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5768505 Patent
| Object oriented mail server framework mechanism
Patent 5768505 - Object oriented mail server framework mechanism
United States Patent Patent Number 5,768,505
A framework for use with object-oriented programming systems provides a
common message processing system structure that can be placed on any OOP
platform and be configured to support any e-mail message protocol standard
or specific mail server function. The framework defines an e-mail message
as a number of distinct objects, each of which contains information that
describes some portion of the message. All messages received by a system
in which the framework is implemented are defined on this core object
structure. Another set of objects and methods define the processing steps
required for a mail server to process a message. A message is received as
a class of message objects, which are assigned a message type that
determines the subsequent processing steps to which the message object is
subjected. As a message is processed, the objects of which it is comprised
are changed, so that the message processing can be interrupted and then
resumed without loss or duplication of processing steps.
Inventors: Gilchrist; Frank William (Rochester, MN), Herness; Eric Nels (Rochester, MN), Jenney; Eric H. (Rochester, MN), Ripstra; John Christopher (Rochester, MN), Romano; George James (Rochester, MN) Assignee:
24297782Appl. No.:
08/574,820Filed:
709/201 - 709/202 - 709/203Current CPC Class: G06Q 10/107 (20130101); H04L 29/06 (20130101); H04L 51/066 (20130101); H04L 69/32 (20130101); H04L 51/28 (20130101)Current International Class: G06Q010/00 (20060101)H04L012/58 (20060101)H04L029/06 (20060101)H04L029/08 (20060101)G06F0015/16 ()Field of Search: ;395/200.33,200.6,200.76,683,285 ;370/401
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