Patent ID: 7895306

Claim:
A method for delivering from a network server a particular message via a network using a hyper-text transfer protocol, comprising: receiving the particular message, wherein the particular message is addressed to a user; writing a particular link to the particular message into a mark-up language file; transmitting the mark-up language file from the network server to an application program located on a client device associated with the user, via the network, in accordance with the hyper-text transfer protocol, wherein by the time of the transmitting, the mark-up language file contains links to a plurality of messages, including the particular link to the particular message, wherein further the application program generates a mailbox user interface in response to the mark-up language file to enable the user to browse the plurality of messages, and wherein further, the plurality of messages are stored in a user-associated storage area associated with the network server; and in response to the user selecting the particular link via the mailbox user interface, transmitting the particular message to the user's client device in accordance with the hyper-text transfer protocol.