Message object model

US7949720B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Steven Vernal · San Francisco, US
• Aaron Stern · Bellevue, US
• Donald F. Box · Bellevue, US
• Erik B. Christensen · Seattle, US
• Kenneth D. Wolf · Seattle, US
• Michael J. Coulson · Clyde Hill, US
• Stefan H. Pharies · Seattle, US
• Luis Filipe Cabrera · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2006
• Grant date: May 24, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99948
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide for an overall object mode that allows for a single message object to represent multiple messaging formats. A general message object is populated with fields for multiple available messaging formats, which can be appropriately filled with information with fields for both versions 1.1 and 1.2. Depending on which version is being used or desired, the appropriate fields can be populated when creating an instance of the message object. The other fields that do not correspond to that version, however, are left blank.