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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Gary Kremen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Scott Kunzelman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peng Tsin Ong, Redwood City, CA (US);
Scott M Fraize, San Francisco, CA (US);
Piyush Bansidhar Shah, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Electric Classifieds, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided to accomplish creation and serving of data objects among various communication protocols. The method and apparatus can be used in such applications as an on-line classified advertising system on the Internet involving the World Wide Web and electronic mail. In the apparatus, a request decoder receives an incoming request, decodes the request using configurations from a configuration database in order to identify which protocol was used to transmit the request, and generates from the request a corresponding abstract data object. A data processor merges data from a main database with the abstract data object. An object formatter formats the abstract data object including the merged data. An object deliverer formats the object for outgoing transmission according to a protocol of an intended recipient. The functions of object deliverer may be performed by the object formatter.