Patent ID: 6785682
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for maintaining a data structure, organized as a logical tree structure, for a structured messaging system, the system comprising an application capable of producing an output structured message in a prescribed format and adding a received structured message to a data structure contained within a storage medium of the system; the method comprising the steps of:receiving a first structured message in a first format, the first structured message being associated with the output structured message in the prescribed format; adding the first structured message in the first format to the data structure as a first leaf of the logical tree structure; receiving a second structured message in a second format, the second structured message being associated with the output structured message in the prescribed format; and adding the second structured message in the second format to the data structure as a second leaf of the logical tree structure, wherein a merge operation of the first and second structured messages, represented by a join node, is recorded in the logical tree structure.