Email attachment management in a computer system
First Claim
1. An e-mail management system comprising:
- an e-mail browser having a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of e-mail messages that have been received over time, the time variance interface of the e-mail browser also providing for retrieval, from the storage media, of the e-mail messages corresponding to a user specified date; and
the retrieved e-mail messages each including an indication of the presence of an accompanying attachment(s) in the e-mail message, an affirmative indication providing the user with an option of retrieving content of the attachment(s) from the storage media such that the content of the attachment(s) is retrieved by the e-mail browser only when specifically requested by the user.
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Abstract
An e-mail management system that includes an e-mail browser having a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of e-mail messages that have been received over time. The time variance interface of the e-mail browser also provides for retrieval, from the storage media, of the e-mail messages corresponding to a user specified date. The retrieved e-mail messages each include an indication of the presence of an accompanying attachment(s) in the e-mail message. An affirmative indication provides the user with an option of retrieving content of the attachment(s) from the storage media such that the content of the attachment(s) is retrieved by the e-mail browser only when specifically requested by the user.
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9 Claims
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1. An e-mail management system comprising:
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an e-mail browser having a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of e-mail messages that have been received over time, the time variance interface of the e-mail browser also providing for retrieval, from the storage media, of the e-mail messages corresponding to a user specified date; and
the retrieved e-mail messages each including an indication of the presence of an accompanying attachment(s) in the e-mail message, an affirmative indication providing the user with an option of retrieving content of the attachment(s) from the storage media such that the content of the attachment(s) is retrieved by the e-mail browser only when specifically requested by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for an e-mail system to display an e-mail browser with information that corresponds to a state of the e-mail system on a user specified date, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one e-mail message in the e-mail system;
storing the at least one e-mail message into a storage media via an organizational scheme that provides a separate storage location for attachment(s), if any, of the at least one email message;
indexing the stored at least one e-mail message according to the date that the at least one e-mail message was originally received and according to the storage location of the at least one e-mail message;
specifying a date on which to view the state of the e-mail system with the e-mail browser; and
retrieving, with the e-mail browser, the stored at least one e-mail messages that correspond to the state of the e-mail system on the specified date, each of the retrieved e-mail messages including an option to retrieve the attachment(s), if any. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for an e-mail system to display an e-mail browser with information that corresponds to a state of the e-mail system on a user specified date, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one e-mail message in the e-mail system;
storing the at least one e-mail message into a first storage media and a second storage media, the first storage media excluding attachment(s) and the second storage media being solely for attachment(s), if any, of the at least one e-mail message;
indexing the stored at least one e-mail messages according to the date the at least one e-mail message was originally received;
specifying a date on which to view the state of the e-mail system with the e-mail browser; and
retrieving, from the first storage media, the stored at least one e-mail messages that correspond to the state of the e-mail system on the specified date, each of the retrieved e-mail messages displayed in the e-mail browser and including an option to retrieve the attachment(s), if any, from the second storage media. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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