Systems and methods to receive information from a groupware client

• US 8,407,297 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2007
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Schmidt-Karaca, Markus, Eberlein, Peter, Sattler, Jurgen, Gaffga, Joachim
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eskandarnia, Arvin
• Application Number:
  US11/876,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20090106373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,982 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression

Abstract

A system may include reception of an internet electronic mail message associated with a standards-compliant groupware object, and conversion of the internet electronic mail message to a message associated with the standards-compliant groupware object and compliant with a Web service message interface.

Claims

1. A method implemented by an apparatus executing processor-executable program code, comprising:

receiving, at a mail server associated with a recipient electronic mail address, an internet electronic mail message comprising a MIME attachment and associated with the recipient electronic mail address;

generating a first markup language fragment based on a header and body of the internet electronic mail message;

generating a second markup language fragment based on the MIME attachment;

determining a message type based on the MIME attachment; and

composing, using the first and second markup language fragments, a first message compliant with a first message interface of a first Web service, the first message associated with the determined message type.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the MIME attachment complies with RFC 2822, RFC 2445 or RFC 2426.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein generating the first one markup language fragment based on the internet electronic mail message comprises:

converting the internet electronic mail message to an intermediate message; and

generating the first markup language fragment based on the intermediate message.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein a payload of the intermediate message comprises the header of the internet electronic mail message and the body of the internet electronic mail message, and

wherein generating the first one markup language fragment comprises generating an eXtensible Markup Language fragment based on the header of the internet electronic mail message and the body of the internet electronic mail message.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein generating the second markup language fragment comprises converting the MIME attachment to an eXtensible Markup Language fragment.

6. A method according to claim 3, wherein the intermediate message and the first message comply with Simple Object Access Protocol.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the internet electronic mail message is identical to a previously-received internet electronic mail message prior to converting the internet electronic mail message.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a second Web service based on the recipient electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message; and

mapping the first message to a second message compliant with a second message interface of the second Web service.

9. A method according to claim 8, further comprising:

determining a process agent associated with the second message based on the recipient electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message.

10. A method according to claim 8, further comprising:

storing the internet electronic mail message in a buffer;

determining a user based on a sender electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message;

sending the second message and authorization credentials of the user to a provider of the second Web service;

receiving an acknowledgement of the second message from the provider of the second Web service; and

deleting the internet electronic mail message from the buffer in response to the acknowledgement.

11. A non-transitory medium storing processor-executable program code, the program code comprising:

code to receive, at a mail server associated with a recipient electronic mail address, an internet electronic mail message comprising a MIME attachment and associated with the recipient electronic mail address;

code to generate a first markup language fragment based on a header and body of the internet electronic mail message;

code to generate a second markup language fragment based on the MIME attachment;

code to determine a message type based on the MIME attachment; and

code to compose, using the first and second markup language fragments, a first message compliant with a first message interface of a first Web service, the first message associated with the determined message type.

12. A non-transitory medium according to claim 11, wherein the MIME attachment complies with RFC 2822, RFC 2445 or RFC 2426.

13. A non-transitory medium according to claim 11, wherein the code to generate the first markup language fragment based on the internet electronic mail message comprises:

code to convert the internet electronic mail message to an intermediate message; and

code to generate the first markup language fragment based on the intermediate message.

14. A non-transitory medium according to claim 13, wherein a payload of the intermediate message comprises the header of the internet electronic mail message and the body of the internet electronic mail message, and

wherein the code to generate the first markup language fragment comprises code to generate an eXtensible Markup Language fragment based on the header of the internet electronic mail message and the body of the internet electronic mail message.

15. A non-transitory medium according to claim 13, wherein the code to generate the second markup language fragment comprises code to convert the MIME attachment to an eXtensible Markup Language fragment.

16. A non-transitory medium according to claim 13, wherein the intermediate message and the first message comply with Simple Object Access Protocol.

17. A non-transitory medium according to claim 11, the program code further comprising:

code to determine whether the internet electronic mail message is identical to a previously-received internet electronic mail message prior to converting the internet electronic mail message.

18. A non-transitory medium according to claim 11, the program code further comprising:

code to determine a second Web service based on the recipient electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message; and

code to map the first message to a second message compliant with a second message interface of the second Web service.

19. A non-transitory medium according to claim 18, the program code further comprising:

code to determine a process agent associated with the second message based on the recipient electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message.

20. A non-transitory medium according to claim 18, the program code further comprising:

code to store the internet electronic mail message in a buffer;

code to determine a user based on a sender electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message;

code to send the second message and authorization credentials of the user to a provider of the second Web service;

code to receive an acknowledgement of the second message from the provider of the second Web service; and

code to delete the internet electronic mail message from the buffer in response to the acknowledgement.

21. A system comprising:

a memory storing processor-executable program code;

a processor to execute the processor-executable program code to cause the system to;

receive an internet electronic mail message comprising a MIME attachment and associated with a recipient electronic mail address;

generate a first markup language fragment based on a header and a body of the internet electronic mail message;

generate a second markup language fragment based on the MIME attachment;

determine a message type based on the MIME attachment; and

compose, using the first and second markup language fragments, a first message compliant with a first message interface of the first Web service, the first message associated with the determined message type.

22. A system according to claim 21, the processor to execute the processor-executable program code to further cause the system to:

convert the internet electronic mail message to an intermediate message; and

generate the first markup language fragment based on the intermediate message.

23. A system according to claim 22, wherein a payload of the intermediate message comprises the header of the internet electronic mail message and the body of the internet electronic mail message,

wherein generation of the first markup language fragment comprises generation of an eXtensible Markup Language fragment based on the header of the internet electronic mail message and the body of the internet electronic mail message, and

wherein generation of the second markup language fragment comprises conversion of the MIME attachment to an eXtensible Markup Language fragment.

24. A system according to claim 21, the processor to execute the processor-executable program code to further cause the system to:

determine a second Web service based on the recipient electronic mail address of the internet electronic mail message; and

map the first message to a second message compliant with a second message interface of the second Web service.

25. A system according to claim 24, further comprising:

a process agent to receive the second message and to implement the second Web service.