System and method for instant messaging using an e-mail protocol
US7406501B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/066
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods allowing an instant messaging user to exchange messages with an e-mail user. To the instant messaging user, the experience is a seamless exchange of instant messages; to the e-mail user, the experience is a seamless exchange of e-mail messages. Conversion of an instant message to an e-mail message includes insertion of a token into the e-mail message, and conversion of an e-mail message to an instant message includes validating a token extracted from the e-mail message.
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