SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR STORING, DELIVERING, AND MANAGING MESSAGES
Systems and methods provide for receiving a message addressed to an intended recipient, in a first file format. The message is converted from the first file format to a second file format, wherein the second file format comprises a mark-up language file format.
1 . A network message storage and delivery system, comprising:
a network server programmed to receive a message addressed to an intended recipient, in a first file format, and to convert the message from the first file format to a second file format, wherein the second file format comprises a mark-up language file format.
2 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the mark-up language file format comprises an HTML format.
3 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the mark-up language file format comports with a dialect of a standard generalized mark-up language (SGML).
4 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the mark-up language file format comprises an SGML format.
5 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the network server is further programmed to store the message in a storage area associated with the intended recipients.
6 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 5 , wherein the message is stored in the first file format.
7 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 5 , wherein the message is stored in the second file format.
8 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the network server is further programmed to store the message in a storage area associated with a restricted access mailbox associated with the intended recipients.
9 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the network server is further programmed to deliver the message to a client device operated by the intended recipient via a packet switched data network.
10 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the network server is further programmed to deliver the message to a client device operated by the intended recipient via a packet switched data network, using an HTTP protocol.
11 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the network server is further programmed to establish an HTTP connection between the network server and a client device operated by the intended recipient, and to deliver the message to the client device via the HTTP connection.
12 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the packet switched data network comprises an Internet.
13 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the packet switched data network comprises a private network.
14 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the HTTP connection is established between an application program executing on the network server and an application program executing on the client device.
15 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the network server comprises an HTTP server and the client device comprises an HTTP client.
16 . The network storage and delivery, system as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the HTTP connection is established by an HTTP daemon (HTTPD) executing on the network server.
17 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the HTTP connection is over a packet switched data network.
18 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 17 , wherein the packet switched data network comprises an Internet.
19 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the client device comprises a computer having a keyboard and a display.
20 . The network storage and delivery system as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the client device comprises a handheld device.
21 . A method, comprising:
receiving a message addressed to an intended recipient, in a first file format; and
converting the message from the first file format to a second file format, wherein the second file format comprises a mark-up language file format.
22 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the mark-up language file format comprises an HTML format.
23 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the mark-up language file format comports with a dialect of a standard generalized mark-up language (SGML).
24 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the mark-up language file format comprises an SGML format.
25 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , further comprising storing the message in a storage area associated with the intended recipient.
26 . The method as set forth in claim 25 , wherein the message is stored in the first file format.
27 . The method as set forth in claim 25 , wherein the message is stored in the second file format.
28 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , further comprising storing the message in a storage area associated with a restricted access mailbox associated with the intended recipient.
29 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the further comprising delivering the message to a client device operated by the intended recipient via a packet switched data network.
30 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , wherein further comprising delivering the message to a client device operated by the intended recipient via a packet switched data network, using an HTTP protocol.
31 . The method as set forth in claim 21 , further comprising storing the message in a storage area associated with a network server, establishing an HTTP connection between a network server and a client device operated by the intended recipient, and delivering the message to the client device via the HTTP connection.
32 . The method as set forth in claim 29 , wherein the packet switched data network comprises an Internet.
33 . The method as set forth in claim 29 , wherein the packet switched data network comprises a private network.
34 . The method as set forth in claim 31 , wherein the HTTP connection is established between an application program executing on the network server and an application program executing on the client device.
35 . The method as set forth in claim 31 , wherein the network server comprises an HTTP server and the client device comprises an HTTP client.
36 . The method as set forth in claim 31 , wherein the HTTP connection is established by an HTTP daemon (HTTPD) executing on the network server.
37 . The method as set forth in claim 31 , wherein the HTTP connection is over a packet switched data network.
38 . The method as set forth in claim 37 , wherein the packet switched data network comprises an Internet.
39 . The method as set forth in claim 29 , wherein the client device comprises a computer having a keyboard and a display.
40 . The method as set forth in claim 29 , wherein the client device comprises a handheld device.