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Method for processing IMAP data flows, electronic mail servers and computer programs implementing said methods

AssigneeStreamwide

InventorVincent Themereau

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Abstract

Method for processing at least two IMAP data flows exchanged via an internet network between an electronic mail server and two remote clients respectively using a first and a second separate proprietary IMAP protocol, each IMAP data flow respectively corresponding to a respective remote client connection to an electronic mailbox, said method comprising the extraction of proprietary protocol data from an IMAP data flow, the execution of at least one task relating to the proprietary protocol data by a proprietary IMAP application module, and the generation of a return IMAP data flow, the proprietary IMAP application module being selected from two modules suitable for executing tasks relating respectively to the first and second proprietary IMAP protocols.

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Dependent claims

A method for processing at least two IMAP data flows, the IMAP data flows being exchanged via an internet network between an electronic mail server and at least two remote clients respectively using a first and a second separate proprietary IMAP protocol, each IMAP data flow respectively corresponding to a connection of a respective remote client to an electronic mailbox,

the method being characterized in that it comprises a translation step performed by the electronic mail server during processing of each of the at least two IMAP data flows and upon reception, from the respective remote client whose connection to the electronic mailbox corresponds to the IMAP data flow being processed, of a request to deliver an electronic mail identified by an electronic mail identifier to said remote client, said translation step including:
a first sub-step carried out by an analysis module of said electronic mail server, consisting of the extraction, from the IMAP data flow being processed, of said request to deliver an electronic mail identified by an electronic mail identifier to said remote client and of proprietary protocol data for the proprietary IMAP protocol used for the IMAP data flow being processed,
a second sub-step consisting of the execution of at least one task by a proprietary IMAP application module that corresponds to the proprietary IMAP protocol used for the IMAP data flow being processed, said at least one task including the operations of:
obtaining data to be encapsulated and message attribute data from at least one storage server, said data to be encapsulated and message attribute data being associated with the electronic mail identifier, and
generating the electronic mail in a format consistent with the proprietary IMAP protocol for the IMAP data flow being processed from the data to be encapsulated and the message attribute data, and
a third sub-step carried out by the analysis module, comprising transmission of said electronic mail generated by the proprietary IMAP application module to the remote client.

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An electronic email server for processing at least two IMAP data flows, the IMAP data flows being exchanged via an internet network with at least two remote clients respectively using a first and a second separate proprietary IMAP protocol, each IMAP data flow respectively corresponding to a connection of a respective remote client to an electronic mailbox, the electronic mail server configured to perform a translation step during processing of each of the at least two IMAP data flows, wherein the electronic mail server is configured to perform the translation step using modules comprising:

an analysis module of said electronic mail server for carrying out a sub-step consisting of the extraction, from the IMAP data flow being processed of a request, received from said client whose connection to the electronic mailbox corresponds to the IMAP data flow being processed, to deliver an electronic mail identified by an electronic mail identifier to said remote client, and of proprietary protocol data for the proprietary IMAP protocol used for the IMAP data flow being processed, and a sub-step comprising the transmission of said electronic mail to the remote client, and
at least a first and a second proprietary IMAP application module, the first proprietary IMAP application module being adapted to execute tasks relating to the first proprietary IMAP protocol, the second proprietary IMAP application module being adapted to execute tasks relating to the second proprietary IMAP protocol, said proprietary IMAP application module that corresponds to the proprietary IMAP protocol used for the IMAP data flow being processed being adapted to carry out a sub-step including the operations of:
obtaining data to be encapsulated and message attribute data from at least one storage server, said data to be encapsulated and message attribute data being associated with the electronic mail identifier, and
generating the electronic mail in a format consistent with the proprietary IMAP protocol for the IMAP data flow being processed from the data to be encapsulated and the message attribute data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/403,438Filed 29 May 2013
Priority: FR 12 5503131 May 2012
Published: US 2015/0142900 A121 May 2015
Granted: 3 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04L 51/42
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail:…
H04L 51/066
Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements: format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
H04L 51/18
Characterised by the inclusion of specific contents: commands or executable codes
H04L
Digital communication

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