Patent ID: 9548956
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A first computer configured to obtain content associated with a first party from a social media provider, wherein the first computer executes a method comprising the following: selecting a login credential for the first party with respect to the social media provider; querying the social media provider with the login credential for the first party to obtain content associated with the first party, wherein the content is not in an email format; obtaining from the social media provider a set of content associated with the first party; selecting from the set of obtained content a subset of content to journal and/or archive according to whether the subset of content has previously been obtained; formatting an inner email message to contain at least the subset of selected obtained content; mapping the subset of content to a format of the inner email message, wherein the mapping comprises setting an envelope, a header, a body, and an attachment in at least the inner email message to record when the content was posted, who posted the content, to which social media provider the content was posted, and to record the content which was posted; inserting the inner email message into an outer journal message; transmitting the outer journal message to a second computer configured as a journal processor; updating a record associated with the first party to indicate that the set of content associated with the first party from the social media provider has been obtained; wherein the mapping comprises mapping a social media login credential for a party who posted the content associated with the first party to an email address associated with the party who posted the content.