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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Jonathan Feinberg, Medford, MA (US);
Frank Lawrence Jania, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Muller, Medford, MA (US);
Andrew L. Schirmer, Andover, MA (US);
Jonathan Feinberg, Medford, MA (US);
Frank Lawrence Jania, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Muller, Medford, MA (US);
Andrew L. Schirmer, Andover, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer data handling method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A data item or information object are received in one protocol. Based on data contents, a protocol transfer module (engine) optimizes information presentation by transferring/converting the data item from the one protocol to a form of the data item in a different protocol. The resulting form (i.e. the data item/information object in the different protocol) optimally presents the data contents to an end-user. The end user reads the converted data item in the different protocol. The invention system enables the user to reply or otherwise further handle the data item in the initial protocol as desired. The initial protocol may be email and the resulting form of the data item may be one or more feed entries in machine-readable feeds specified by the user. The invention optimization effectively reduces email In-box clutter and streamlines reading in feed readers.