Methods, systems and computer-readable media for integrating a composite MIME message

• US 9,258,144 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2012
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Original Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Inventors: Ramdas, Jayakrishnan
• Primary Examiner(s): Gillis, Brian J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Keller, Michael A
• Application Number:
  US13/528,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,328 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for integrating a composite message such as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) message. A metadata template associated with a metadata XML object is extracted from a content management system, whereby a key of the metadata XML object is passed with the request for communicating the composite message. One or more content assemblers are configured to retrieve one or more static content from one or more content management systems and one or more document management systems, in an iterative manner, based on the metadata template. A child content assembler is further configured to extract the dynamic content required for merging with the retrieved static content, to generate one or more message parts. A message generator is configured to concatenate the one or more message parts in a sequence for generating the composite message.

Claims

1. A method for integrating a composite message, the method comprising:

receiving, by a message management computing device, a request to communicate a composite message comprising one or more dynamic content keys and a metadata Extensible Markup Language (XML) object comprising a metadata XML object key;

extracting, by the message management computing device, the metadata XML object key and the one or more dynamic content keys from the request;

retrieving, by the message management computing device, a metadata template associated with the metadata XML object, from a content management system, wherein the retrieved metadata template comprises a sequential identifier indicating a merge sequence for one or more message parts and a static content key comprising an address of static content and an identifier of at least one of the content management system or a document management system in which the static content is stored;

retrieving, by the message management computing device, dynamic content from a repository and the static content from the at least one of the content management system or the document management system, based on the retrieved metadata template;

generating, by the message management computing device, the one or more message parts based on the dynamic content and the static content;

generating, by the message management computing device, a composite message by concatenating the one or more message parts in a sequence based on the sequential identifier indicating the merge sequence for the one or more message parts.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the message management computing device, the generated composite message in the document management system;

sending, by the message management computing device, the generated composite message to an output channel adapter;

transforming, by the message management computing device, the generated composite message into an output format corresponding to an output channel; and

communicating, by the message management computing device, the transformed message in an output format corresponding to the output channel.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the metadata template comprises:

a key,

a content type identifier,

a part type identifier, for the static content, or

an output format identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

communicating, by the message management computing device, the static content key to a content assembler associated with the at least one of the content management system or the document management system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the retrieving the static content, further comprises:

communicating, by the message management computing device, the static content key to the associated content assembler.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the static content key is utilized by the associated content assembler to retrieve the static content from the at least one of the content management system or the document management system.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the sequential identifier indicates the sequence in which the static content occurs in the metadata template,

the part type identifier indicates a type of one of the static content,

the output format identifier indicates the output format in which the composite message is generated, or

the content type identifier comprises a multipart identifier or a singlepart identifier.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing, by the message management computing device, the retrieved static content in one of the one or more message parts when the content type identifier indicates a multipart identifier.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the output format comprises an email, a calendar, an efax, an appointment, a message invitation, or a calendar invitation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata XML object comprises an identifier for the content management system.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating, by the message management computing device, a child content assembler of the content assembler based on an inheritance policy.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the message management computing device, a Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange (MIME) message based on the one or more message parts.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the repository is comprises a file server, a database server, a CSV file or an XML file.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein content management system identifier comprising the metadata XML object is stored in a property file.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving the dynamic content is based on the one or more dynamic content keys.

16. A message management computing device comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor which is configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions, which comprise the programmed instructions stored in the memory to;

receive a request to communicate a composite message comprising one or more dynamic content keys and a metadata Extensible Markup Language (XML) object comprising a metadata XML object key;

extract the metadata XML object key and the one or more dynamic content keys from the request;

retrieve a metadata template from associated with the metadata XML object, from a content management system, wherein the retrieved metadata template comprises a sequential identifier indicating a merge sequence for one or more message parts and a static content key comprising an address of static content and an identifier of at least one of the content management system or a document management system in which the static content is stored;

retrieve dynamic content from a repository and static content from the at least one of the content management system and document management system, based on the retrieved metadata template;

generate the one or more message parts based on the dynamic content and the static content; and

generate a composite message by concatenating the one or more message parts in a sequence based on the sequential identifier indicating the merge sequence for the one or more message parts.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions, which comprise the programmed instructions stored in the memory to:

store the generated composite message in the document management system; and

send the generated composite message to an output channel adapter;

transform the generated composite message into an output format corresponding to an output channel; and

communicate the transformed message in an output format corresponding to the output channel.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the metadata template comprises:

a key,

a content type identifier,

a part type identifier, for the static content, or

an output format identifier.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions, which comprise the programmed instructions stored in the memory to:

communicate the static content key to a content assembler associated with the at least one of the content management system or the document management system.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions for the retrieving the static content, which comprise the programmed instructions for the retrieving the static content stored in the memory to:

communicate the static content to the associated content assembler.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the static content key is utilized by the associated content assembler to retrieve the static content from the at least one of the content management system or the document management system.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein:

the sequential identifier indicates the sequence in which the static content occurs in the metadata template,

the part type identifier indicates a type of one of the static content,

the output format identifier indicates an output format in which the composite message is generated, or

the content type identifier comprises a multipart identifier or a singlepart identifier.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions, which comprise the programmed instructions stored in the memory to:

store the retrieved static content in one of the one or more message parts when the content type identifier indicates a multipart identifier.

24. The device of claim 22, wherein the output format comprises an email, a calendar, an efax, an appointment, a message invitation, or a calendar invitation.

25. The device of claim 16, wherein the metadata XML object comprises an identifier for the content management system.

26. The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions, which comprise the programmed instructions stored in the memory to:

create a child content assembler of the content assembler based on an inheritance policy.

27. The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions, which comprise the programmed instructions stored in the memory to:

generate a Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange (MIME) message based on the one or more message parts.

28. The device of claim 16, wherein the repository comprises a file server, a database server, a CSV file, or an XML file.

29. The device of claim 16, wherein the content management system identifier comprising the metadata XML object is stored in a property file.

30. The device of claim 16, wherein the retrieving the dynamic content is based on the one or more dynamic content keys.

31. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for integrating a composite message, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

receiving, from a networked system, a request to communicate a composite message comprising one or more dynamic content keys and a metadata Extensible Markup Language (XML) object comprising a metadata XML object key;

extracting the metadata XML object key and one or more dynamic content keys from the request;

retrieving a metadata template associated with the metadata XML object, from a content management system, wherein the retrieved metadata template comprises a sequential identifier indicating a merge sequence for one or more message parts and a static content key comprising an address of static content and an identifier of at least one of the content management system or a document management system in which the static content is stored;

retrieving dynamic content from a repository and static content from the at least one of the content management system or the document management system, based on the retrieved metadata template;

the one or more message parts based on the dynamic content and the static content;

generating a composite message by concatenating the one or more message parts in a sequence based on the sequential identifier indicating the merge sequence for the one or more message parts.

32. The medium of claim 31, further having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform steps further comprising:

storing the generated composite message in the document management system;

sending the generated composite message to an output channel adapter;

transforming the generated composite message into an output format corresponding to an output channel; and

communicating the transformed message in an output format corresponding to the output channel.

33. The medium of claim 32, wherein the metadata template comprises:

a key,

a content type identifier,

a part type identifier, for the static content, or

an output format identifier.

34. The medium of claim 33, further having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform steps further comprising:

communicating the static key to a content assembler associated with the at least one of the content management system or the document management system.

35. The medium of claim 34, further having stored thereon instructions for the retrieving the static content that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform steps further comprising:

communicating the static content key to the associated content assembler.

36. The medium of claim 35, wherein the static content key is utilized by the associated content assembler to retrieve the static content from the at least one of the content management system or the document management system.

37. The medium of claim 33, wherein:

the sequential identifier indicates the sequence in which the static content occurs in the metadata template, the part type identifier indicates a type of one of the static content, the output format identifier indicates the output format in which the composite message is generated, or the content type identifier comprises a multipart identifier or a singlepart identifier.

38. The medium of claim 37, further having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform steps further comprising:

storing the retrieved static content in one of the one or more message parts when the content type identifier indicates a multipart identifier.

39. The medium of claim 37, wherein the output format comprises an email, a calendar, an efax, an appointment, a message invitation or a calendar invitation.

40. The medium of claim 31, wherein the metadata XML object comprises the identifier for the content management system.

41. The medium of claim 31, further having stored thereon instructions for the retrieving the static content that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform steps further comprising:

creating a child content assembler of the content assembler based on an inheritance policy.

42. The medium of claim 31, further having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform steps further comprising:

generate a Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange (MIME) message based on the one or more message parts.

43. The medium of claim 31, wherein the repository comprises a file server, a database server, a CSV file or an XML file.

44. The medium of claim 31, wherein a content management system identifier comprising the metadata XML object is stored in a property file.

45. The medium of claim 31, wherein the retrieving the dynamic content is based on the one or more dynamic content keys.