Patent ID: 7849213
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a trusted network having at least one sending system and at least one rendering system, a method of categorizing content files for communications such that the content files are configured to be organized and/or rendered according to categorization associated with the content files, the method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a communication to be delivered to a rendering system, the communication having a communication data structure defining metadata and two or more separable message components such that the two or more separable message components are configured to be sent and/or stored separately from each other; identifying, by the computer, at least a portion of the communication to be categorized; setting a categorization attribute in metadata associated with the at least a portion of the communication to be a particular category, wherein setting a categorization attribute in metadata associated with the at least a portion of the communication to be a particular category comprises defining a rule that automatically sets the categorization attribute to be the particular category upon identification of predetermined conditions; performing one or more actions based on the categorization attribute; and sending the metadata associated with the at least a portion of the communication to the rendering system, the metadata associated with the at least a portion of the communication including the categorization attribute so that the rendering system renders the particular category to a recipient.