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Name : Jay Moskowitz
E-mail : jay@aethersystems.com
MIME media type name : Application
MIME subtype name : Vendor Tree - vnd.aether.imp
Required parameters : None
Optional parameters : None
Encoding considerations :
This content is binary and should be transfer encoded using base64
when a non-binary transfer protocol is being used to propogate this
content.
The format of the binary data follows the encoding scheme defined in
the Aether Wireless Instant Messaging Protocol (IMP) specification,
licensed by Aether Systems of Owings Mills, VA. Certain compression
techniques employed within the binary data are licensed under patent
5,249,220. between the originating wireless device and its associated
service provider. For character sets that use only 7-bits per character,
the text must be packed using the Pack7 transfer encoding scheme defined
by FLEXsuite(tm)
Security considerations :
Encyption of secure data carried by this content-type is defined
within the licensed intellectual property.
Interoperability considerations :
This media type uses canonical encodings which precludes
interoperability issues.
Published specification :
The definition of this type is a part of the Wireless Instant
Messaging Protocol (IMP) specification available from Aether
Systems under an appropriate licensing agreement. Some
compression techniques used within IMP are licensed under
patent 5,249,220.
Applications which use this media :
Various wireless messaging devices and messaging infrastructure
equipment used in 2way paging and PCS industry.
Additional information :
1. Magic number(s) : None
2. File extension(s) : None
3. Macintosh file type code : None
4. Object Identifiers: None
Person to contact for further information :
1. Name : Jay Moskowitz
2. E-mail : jay@aethersystems.com
Intended usage : Common
This content type represents a very airtime efficient means of
conducting Instant Message communications between a Wireline
Instant Messaging service, such as AOL Instant Messenger,
Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger and a special set of Instant
Messaging client software on a wireless device.
one of the content types available from the
FLEXsuite(tm) of Enabling Protocols. This text format enables
features such as subject line delineation as well as methods for
tokenizing common phrases and enumerating potential responses
in a multiple choice format.
Author/Change controller : The IMP protocol specification which
defines the binary data format of Wireless Instant Messaging
transactions, is managed by the Wireless Instant Messaging Group
of Aether Systems, Inc.
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