Method of enabling usage of multilingual characters in internet e-mail addresses
Assigneei-DNS.net International Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMaynard J-Lon Kang, Ching Hong Seng
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Abstract
A method, implemented on an apparatus, of transporting an electronic mail message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA). The MLEA is associated with an encoding type. The method includes receiving the MLEA; detecting the encoding type of the MLEA; converting the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA; and sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA. The conversion from the MLEA to the ACEEA is performed by one of a end user personal computer, a web-based mail server, a mail server, and a LDAP server.
Claims51
A method, implemented on an apparatus, of transporting an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, the method comprising:
- receiving the MLEA;
- detecting the encoding type of the MLEA by at least one of (i) identifying the encoding type in a message header for the e-mail message and (ii) matching the a portion of the multilingual e-mail address to the encoding type of the MLEA;
- converting the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA;
- and
- sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.
A method, implemented on an apparatus, of transporting an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, the method comprising:
- receiving an ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) corresponding to the MLEA;
- receiving data representing the encoding type of the MLEA;
- converting the ACEEA to the MLEA in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA;
- and
- sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.
A method, implemented on an apparatus, of transporting an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, the method comprising:
- receiving the MLEA;
- transferring the MLEA through a directory server for conversion of the MLEA;
- converting the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA in a directory server;
- and
- sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.
A computer program product comprising a machine readable medium on which is provided program instructions for performing a method of transporting an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, the method comprising:
- receiving the MLEA;
- detecting the encoding type of the MLEA by at least one of (i) identifying the encoding type in a message header for the e-mail message and (ii) matching the a portion of the multilingual e-mail address to the encoding type of the MLEA;
- converting the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA;
- and
- sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.
A computer program product comprising a machine readable medium on which is provided program instructions for performing a method of transporting an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, the method comprising:
- receiving the MLEA;
- transferring the MLEA through a directory server for conversion of the MLEA;
- converting the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA in the directory server;
- and
- sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory coupled to at least one of the one or more processors;
- and
- an interface capable of receiving an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, wherein at least one of the one or more processors is designed or configured to
- receive the MLEA;
- detect the encoding type of the MLEA by at least one of (i) identifying the encoding type in a message header for the e-mail message and (ii) matching the a portion of the multilingual e-mail address to the encoding type of the MLEA;
- convert the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA;
- and
- send the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.