Title:
REPLACING AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT WITH AN ADDRESS SPECIFYING WHERE THE ATTACHMENT IS STORED
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001075651
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that replaces an attachment to an email message with a reference to a location where the attachment is stored. Upon receiving the email message, the system examines the email message to determine if the email message includes an attachment. If the email message includes the attachment, the system stores the attachment at a location on a communication network from which the attachment can be retrieved. The system also modifies the email message by replacing the attachment with a reference specifying the location of the attachment, and sends the modified email message to a recipient of the email message. In one embodiment of the present invention, the recipient receives the modified email message and uses the reference specifying the location of the attachment to retrieve the attachment across the communication network.
Inventors:
HANNA STEPHEN
DOUGLAS DAVID
ELLEY YASSIR
PERLMAN RADIA
MULLAN SEAN
ANDERSON ANNE
DOUGLAS DAVID
ELLEY YASSIR
PERLMAN RADIA
MULLAN SEAN
ANDERSON ANNE
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/010519
Publication Date:
July 11, 2002
Filing Date:
March 30, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC (US)
International Classes:
G06Q10/10; H04L12/58; (IPC1-7): G06F17/60; H04L12/58
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998058332A1 | 1998-12-23 | |||
| WO1999063709A2 | 1999-12-09 |
Foreign References:
| US5903723A | 1999-05-11 | |||
| EP0886228A2 | 1998-12-23 | |||
| US6009462A | 1999-12-28 |
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