Method and apparatus for converting and displaying a multimedia document at a client

摘要

A method and apparatus for converting and displaying at a client workstation a multimedia mail message. The mail message contains textual material and non-text embedded material. The method includes the steps of converting the mail message into text and non-text portions, storing the non-text portions in non-text files; and displaying a converted message. The converted message includes the text portion in clear text, and references to the non-text files.