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David Benjamin Auerbach

Paul J Leach

Mark H Lucovsky

Richard Bruce Ward

Shaun Douglas Pierce

Burra Gopal

Peter Sewall Ford

Lijiang Fang

Jay Christopher Jacobs

Samuel John George

Paul Andrew Steckler

Steven D White

Jagadeesh Kalki

Winnie C Wu

William Raymond Hoffman

Michael B Taylor

Ramu Movva

Walter C Hsueh

Suresh Kannan

Kendall D Keil

Philip Michael Smoot

Yun-Qi Yuan

Yi-Wen Guu

Benjamin A Mejia

A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The services schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the services schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.

Schema-based services for identity-based data access

A system for multi-protocol communication in the computer network has a user interface layer with a common data structure to permit instant messaging communication with multiple service providers that each have different communication protocols. Message data and commands are transferred to a conversion platform layer using an application programming interface (API). Within the conversion platform layer, the data and commands transformed to conform with the messaging requirements and communication protocol of the different service providers. The conversion process is transparent to the user and permits instant messaging to recipients regardless of the recipient's service provider. Incoming messages received from a recipient are received by the conversion platform layer and converted from the messaging requirements and communication protocol of the recipient's service provider to the common data structure of the user interface. The system also permits a user to establish and display a contact list even though the individuals in the contact list may be subscribers to different service providers. When the user logs on to the various service providers, the contact list data for each service provider is provided to the user interface and converted for display to the user.

System and method for multi-protocol communication in a computer network

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