Handling attachment content on a mobile device
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1. A method of transmitting attachment data to a mobile device for a message having an indication of one or more associated attachment documents received on the mobile device, wherein acts of the method are executable by a processor of an attachment server, the method comprising:
- receiving an attachment content handling request from the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling request comprises an indication of a selected attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option, wherein the selected attachment content handling option is one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option;
generating attachment data for the selected attachment document in accordance with the selected attachment content handling option; and
transmitting the attachment data to the mobile device;
wherein if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data viewable using a native application on the mobile device, but if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data that has been converted, at said generating, into a format optimized for at least one of transmission to or viewing on the mobile device.
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to download a selected attachment document that is associated with a message received on a mobile device. Attachment data corresponding to the selected attachment document can be downloaded according to at least one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option.
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1. A method of transmitting attachment data to a mobile device for a message having an indication of one or more associated attachment documents received on the mobile device, wherein acts of the method are executable by a processor of an attachment server, the method comprising:
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receiving an attachment content handling request from the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling request comprises an indication of a selected attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option, wherein the selected attachment content handling option is one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option; generating attachment data for the selected attachment document in accordance with the selected attachment content handling option; and transmitting the attachment data to the mobile device; wherein if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data viewable using a native application on the mobile device, but if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data that has been converted, at said generating, into a format optimized for at least one of transmission to or viewing on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable storage medium upon which instructions executable by a processor of an attachment server are stored, said instructions for implementing a method of transmitting attachment data to a mobile device for a message having an indication of one or more associated attachment documents received on the mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving an attachment content handling request from the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling request comprises an indication of a selected attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option, wherein the selected attachment content handling option is one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option; generating attachment data for the selected attachment document in accordance with the selected attachment content handling option; and transmitting the attachment data to the mobile device; wherein if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data viewable using a native application on the mobile device, but if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data that has been converted, at said generating, into a format optimized for at least one of transmission to or viewing on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An attachment server comprising a processor and a memory, said processor configured to transmit attachment data to a mobile device for a message having an indication of one or more associated attachment documents received on the mobile device, wherein the processor is configured to:
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receive an attachment content handling request from the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling request comprises an indication of a selected attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option, wherein the selected attachment content handling option is one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option; generate attachment data for the selected attachment document in accordance with the selected attachment content handling option; and transmit the attachment data to the mobile device; wherein if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data viewable using a native application on the mobile device, but if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then the attachment data comprises attachment data that has been converted into a format optimized for at least one of transmission to or viewing on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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