Patent ID: 7487270

Claim:
A method of interfacing with a first information device, the method comprising: receiving semi-structured data from a second information device in a format native to the second information device; parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the semi-structured data; reformatting the semi-structured data into a format that is understandable by the first information device; selecting a type of action to be performed based on the reformatted semi-structured data and the identified type of the semi-structured data, wherein said selecting comprises: if the identified type of the semi-structured data is destination type data, performing a first action that sends the reformatted semi-structured data in a job to a destination indicated by the destination type data; if the identified type of the semi-structured data is not destination type data, performing a second action that displays the reformatted semi-structured data as a text document on either a display of the first information device or a display of the second information device, and performing a third action that prompts a user indicate whether to send or print the text document as a fourth action; and if the identified type of the semi-structured data is source-location data, fetching information from a source indicated by a source-location data and prompting a user to select a destination for the fetched information; or if the identified type of the semi-structured data is a search request, fetching information from a search location and prompting a user to select a destination for the search request based on the fetched information.