Multiple and multi-part message 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 a first electronic message that includes default message content at the communications device;
determining at the communications device whether the first received message indicates availability of alternate message content;
receiving a second electronic message that includes alternate message content at the communications device; and
when the first received message indicates availability of the alternate message content, preventing the display of the first received message and automatically providing the alternate message content of the second received message instead of the default message content of the first received message, in response to a user using the communications device to open the first received message indicating availability of the alternate message content or in response to the user using the communications device to open the second received message.
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Abstract
Multiple and multi-part message methods and systems for handling electronic message content for electronic communications devices are presented. An exemplary method for handling electronic message content for an electronic communications device includes: receiving a first electronic message that includes default message content at the communications device; receiving a second electronic message that includes alternate message content at the communications device; determining at the communications device whether the first received message indicates availability of the alternate message content; and if the first received message indicates availability of the alternate message content, automatically providing the alternate message content of the second received message instead of the default message content of the first received message, in response to a user using the communications device to open the first received message indicating availability of the alternate message content or in response to the user using the communications device to open the second received message.
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1. A method for handling electronic message content for an electronic communications device, comprising:
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receiving a first electronic message that includes default message content at the communications device; determining at the communications device whether the first received message indicates availability of alternate message content; receiving a second electronic message that includes alternate message content at the communications device; and when the first received message indicates availability of the alternate message content, preventing the display of the first received message and automatically providing the alternate message content of the second received message instead of the default message content of the first received message, in response to a user using the communications device to open the first received message indicating availability of the alternate message content or in response to the user using the communications device to open the second received message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 26)
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6. A method for handling electronic message content for an electronic communications device, comprising:
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receiving at the communications device an electronic message that includes a first part comprising default message content and a second part comprising information for generating alternate message content; processing at the communications device the second part of the received message to generate the alternate message content; and preventing the display of the default message content and automatically providing the alternate message content instead of the default message content, in response to a user using the communications device to open the received message. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for handling electronic message content over a communications network, comprising:
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a content provider configured to transmit a first electronic message that includes default message content and a second electronic message that includes alternate message content over the communications network; and an electronic communications device configured to receive the first electronic message that includes the default message content and the second electronic message that includes the alternate message content over the communications network, wherein the electronic communications device comprises a client agent configured to determine whether the first received message indicates availability of the alternate message content, and wherein the first received message indicates availability of the alternate message content, the client agent is configured to intercept the first received message and automatically provide the alternate message content of the second received message instead of the default message content of the first received message, in response to a user using the electronic communications device to open the first received message indicating availability of the alternate message content or in response to the user using the electronic communications device to open the second received message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25)
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18. A system for handling electronic message content over a communications network, comprising:
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a content provider configured to transmit an electronic message that includes a first part comprising default message content and a second part comprising information for generating alternate message content; and an electronic communications device configured to receive the electronic message that includes the first and second parts over the communications network, wherein the electronic communications device comprises a client agent configured to process the second part of the received message to generate the alternate message content and to prevent the generation of the default message content and automatically provide the alternate message content instead of the default message content, in response to a user using the electronic communications device to open the received message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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