SELECTIVE SENDING OF PORTIONS OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT

• US 20130125017A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intertrust Technologies Corporation (Fidelio Acquisition Co LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intertrust Technologies Corporation (Fidelio Acquisition Co LLC)
• Inventors: Kaghazian, Leila
• Application Number:
  US13/735,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20130125017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A user of a handheld communication device selects in a foreground process portions of an electronic document. In a background process a new document is prepared that comprises the selected portions. The user selects the address for forwarding the new document, and the new document gets sent in a background process.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for transmitting a portion of an electronic file from a handheld device via an electronic network, the method comprising:

playing, in a foreground process of the handheld device, the electronic file;

receiving, from a user of the handheld device during the playing of the electronic file, a first position associated with the electronic file and a second position associated with the electronic file;

in response to receiving the first position and the second position, automatically preparing in a background process of the handheld device a portion of the electronic file based on the first position and the second position; and

transmitting to a recipient, via the electronic network, the portion of the electronic file.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving an indication, from the user of the handheld device, of the recipient,

wherein transmitting the portion of the electronic file is performed in response to receiving the indication.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the electronic file comprises a sound file, the method further comprising:

displaying a graphical representation of a play-out of the sound file,

wherein the first position and the second position correspond with first and second time positions included in the graphical representation.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the graphical representation comprises a colored bar.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the first position and the second position further comprises:

receiving an indication of the first and second positions included in the graphical representation.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the indication of the first and second positions comprises receiving an indication of one or more locations on a touch screen display included in the handheld device associated with the graphical representation.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the first position comprises a first pointer associated with a first location in the electronic file and the second position comprises a second pointer associated with a second location in the electronic file.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

automatically preparing in the background process of the handheld device, in response to receiving the first position and the second time position, a message associated with the portion of the electronic file, and

wherein the transmitting step further comprises transmitting the message with the portion of the electronic file.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the message comprises an e-mail message.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the portion of the electronic file comprises an attachment to the e-mail message.