System, method, apparatus and computer program product for operating a web site by electronic mail
First Claim
1. A method of operating one or more Web pages by email, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending a first Web page in a first email message to a first email address via a computer network, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms that provide for further interaction, the first Web page in a first format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment such that the first Web page is directly operable in an instance of an email browser of the first email environment;
retrieving a second email message sent to a second email address via the computer network, the second email message including a URL request or form data, and generated as a result of a user directly operating the first Web page in an instance of the email browser of the first email environment;
interpreting the URL request or form data of the retrieved second email message;
retrieving a second Web page from a Web server connected to the computer network in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the second Web page in a second format, the second format being a Web browser format;
transcoding the retrieved second Web page from the second format to a third format consistent with one or more properties of a second email environment, such that the transcoded second Web page is directly operable in an instance of the email browser of the second email environment; and
transmitting the transcoded second Web page to a third email address as a third email message.
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Abstract
Method, product, and apparatus of operating one or more Web pages by email. One embodiment of the method includes sending a first Web page to a first email address via a computer network as a first email message. The sent first Web page may include one or more of links or forms for further interaction, and is in a format consistent with an email environment such that the Web page is directly operable in an email browser of the environment. A user receiving the first email containing the first Web page may respond by operating the received first Web page, and this response may lead to a second email message that includes a URL request or form data being sent by the user to a second email address via the computer network. The method further includes retrieving the second email message, interpreting the URL request or form data of the retrieved second email message, retrieving a second Web page from a Web server connected to the computer network in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, and transcoding the retrieved second Web page from a Web browser format to a third format consistent with one or more properties of a second email environment.
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78 Claims
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1. A method of operating one or more Web pages by email, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending a first Web page in a first email message to a first email address via a computer network, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms that provide for further interaction, the first Web page in a first format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment such that the first Web page is directly operable in an instance of an email browser of the first email environment; retrieving a second email message sent to a second email address via the computer network, the second email message including a URL request or form data, and generated as a result of a user directly operating the first Web page in an instance of the email browser of the first email environment; interpreting the URL request or form data of the retrieved second email message; retrieving a second Web page from a Web server connected to the computer network in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the second Web page in a second format, the second format being a Web browser format; transcoding the retrieved second Web page from the second format to a third format consistent with one or more properties of a second email environment, such that the transcoded second Web page is directly operable in an instance of the email browser of the second email environment; and transmitting the transcoded second Web page to a third email address as a third email message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of operating a Web server in communication with a computer network, the Web server to provide one or more Web pages, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving a first email message sent to a first email address via the computer network, the email message containing a URL request or form data; interpreting the retrieved first email message URL request or form data; retrieving a first Web page from the Web server in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms and in a first format, the first format being a Web browser format; transcoding the retrieved first Web page from the Web browser format to a second format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment, such that the transcoded first Web page is directly operable in an instance of an email browser of the first email environment; and transmitting the transcoded first Web page to a second email address. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A carrier medium carrying one or more computer readable code segments for controlling a processing system to carry out a method of operating one or more Web pages by email, comprising:
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computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to send a first Web page in a first email message to a first email address via a computer network, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms that provide for further interaction, the Web page in a first format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment such that the first Web page is directly operable in an email browser of the first email environment; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to retrieve a second email message sent to a second email address via the computer network, the second email message including a URL request or form data, and generated as a result of a user directly operating the first Web page in an instance of the email browser of the first email environment; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to interpret the URL request or form data of the retrieved second email message; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to retrieve a second Web page from a Web server connected to the computer network in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the second Web page in a Web browser format; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to transcode the retrieved second Web page from the Web browser format to a third format consistent with one or more properties of a second email environment, such that the transcoded second Web page is directly operable in an instance of the email browser of the second email environment; and computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to transmit the transcoded second Web page to a third email address as a third email message. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A carrier medium carrying one or more computer readable code segments for controlling a processing system that includes one or more processors to carry out a method of operating a Web server in communication with a computer network, the Web server to provide one or more Web pages, comprising:
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computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to retrieve a first email message sent to a first email address via the computer network, the email message containing a URL request or form data; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to interpret the retrieved first email message URL request or form data; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to retrieve a first Web page from the Web server in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms and in a first format, the first format being a Web browser format; computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to transcode the retrieved first Web page from the Web browser format to a second format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment, such that the transcoded first Web page is directly operable in an instance of an email browser of the first email environment; and computer readable code to effect one or more processors of the processing system to transmit the transcoded first Web page to a second email address. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. An apparatus for operating one or more Web pages by email, the apparatus comprising the steps of:
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means for sending a first Web page to a first email address via a computer network, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms that provide for further interaction, the first Web page in a first format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment such that the first Web page is directly operable in an email browser of the first email environment; means for retrieving a first email message sent to a second email address via the computer network, the second email message including a URL request or form data, and generated as a result of a user directly operating the first Web page in an instance of the email browser of the first email environment; means for interpreting the URL request or form data of the retrieved second email message; means for retrieving a second Web page from a Web server connected to the computer network in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the second Web page in a second format, the second format being a Web browser format; means for transcoding the retrieved second Web page from the second format to a third format consistent with one or more properties of a second email environment, such that the transcoded second Web page is directly operable in an instance of the email browser of the second email environment; and means for transmitting the transcoded second Web page to a third email address as a third email message.
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78. An apparatus for operating a Web server in communication with a computer network, the Web server to provide one or more Web pages, comprising:
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means coupled to the computer network for retrieving a first email message sent to a first email address via the computer network, the email message containing a URL request or form data; means coupled to the email retrieving means, for interpreting the retrieved first email message URL request or form data; means coupled the computer network for retrieving a first Web page from the Web server in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms and in a first format, the first format being a Web browser format; means coupled to the Web page retrieving means, for transcoding the retrieved first Web page from the Web browser format to a second format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment, such that the transcoded first Web page is directly operable in an instance of an email browser of the first email environment; and means coupled to the computer network and to the transcoding means, for transmitting the transcoded first Web page to a second email address.
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