UNIFORM DISPLAY OF LINKED FILES AND ATTACHMENTS IN E-MAIL MESSAGES
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1. A method for providing a display of attachments for an e-mail message, the method comprising:
- receiving an e-mail message with a plurality of attachments at a server, wherein a first attachment in the plurality of attachments is a file and a second attachment in the plurality of attachments is a link to a file provided by a third party service;
sending a request to a thumbnail generation service to generate a preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments;
receiving from the thumbnail generation service the preview thumbnails for each of the plurality of attachments, wherein the preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments have a uniform appearance; and
sending the e-mail message and the preview thumbnails for the plurality of attachments to a client computer for display.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a display of attachments for an e-mail message includes receiving an e-mail message with a plurality of attachments at a server, where one of the attachments is a file and a second of the attachments is a link to a file provided by a third party service. A request from the e-mail server is sent to a thumbnail generation service to generate a preview thumbnail for each attachment, where each preview thumbnail has a uniform appearance. The e-mail message and the preview thumbnails generated by the thumbnail generation service are sent to a client computer for display.
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1. A method for providing a display of attachments for an e-mail message, the method comprising:
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receiving an e-mail message with a plurality of attachments at a server, wherein a first attachment in the plurality of attachments is a file and a second attachment in the plurality of attachments is a link to a file provided by a third party service; sending a request to a thumbnail generation service to generate a preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments; receiving from the thumbnail generation service the preview thumbnails for each of the plurality of attachments, wherein the preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments have a uniform appearance; and sending the e-mail message and the preview thumbnails for the plurality of attachments to a client computer for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for displaying attachments for an e-mail message, the method comprising:
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receiving an e-mail message with a plurality of attachments at a client computer, wherein a first attachment in the plurality of attachments is a file and a second attachment in the plurality of attachments is a link to a file provided by a third party service; receiving a preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments, wherein the preview thumbnails are generated by a thumbnail generation service and wherein the preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments have a uniform appearance; and displaying the e-mail message and the preview thumbnails of the plurality of attachments to a recipient on the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A graphical user interface for displaying attachments for an e-mail message, the graphical user display comprising:
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an e-mail message display for displaying the content of an e-mail message; and an attachment preview area within the e-mail message display for displaying a plurality of preview thumbnails for a plurality of attachments in the e-mail message, wherein a first attachment in the plurality of attachments is a file; a second attachment in the plurality of attachments is a link to a file provided by a third party service; and the plurality of preview thumbnails are generated by a thumbnail generation service and are displayed uniformly in the attachment preview area. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for providing a display of attachments for an e-mail message, the system comprising:
a computing device configured to; communicate with a plurality of client computers and a thumbnail generation service over a communication network; receive an e-mail message with a plurality of attachments from a first client computer in the plurality of client computers, wherein a first attachment in the plurality of attachments is a file and a second attachment in the plurality of attachments is a link to a file provided by a third party service; send a request to the thumbnail generation service to generate a preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments; receive from the thumbnail generation service the preview thumbnails for each of the plurality of attachments, wherein the preview thumbnail for each of the plurality of attachments have a uniform appearance; and render the e-mail message and the preview thumbnails for the plurality of attachments for display. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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