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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Christopher T. Szeto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Henri Torgemane, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Thyagarajapuram Swaminathan Ramakrishnan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Christopher T. Szeto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Henri Torgemane, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Thyagarajapuram Swaminathan Ramakrishnan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
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.