Methods and systems for handling electronic message content for electronic communications devices
First Claim
1. A method for handling electronic message content for an electronic communications device, comprising:
- receiving an electronic message that includes default message content at the communications device;
determining at the communications device, without first displaying the default message content, whether alternate message content is available for the received message;
when alternate message content is available, preventing the display of the default message content and automatically transmitting a request from the communications device to an alternate content provider for the alternate message content in accordance with data extracted from the received message;
receiving the alternate message content at the communications device; and
automatically displaying the received alternate message content instead of the default message content, in response to a user using the communications device to open the received message for which the alternate message content is available.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for handling electronic message content for electronic communications device are presented. An exemplary method for handling electronic message content for an electronic communications device includes receiving an electronic message that includes default message content at the communications device, and determining at the communications device whether alternate message content is available for the received message. Additionally, the method includes: if alternate message content is available, automatically transmitting a request from the communications device to an alternate content provider for the alternate message content in accordance with data extracted from the received message; receiving the alternate message content at the communications device; and automatically providing the received alternate message content instead of the default message content, in response to a user using the communications device to open the received message for which the alternate message content is available.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for handling electronic message content for an electronic communications device, comprising:
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receiving an electronic message that includes default message content at the communications device; determining at the communications device, without first displaying the default message content, whether alternate message content is available for the received message; when alternate message content is available, preventing the display of the default message content and automatically transmitting a request from the communications device to an alternate content provider for the alternate message content in accordance with data extracted from the received message; receiving the alternate message content at the communications device; and automatically displaying the received alternate message content instead of the default message content, in response to a user using the communications device to open the received message for which the alternate message content is available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26)
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22. A system for handling electronic message content over a communications network, comprising:
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a default content provider configured to transmit an electronic message that includes default message content over the communications network; an electronic communications device configured to receive the electronic message that includes the default message content over the communications network, wherein the electronic communications device comprises a client agent application configured to determine, without first displaying the default message content, whether alternate message content is available for the received message; and an alternate content provider configured to transmit the alternate message content over the communications network, wherein when the client agent determines that alternate message content is available, the client agent is configured to prevent display of the default message content and automatically transmit a request to the alternate content provider for the alternate message content in accordance with data extracted from the received message and receive the alternate message content, and wherein the client agent is configured to automatically display the received alternate message content instead of the default message content, in response to a user using the electronic communications device to open the received message for which the alternate message content is available. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 27)
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