Email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player. Embodiments include retrieving an email message; extracting text from the email message; creating a media file; and storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata associated with the media file. Embodiments may also include storing the media file on a digital audio player and displaying the metadata describing the media file, the metadata containing the extracted text of the email message.

主权项

1. A method for email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player having a primary function of playing audio media files in a format having an audio portion for storing audio data and an associated metadata portion for storing non-audio data, the method comprising:
retrieving an email message; extracting text at least from a body of the email message such that the extracted text includes the content of the email message; creating an audio media file in the format supported by the digital audio player; storing at least a portion of the extracted text including the content of the email message as data in a metadata portion associated with the audio media file; and transmitting the audio media file and the metadata portion to the digital audio player for visually displaying at least the portion of the text extracted from the email message on the digital audio player so that the content of the email message can be visually displayed on the digital audio player that does not support rendering conventional email; wherein the retrieving, extracting, creating, storing and transmitting are performed by at least one computer that is distinct and remote from the digital audio player.