DYNAMIC SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE MESSAGE FORMATS

• US 20120290671A1
• Filed: 07/23/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anil Kumar Annadata, Sanjeev Kumar, Wai H. Pak, Yu Jen Wu
• Original Assignee: Anil Kumar Annadata, Sanjeev Kumar, Wai H. Pak, Yu Jen Wu
• Inventors: Pak, Wai H., Kumar, Sanjeev, Annadata, Anil Kumar, Wu, Yu Jen
• Application Number:
  US13/555,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20120290671A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• 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 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

A method, system, computer system and computer program product to enable a single interface to be used to prepare and present messages in a variety of different formats. For example, the single interface can be used to prepare, receive or display messages in different languages, such as English or Japanese, which require different character sets. Furthermore, the single interface supports preparing, sending, and receiving messages in multiple text formats, such as plain text, rich text, and Multiple Internet Mail Extension (MIME) format. A message can be received in a native format, and a format for providing a response to the message can be dynamically selected. The response is provided in the dynamically-selected format.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a message in a native format;

dynamically selecting a second format for providing a response to the message, wherein the response comprises data in an independent format; and

providing the response in the second format.