Selective transmission of an email attachment
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1. A method for replacing an email attachment of an email with a call, the method comprising:
- removing the email attachment from the email, thereby producing a stripped email;
storing the email attachment;
adding the call to the stripped email, wherein the call is configured to retrieve the email attachment upon activation by a recipient of the stripped email; and
forwarding the stripped email with the call to the recipient.
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Abstract
Methods, devices, systems, and media are disclosed for replacing an email attachment with a call, and forwarding the email with the call to a user for selective display of the attachment by making a call. One embodiment includes receiving an email on a mail server, wherein the email has the email attachment, and removing the email attachment from the email to produce a stripped email. The embodiment further includes storing the email attachment on a server, adding the call to the stripped email, and forwarding the stripped email with the call for displaying to a recipient.
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1. A method for replacing an email attachment of an email with a call, the method comprising:
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removing the email attachment from the email, thereby producing a stripped email;
storing the email attachment;
adding the call to the stripped email, wherein the call is configured to retrieve the email attachment upon activation by a recipient of the stripped email; and
forwarding the stripped email with the call to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device for replacing an email attachment with a call, the device comprising:
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a detacher to remove the email attachment from the email to create a stripped email;
storage coupled with the detacher to store the email attachment; and
a call incorporator to add the call to the stripped email based upon the storage, the call being configured to retrieve the email attachment upon activation by a recipient of the stripped email. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, comprising:
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receiving an email with the email attachment;
removing the email attachment from the email, thereby producing a stripped email;
storing the email attachment;
adding the call to the stripped email, wherein the call is configured to retrieve the email attachment upon activation; and
forwarding the stripped email with the call to a recipient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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