Method of managing metadata in attachments to e-mails in a network environment
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1. A method of transmitting an electronic document, comprising:
- receiving an email message having a delivery address at an intermediate computer system;
determining whether the email message has an attached document;
in the event the email message has the attached document;
automatically creating a cleansed version of the attached document at the intermediate computer system that received the email message by removing at least a portion of the metadata from the attached document;
replacing in the email message the attached document with the cleansed version of the attached document; and
sending the email message with the cleansed version of the attached document from the intermediate computer system to the delivery address.
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Abstract
A method and system for removing metadata from email attachments sent from mobile devices includes receiving an email with an attached document. The attached document has metadata removed to create a cleansed version of the attached document. The attached document is replaced by the cleansed version of the attached document, and the email is sent according to the address or addresses included in the email.
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1. A method of transmitting an electronic document, comprising:
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receiving an email message having a delivery address at an intermediate computer system; determining whether the email message has an attached document; in the event the email message has the attached document; automatically creating a cleansed version of the attached document at the intermediate computer system that received the email message by removing at least a portion of the metadata from the attached document; replacing in the email message the attached document with the cleansed version of the attached document; and sending the email message with the cleansed version of the attached document from the intermediate computer system to the delivery address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of transmitting an electronic document, comprising:
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receiving an email message having a delivery address at an intermediate computer system from a mobile electronic device; determining whether the email message has an attached document; in the event the email message has an attached document; determining, at the intermediate computer system, whether the attached document is to be cleansed of metadata according to a cleansing policy; in the event the attached document is to be cleansed; automatically removing metadata from the attached document; creating a cleansed version of the attached document at the intermediate computer system that received the email message; replacing in the email message the attached document with the cleansed version of the attached document; and sending the email message with the cleansed version of the attached document from the intermediate computer system to the delivery address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of preventing unauthorized transmission of metadata in electronic documents, comprising:
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receiving at an intermediate computer system an email having a delivery address and an attached electronic document sent from a mobile electronic device, the attached electronic document including primary data and metadata; automatically removing the metadata from the attached electronic document at the intermediate computer system that received the email; transmitting the received email, including the attached electronic document that has had the metadata removed, from the intermediate computer system that received the email. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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