Dynamic encoding of email addresses
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the invention may provide the ability to convert a non-supported email address (i.e., an email address that conforms to a standard that is not supported by the receiving device) into a supported email address (e.g., an email address that conforms to a standard that is supported by the receiving device). Embodiments of the invention may perform this conversion, for example, when an email communication containing a non-internet-standard email address is to be delivered or synchronized to a mobile device that only supports standard internet addresses. Similarly, embodiments of the invention may perform this conversion when a calendar entry, a task, a contact, or other data package containing such a non-supported email address is to be delivered or synchronized to a mobile device that does not support such an email address.
1. A system for dynamic encoding of email addresses comprising:
a processor configured for (a) determining if a data package contains an address that is not supported by a device to receive or synchronize with the data package; (b) if the data package contains an address that is not supported by the device to receive or synchronize with the data package, creating a supported address corresponding to the non-supported address, the supported address comprising a local-part and a domain, the local-part comprising an encoded version of the entire non-supported address, the domain comprising a non-valid domain; and (c) replacing the non-supported address in the data package with the created supported address.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the created supported address further comprises a display name part containing a non-encoded version of the non-supported address.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-valid domain comprises a domain that is not present in a domain name system.
4. A computer program product for dynamic encoding of email addresses, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured for determining if a data package contains an address that is not supported by a device to receive or synchronize with the data package;
computer readable program code configured for, if the data package contains an address that is not supported by the device to receive or synchronize with the data package, creating a supported address corresponding to the non-supported address, the supported address comprising a local-part and a domain, the local-part comprising an encoded version of the entire non-supported address, the domain comprising a non-valid domain; and
computer readable program code configured for replacing the non-supported address in the data package with the created supported address.
5. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the created supported address further comprises a display name part containing a non-encoded version of the non-supported address.
6. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the non-valid domain comprises a domain that is not present in a domain name system.
7. A system for dynamic decoding of email addresses comprising: a processor configured for (a) receiving a data package from a device; (b) determining if the data package comprises an address supported by the device that has been converted from an address that is not supported by the device, the supported address comprising a local-part and a domain, the local part comprising an encoded version of the entire non-supported address; (c) converting the supported address into the non-supported address; and (d) replacing the supported address in the data package with the non-supported message.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein determining if the data package comprises a supported address that has been converted from a non-supported address comprises determining if the supported address comprises a non-valid domain indicative of a converted non-supported address.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein converting the supported address into the non-supported address comprises decoding the local-part.
10. A computer program product for dynamic encoding of email addresses, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured for receiving a data package from a device;
computer readable program code configured for determining if the data package comprises an address supported by the device that has been converted from an address that is not supported by the device, the supported address comprising a local-part and a domain, the local part comprising an encoded version of the entire non-supported address;
computer readable program code configured for converting the supported address into the non-supported address; and
computer readable program code configured for replacing the supported address in the data package with the non-supported message.
11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein determining if the data package comprises a supported address that has been converted from a non-supported address comprises determining if the supported address comprises a non-valid domain indicative of a converted non-supported address.
12. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein converting the supported address into the non-supported address comprises decoding the local-part.