Patent ID: 7131116
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for transforming electronic messages to an extensible data format, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an electronic message at an internet messaging server; transforming said electronic message at an extensible data format serializer component, wherein said transforming is in response to a request for content by an electronic message based application; wherein, said extensible data format serializer component transforms said electronic message to an extensible data format message; and, wherein said electronic message based application receives said electronic message content in an extensible data format, wherein said extensible data format is the extensible Markup Language (XML) data format; delivering said electronic message in XML format to an XML parser that is a component of the electronic message based application; the XML parser handling mail extraction; and the XML parser delivering customized content to the electronic message based application.