AUTOMATIC DOWNLOAD OF WEB CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO AN EMBEDDED LINK IN AN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE
First Claim
1. In a distributed computer system including a server and a client, the server including a message store, a method for delivering Web content within a body section of electronic mail messages comprising:
- receiving at a server, at least one mail message containing an embedded hyperlink;
downloading Web content associated with the hyperlink into the message store at the server;
transmitting the mail message and at least one of a link to the Web content downloaded into the message store at the server and the corresponding Web content for display at the client;
determining whether the client has a preset time for downloading messages containing Web content; and
in response to determining that a preset time for downloading Web content exists, caching the message and Web content at the server until the preset time is reached.
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Abstract
A method in a distributed computer system includes a server and a client and is for delivering Web content within a body section of electronic mail messages. The method includes receiving at a server, at least one mail message containing an embedded hyperlink. The method includes downloading Web content associated with the hyperlink into the message store at the server. The method also includes transmitting the mail message and at least one of a link to the Web content downloaded into the message store at the server and the corresponding Web content for display at the client. The method includes determining whether the client has a preset time for downloading messages containing Web content. In response to determining that a preset time for downloading Web content exists, the method includes caching the message and Web content at the server until the preset time is reached.
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20 Claims
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1. In a distributed computer system including a server and a client, the server including a message store, a method for delivering Web content within a body section of electronic mail messages comprising:
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receiving at a server, at least one mail message containing an embedded hyperlink; downloading Web content associated with the hyperlink into the message store at the server; transmitting the mail message and at least one of a link to the Web content downloaded into the message store at the server and the corresponding Web content for display at the client; determining whether the client has a preset time for downloading messages containing Web content; and in response to determining that a preset time for downloading Web content exists, caching the message and Web content at the server until the preset time is reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A server for delivering Web content within a body section of electronic mail messages to a client, the server comprising:
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a computer readable medium; a processor communicatively coupled to the computer readable medium; a module, executable on the processor, the module configured to, receive at a server, at least one mail message containing an embedded hyperlink; download Web content associated with the hyperlink into the message store at the server; transmit the mail message and at least one of a link to the Web content downloaded into the message store at the server and the corresponding Web content for display at the client; determine whether the client has a preset time for downloading messages containing Web content; and in response to determination that a preset time for downloading Web content exists, cache the message and Web content at the server until the preset time is reached. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for delivering Web content within a body section of electronic mail messages, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to; receive at a server, at least one mail message containing an embedded hyperlink; download Web content associated with the hyperlink into the message store at the server; transmit the mail message and at least one of a link to the Web content downloaded into the message store at the server and the corresponding Web content for display at the client; determine whether the client has a preset time for downloading messages containing Web content; and in response to determination that a preset time for downloading Web content exists, cache the message and Web content at the server until the preset time is reached. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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