Patent ID: 6092114
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of providing message exchange capability for a plurality of users comprising steps of:receiving electronic messages at a server that supports message access by said users, including receiving first electronic messages having attachments in file formats that are each specific to one of a plurality of applications;identifying capabilities of client devices with respect to accessing said attachments without conversion from an original file format to a second file format;determining whether said attachments are accessible without conversion by specific client devices to which said attachments are transferred;converting first attachments from original file formats to selected second file formats at said server in response to determinations that said first attachments of said first electronic messages are inaccessible without conversion by said specific client devices to which said first attachments are transferred, including selecting said second file formats based upon said capabilities of said specific client devices; andselectively transferring said electronic messages to said client devices, including transferring said first attachments to said specific client devices in said selected second file formats.