METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE AGGREGATION AND INDEXING OF MESSAGE PARTS IN MULTIPART MIME OBJECTS
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1. A method, comprising:
- encapsulating at least one message into a message container, each of the at least one message including multiple parts;
inserting an index structure into the message container, the index structure usable by a remote device for parsing each part of the at least one message; and
transmitting the message container including the index structure to the remote device.
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Abstract
An indexing mechanism for multipart messages, such as multipart Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) multipart messages, which contain several parts from different objects. The indexing enables an identification of the content of the message and the fast locating of a specific part in a multipart MIME container. When a multipart MIME with subtype “related” is used for aggregating parts of different messages, the indexing may choose to list only the generic parts of each message. Each generic part will reference the other related parts so as to enable the extraction of all related parts of a specific message in an efficient manner.
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1. A method, comprising:
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encapsulating at least one message into a message container, each of the at least one message including multiple parts; inserting an index structure into the message container, the index structure usable by a remote device for parsing each part of the at least one message; and transmitting the message container including the index structure to the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including; computer code for encapsulating at least one message into a message container, each of the at least one message including multiple parts; computer code for inserting an index structure into the message container, the index structure usable by a remote device for parsing each part of the at least one message; and computer code for transmitting the message container including the index structure to the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for encapsulating at least one message into a message container, each of the at least one message including multiple parts; means for inserting an index structure into the message container, the index structure usable by a remote device for parsing each part of the at least one message; and means for transmitting the message container including the index structure to the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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receiving from a remote device a message container including; at least one message, each of the at least one message including multiple parts; and an index structure; and using the index structure to parse each part of the at least one message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including; computer code for processing a message container received from a remote device, the message container including; at least one message, each of the at least one message including multiple parts; and an index structure; and computer code for using the index structure to parse each part of the at least one message. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving from a remote device a message container including; at least one message, each of the at least one message including multiple parts; and an index structure; and means for using the index structure to parse each part of the at least one message. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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