Method and aystenm for management of message attachments
First Claim
1. A method of providing user management of electronic message transmissions between a server and a client device comprising steps of:
- receiving electronic messages at said server that supports access by a user, including receiving compound electronic messages having attachments;
identifying each said attachment as one of a first attachment and a second attachment by determining whether said each attachment complies with a preset criterion, said attachments satisfying said preset criterion being identified as first attachments, said attachments not satisfying said preset criterion being identified as said second attachments; and
selectively transferring said electronic messages to said client device, including automatically transferring first attachments while inhibiting an automatic transfer of said second attachments.
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Abstract
A method and system provide user management of electronic message transmissions between servers and client devices, particularly transmissions of files attached to electronic messages. The method and system operate to transfer selected attached files to and from a client device. When accessing electronic messages with attached files stored at a server by a user, the attached files that satisfy a prescribed requirement are automatically downloaded from the server to the client device utilized by the user. The prescribed requirement may include maximum file size and download time, and approved list of file formats and senders. Preferably, the prescribed requirement is entered into the client device by the user. The prescribed requirement can vary depending upon the personal preference of the user. When forwarding received electronic messages with attached files, only the attached files that have been modified are uploaded from the client device to the server.
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1. A method of providing user management of electronic message transmissions between a server and a client device comprising steps of:
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receiving electronic messages at said server that supports access by a user, including receiving compound electronic messages having attachments;
identifying each said attachment as one of a first attachment and a second attachment by determining whether said each attachment complies with a preset criterion, said attachments satisfying said preset criterion being identified as first attachments, said attachments not satisfying said preset criterion being identified as said second attachments; and
selectively transferring said electronic messages to said client device, including automatically transferring first attachments while inhibiting an automatic transfer of said second attachments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing user management of electronic message transmissions comprising steps of:
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receiving an electronic message having an original attachment from a sender at a server that supports access by a user;
downloading said electronic message along with said original attachment from said server to a target device operated by said user;
storing said electronic message and said original attachment at said target device, said target device having memory to store said electronic message and said original attachment;
detecting a command to forward said electronic message and said original attachment to a selected party; and
forwarding said electronic message to said selected party utilizing said server, including transferring said original attachment from said target device to said server only in response to a determination that said original attachment has been modified since said step of downloading said electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An email delivery system comprising:
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a local email server connected to a network to receive email messages, including compound email messages having attachments, said local email server having first memory for storing said email messages;
a client device connected to said local email server to selectively access and download said email messages, said client device having second memory for storing said email messages; and
filtering means responsive to and operatively associated with said client device for distinguishing said attachments based upon a prescribed criterion such that only said attachments that satisfy said prescribed criterion are identified and transmitted to said client device in an absence of user intervention.
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18. The system of 17 wherein said filtering means is located at said client device, said filtering means being operatively connected to a processor of said client device in order to cooperatively screen said attachments based upon said prescribed criterion.
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19. The system of 18 wherein said filtering means is a computer program stored in said memory of said client device.
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20. The system of 17 wherein said filtering means is configured to be re-programmable with respect to said prescribed criterion such that said prescribed criterion may be modified.
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