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Web page generation with subtemplates displaying information from an electronic post office system

  • US 6,216,121 B1
  • Filed: 12/29/1997
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for generating messages maintained in an electronic post office system associated with a server, the method comprising:

  • receiving with the server a request for messages transmitted from a client process over a network;

    receiving a request for a host web page from the client process, the host web page including a hypertext link to a log-in page;

    transmitting from the server to the client process the log-in page in response to the client process selecting the hypertext link;

    receiving log-in information from the client process entered in the log-in page;

    transmitting from the mail server a mail page to the client process upon authenticating the log-in information from the client process;

    processing with the server the request for messages to generate a template, the template comprising code in a first computer language that does not allow branching, database access commands to access the requested messages maintained in the electronic post office system, and a subtemplate command to generate contents of a subtemplate file into the template, the subtemplate command written in a second computer language providing branching, and the subtemplate file including code in the first computer language;

    processing, with a mail program executing on the server, the mail program including a mail protocol program, the template to generate a processed template by;

    (i) processing the subtemplate command in the template and generating the contents of the subtemplate file into the template;

    (ii) processing the contents of the subtemplate file generated into the template;

    (iii) processing the database access commands in the template to access the messages maintained in the electronic post office system and inserting the accessed messages into the template; and

    transmitting the processed template to the client process.

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