Patent ID: 6240391
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method comprising:receiving an electronic message addressed to a recipient, the message comprising a plurality of messaging elements, at least some of the messaging elements being content-related that are each associated with a portion of the content of the message, and at least one of the messaging elements comprising instructions that define a structure of the message from which at least some of the content-related messaging elements can be sequentially combined for presentation to the recipient as a unified message;storing the received message in a mailbox associated with the recipient;in response to a request for the message from the recipient,retrieving the stored message,interpreting the instructions that define the structure of the message, andassembling and combining at least some of the content-related messaging elements in accordance with the instructions, andsequentially presenting the assembled and combined content-related messaging elements to the recipient as a unified message.