Patent ID: 7698368
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating with a user of a processor-based device over a network, the method comprising: processing body-less email messages that have a subject line and lack a message body capable of receiving message content and email messages with a message body capable of receiving message content; converting a synchronous communication between a first user and a second user into a body-less electronic mail message, the body-less electronic mail message having a subject line and lacking a message body capable of receiving message content, the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message containing at least one text message transmitted during the synchronous communication; receiving from the first user, while the first user has the body-less electronic mail message selected, a command to conduct synchronous communications with the second user; converting, in response to the command from the first user, the body-less electronic mail message into a synchronous communications format that includes each text message contained in the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message; and initiating, in response to the command from the first user, synchronous communications between the first and second users to present each text message contained in the subject line of the converted body-less electronic mail message to the first and second users in the synchronous communications format.