Patent ID: 7809855

Claim:
A communications platform that enables users to receive XML electronic messages from corporations and others comprising a server, said server comprising logic for: receiving an electronic message for a user, the electronic message addressed to the platform and comprising a routing indicator and a message payload, wherein the platform provides for bidirectional XML electronic messages; accessing a user-defined endpoint table, the endpoint table correlating endpoints with routing indicators; selecting at least one endpoint from a plurality of endpoints based on the routing indicator in the electronic message and the user-defined endpoint table, wherein the routing indicator is nickname-based; and routing at least a portion of the message payload to the at least one endpoint, wherein the at least a portion of the message payload-intelligently stores, displays, and synthesizes itself in an information folio in at least one user-defined endpoint table based upon a sender-defined requirements; wherein the communications platform further comprises a sender stylesheet and an electronic message stylesheet, wherein said sender stylesheet describes meta-data pertaining to a sender, said electronic message stylesheet describes an activity and an event; and wherein said sender stylesheet and said electronic message stylesheet reside on said sender's web servers.