Method for composing packages of electronic mail attachments
First Claim
1. A method for configuring e-mail communications with attachments, comprising:
- designating a user application file to be included as an attachment file to an e-mail communication, wherein the designating is performed from within a first user application associated with the user application file;
associating the user application file with a package;
composing an e-mail communication from within a second user application that is different from the first user application associated with the user application file;
checking the e-mail communication for presence of an indication of a user'"'"'s intent to include an attachment to the e-mail communication; and
providing a package name of the package if the indication of a user'"'"'s intent to include an attachment to the e-mail communication is found within the e-mail communication.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for composing a package of application files to be sent as e-mail attachments in e-mail communications. A plurality of data structures are created, wherein each data structure groups together a plurality of different user application files designated as attachments to an e-mail communication. Application files designated from within user applications are associated with selected data structures, such that each designated application file is associated with a selected data structure. During composition of an e-mail communication having attachments, a list of the data structures containing application files are provided.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for configuring e-mail communications with attachments, comprising:
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designating a user application file to be included as an attachment file to an e-mail communication, wherein the designating is performed from within a first user application associated with the user application file;
associating the user application file with a package;
composing an e-mail communication from within a second user application that is different from the first user application associated with the user application file;
checking the e-mail communication for presence of an indication of a user'"'"'s intent to include an attachment to the e-mail communication; and
providing a package name of the package if the indication of a user'"'"'s intent to include an attachment to the e-mail communication is found within the e-mail communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring e-mail communications, comprising:
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designating one or more user application files to be included as attachment files to an e-mail communication, wherein the designating is performed from within respective user applications associated with the one or more user application files;
creating a plurality of data structures, each of the plurality of data structures is associated with one or more of the designated user application files;
checking text of an e-mail communication for presence of an indication of a user'"'"'s intent to include an attachment to the e-mail communication, wherein the e-mail communication is composed using a user application that is different from the respective user applications associated with the one or more user application files;
checking the e-mail communication for presence of an e-mail attachment; and
providing a list of the data structures upon detecting the presence of an indication of a user'"'"'s intent to include an attachment to the e-mail communication and an absence of an e-mail attachment in the c-mail communication; and
attaching to the e-mail communication one or more of the designated user application files. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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