Handling attachment content on a mobile device
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1. A method of retrieving data of an attachment document of a message, wherein acts of the method are executable by a processor of a mobile device, the method comprising:
- displaying, at the mobile device, an attachment content handling option for the attachment document, wherein the message has been received at the mobile device but the attachment document has not been received at the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling option comprises both a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option;
generating an attachment content handling request comprising an indication of the attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option;
sending the attachment content handling request to a remote attachment service;
if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then receiving data of the attachment document, from the remote attachment service, in a format viewable using a native application on the mobile device; and
if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then receiving data of the attachment document, from the remote attachment service, in a format optimized for at least one of transmission to and 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 retrieving data of an attachment document of a message, wherein acts of the method are executable by a processor of a mobile device, the method comprising:
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displaying, at the mobile device, an attachment content handling option for the attachment document, wherein the message has been received at the mobile device but the attachment document has not been received at the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling option comprises both a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option; generating an attachment content handling request comprising an indication of the attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option; sending the attachment content handling request to a remote attachment service; if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then receiving data of the attachment document, from the remote attachment service, in a format viewable using a native application on the mobile device; and if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then receiving data of the attachment document, from the remote attachment service, in a format optimized for at least one of transmission to and viewing on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
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display, at the mobile device, an attachment content handling option for an attachment document of a message, wherein the message has been received at the mobile device but the attachment document has not been received at the mobile device, wherein the attachment content handling option comprises both a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option; generate an attachment content handling request comprising an indication of the attachment document and a selected attachment content handling option; send the attachment content handling request to a remote attachment service; if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then receive data of the attachment document, from the remote attachment service, in a format viewable using a native application on the mobile device; and if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then receive data of the attachment document, from the remote attachment service, in a format optimized for at least one of transmission to and viewing on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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