AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND RETRIEVAL OF MESSAGE ATTACHMENTS IN A MESSAGE CONVERSATION
First Claim
1. A method, implemented in an end-user communication device of a messaging system, comprising,identifying a chain of sent and received messages of a message conversation;
- identifying one or more data files attached to at least one message of the chain of messages of the message conversation; and
displaying identifiers of the one or more data files on a display of the end-user communication device.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides for an end-user communication device of a messaging system configured to identify messages exchanged during a message conversation. Responsive to selection of one or more data files, the device retrieves the one or more selected data files from a local memory of the device or from a server of the messaging system. Optionally, the messages may be identified in response to a request to add one or more new recipients in a reply to a message of a message conversation and selected data files may be forwarded to the new recipients.
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23 Claims
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1. A method, implemented in an end-user communication device of a messaging system, comprising,
identifying a chain of sent and received messages of a message conversation; -
identifying one or more data files attached to at least one message of the chain of messages of the message conversation; and displaying identifiers of the one or more data files on a display of the end-user communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An end-user communication device comprising:
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a graphical display; an interface with a messaging system; a processor, operatively coupled to the graphical display and the interface with the messaging system and configured to perform a method comprising; responsive to a request to add one or more new recipients in a reply to a message of a chain of messages of a message conversation; displaying, on the graphical display, an option to forward one or more data files to the one or more new recipients, the one or more data files comprising data files attached to at least one message of the chain of messages of the message conversation; responsive to selection of one or more data files; retrieving the one or more selected data files; inserting the one or more selected data files into a message addressed to the one or more new recipients; and sending the message to the one or more new recipients via the interface to the messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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