Patent ID: 6993559

Claim:
A method of operating one or more Web pages by email, the method comprising the steps of: sending a first Web page in a first email message to a first email address via a computer network, the first Web page including one or more of links or forms that provide for further interaction, the first Web page in a first format consistent with one or more properties of a first email environment such that the first Web page is directly operable in an instance of an email browser of the first email environment; retrieving a second email message sent to a second email address via the computer network, the second email message including a URL request or form data, and generated as a result of a user directly operating the first Web page in an instance of the email browser of the first email environment; interpreting the URL request or form data of the retrieved second email message; retrieving a second Web page from a Web server connected to the computer network in accordance with the interpreted URL request or form data, the second Web page in a second format, the second format being a Web browser format; transcoding the retrieved second Web page from the second format to a third format consistent with one or more properties of a second email environment, such that the transcoded second Web page is directly operable in an instance of the email browser of the second email environment; and transmitting the transcoded second Web page to a third email address as a third email message.