Patent ID: 8086673

Claim:
A method for handling electronic meeting communications for multiple formats, the method comprising the steps of: receiving on a messaging server a first electronic meeting communication having a first meeting component in a first format, the first meeting component including event information; determining a second meeting component in a second format different from the first format, the second meeting component including substantially the same event information as the first meeting component; creating a second electronic meeting communication comprising at least both the first and second meeting components by inserting the second meeting component into the first electronic meeting communication; sending the second electronic meeting communication from the messaging server; receiving the second electronic meeting communication on a recipient device; determining a preferred one of the first meeting component and the second meeting component; selecting the preferred one of the first meeting component and the second meeting component and disregarding the other one of the first meeting component and the second meeting component; wherein the first meeting component and the second meeting component are one of: an iCalendar message component in accordance with the iCalendar standard, a proprietary message header component in accordance with a proprietary message header format, and a text component readable by normal email clients; wherein the first meeting component and the second meeting component are each in a different format; and processing the selected meeting component.