Patent ID: 7213076
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of email administration comprising the steps of: receiving in a transcoding gateway from a sender an email display capability request for a domain, wherein the capability request comprises a domain identification; finding, in dependence upon the domain identification, at least one email display capability record for the domain, wherein the email display capability record for the domain comprises display capability attributes describing an email display capability for the domain; sending at least one of the email display capability attributes to the sender; receiving an email in a transcoding gateway, the email comprising an email address and at least one digital object; determining, in dependence upon display capability attributes and the email address, whether the digital object is to be transcoded in the transcoding gateway, wherein the determining results in a determination; forwarding the email, including the digital object, to the email address, if the determination is that the digital object is not to be transcoded in the transcoding gateway; and if the determination is that the digital object is to be transcoded in the transcoding gateway, carrying out the further steps of: transcoding the digital object into a transcoded digital object; and downloading the transcoded digital object to a destination client device.