System and method for instant messaging using an e-mail...

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2003-06-30

2008-07-29

Vaughn, Jr., William C. (Department: 2141)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S227000, C709S245000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07406501

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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