Transmitting electronic mail attachment over a network using a e-mail page
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1. A method for transmitting e-mail attachments from a sender of a network to a recipient of the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing an attachment in a storage means visible to the network and relatively local to the sender, the attachment having a unique network address;
(b) requesting, with the sender, an e-mail page from the recipient, the e-mail page being adapted to receive a text message and an attachment reference comprising the network address of the attachment;
(c) providing the e-mail page to the sender in response to the request; and
(d) adding, with the sender, the attachment reference and the message to the e-mail page.
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Abstract
Transmitting e-mail attachments from a sender of a network to a recipient of the network. According to an embodiment, an attachment is stored in a storage means visible to the network and relatively local to the sender, the attachment having a unique network address. The sender requests an e-mail option from the recipient, which provides a configurable e-mail page to the sender in response to the request. An attachment reference comprising the network address of the attachment is supplied to the configurable e-mail page.
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1. A method for transmitting e-mail attachments from a sender of a network to a recipient of the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing an attachment in a storage means visible to the network and relatively local to the sender, the attachment having a unique network address; (b) requesting, with the sender, an e-mail page from the recipient, the e-mail page being adapted to receive a text message and an attachment reference comprising the network address of the attachment; (c) providing the e-mail page to the sender in response to the request; and (d) adding, with the sender, the attachment reference and the message to the e-mail page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for transmitting e-mail attachments from a sender of a network to a recipient of the network, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a storage means for storing an attachment relatively local to the sender, wherein the storage means is visible to the network, the attachment having a unique network address; (b) means for requesting an e-mail page from the recipient, the e-mail page being adapted to receive a text message and an attachment reference comprising the network address of the attachment; (c) means for receiving the e-mail page from the recipient via the network in response to the request; and (d) means for adding the attachment reference and the message to the e-mail page. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for transmitting e-mail attachments from a sender of a network to a recipient of the network, the storage medium comprising:
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(a) means for causing the sender to store an attachment relatively local to the sender in a storage means visible to the network, the attachment having a unique network address; (b) means for causing the sender to request an e-mail page from the recipient, the e-mail page being adapted to receive a text message and an attachment reference comprising the network address of the attachment; (c) means for causing the sender to receive the e-mail page from the recipient via the network in response to the request; and (d) means for causing the sender to add the attachment reference and the message to the e-mail page. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for transmitting e-mail attachments over a network, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a storage device visible to the network and relatively local to a sender of the network; and (b) a network server interfacing the sender with the network;
wherein;the storage device stores an attachment relatively local to the sender; the attachment has a unique network address; the sender receives an e-mail page from a recipient via the network in response to a request by the sender for the e-mail page, the e-mail page being adapted to receive a text message and an attachment reference comprising the network address of the attachment; and the sender adds the attachment reference and the message to the e-mail page. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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