Patent ID: 8150923
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a computer system that is network connectable along with one or more other computer systems to a network, the computer system including a processor and system memory, a method for creating an electronic message that can be sent using a plurality of different message protocols, that is formatted to be compatible with a plurality of different message applications, and that can be stored and accessed by any of the plurality of different message applications using any of the plurality of different messaging protocols, the method comprising: an act of the processor creating a single message item representing the electronic message in accordance with a general message schema, the single message item creation including: an act of sending the single message item, which has been formatted to include the protocol specific data fields for each of the plurality of different message protocols and the application specific data fields for each of the plurality of different message applications, to two or more of the plurality of different message applications via two or more of the plurality of different message protocols.