Diane Brown
• Granted Patent: US 7,941,494 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products systems are disclosed for categorizing and converting an attached object. An electronic message is received from a sender'"'"'s address that is destined for a recipient'"'"'s address and has the attached object associated with a sender legacy system. The sender'"'"'s address and the recipient'"'"'s address are associated to a list of addresses. When both the sender'"'"'s address and the recipient'"'"'s address are matched to the list of addresses, then the electronic message is sent to a rule-based engine that interprets the attached object using a set of rules and that categorizes the attached object. The object is converted based on the category. When the sender'"'"'s address and the recipient'"'"'s address do not match the list of addresses, then an identifier is received that associates the electronic message with another system.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

associating a sender system and a receiver system with an integrated delivery system;

receiving an electronic message from a sender'"'"'s address that is destined for a recipient'"'"'s address and having an attached object associated with a sender legacy system;

associating the sender'"'"'s address and the recipient'"'"'s address to a list of addresses;

when both the sender'"'"'s address and the recipient'"'"'s address are matched to the list of addresses, then sending the electronic message to a rule-based engine that interprets the attached object using a set of rules;

categorizing the attached object;

based on the category, converting the object from a first legacy data format associated with the sender legacy system to a second legacy data format compatible with a receiver legacy system before receipt thereof by the receiver legacy system;

when the sender'"'"'s address and the recipient'"'"'s address do not match the list of addresses, then receiving an identifier that associates the electronic message with another legacy system;

processing the converted object according to the category; and

splitting a display screen into two viewing areas, with the electronic message presented in a first viewing area and the converted objected presented in a second viewing area.