Method and system for managing the exchange of files attached to electronic mails
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Abstract
Method of managing the exchange of a file from a sender (13) to a receiver (12, 15) in a data transmission network (10, 11) wherein any user amongst a plurality of users can send an electronic mail with at least an attached file to at least another user. The method comprises the following steps:
- the original file corresponding to the file to be sent as an attachment to the electronic mail is forwarded by the sender to a file server (14), a substitute file including at least data identifying the original file is sent by the file server back to the sender upon receiving the original file, the substitute file is attached to the electronic mail before sending this one by the sender to the receiver, and the receiver gets, at anytime, the original file from the file server by providing the file server with the parameters of the substitute file.
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39 Claims
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20. A method of managing the transmission of a file in a data transmission network from a sender to a receiver, the method comprising the following steps:
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forwarding to a file server an original file to be sent as an attachment to an electronic mail message;
sending a substitute file from the file server to the sender upon receiving the original file at the file server, the substitute file comprising data identifying the file forwarded to the file server;
attaching the substitute file to the electronic mail message to be sent by the sender to the receiver; and
accessing the original file after sending one or more parameters contained within the substitute file to the file server. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31)
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32. A system for managing the transmission of a file in a data transmission network from a sender to a receiver comprising:
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a file server operative for creating a substitute file from an original file sent to the file server, the substitute file including data identifying the original file and enabling the receiver to access the original file stored in the file server; and
a workstation in communication with the file server for transmitting an electronic mail message containing the substitute file, the substitute file comprising parameters for allowing the receiver to access the file server. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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