Method and apparatus for remote manipulation of attachments
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1. A method of manipulating email attachments within a server remotely from a mobile communication device, comprising:
- receiving a first message within said server, said message having at least one attachment and a recipient;
receiving a user input to manipulate said attachment without downloading said attachment to said device;
sending a further message to said server from said mobile communication device responsive to said a user input; and
temporarily copying said attachment into a buffer within said server for subsequent re-use, further comprising attaching said attachment from said buffer into an additional message and sending said additional message to a further recipient, wherein sending said additional message includes at least one of (i) replying to a sender or a recipient of said first message while adding said further recipient and including the attachment in the reply to the further recipient, and(ii) sending a new message to the further recipient that includes the attachment but not said first message.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for manipulating email attachments within a server remotely from a mobile communication device, comprising, receiving a first message within the server, wherein the message has at least one attachment; displaying at least one menu option within the mobile communication device for manipulating the attachment; sending a further message to the server from the mobile communication device responsive to selection of the at least one menu option for manipulating the attachment; and temporarily copying the attachment into a buffer within the server for subsequent re-use.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of manipulating email attachments within a server remotely from a mobile communication device, comprising:
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receiving a first message within said server, said message having at least one attachment and a recipient; receiving a user input to manipulate said attachment without downloading said attachment to said device; sending a further message to said server from said mobile communication device responsive to said a user input; and temporarily copying said attachment into a buffer within said server for subsequent re-use, further comprising attaching said attachment from said buffer into an additional message and sending said additional message to a further recipient, wherein sending said additional message includes at least one of (i) replying to a sender or a recipient of said first message while adding said further recipient and including the attachment in the reply to the further recipient, and(ii) sending a new message to the further recipient that includes the attachment but not said first message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A server, comprising:
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a buffer; and an attachment server process for receiving a first message having at least one attachment and a recipient;
receiving a second message remote from said server to manipulate said attachment;
temporarily copying said attachment into said buffer responsive to said second message and including said attachment from said buffer into a further message to a further recipient, wherein said attachment server process further copies into said buffer an identifier for allowing multiple attachment files of the same name to be distinguished using said identifier comprising at least one of a message ID of said first message, a file name of said at least one attachment file, and a time value indicating the time that the message was composed. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method on a server, comprising:
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receiving a first message having at least one attachment and a recipient; receiving a second message remote from said server to manipulate said attachment; and temporarily copying said attachment into a buffer responsive to receiving said second message, and attaching said attachment from said buffer into an additional message and sending said additional message to a further recipient, wherein sending said additional message includes at least one of (i) replying to a sender and the recipient of said first message while adding said further recipient and attaching the attachment in the reply to the further recipient, and (ii) sending a new message to the further recipient, wherein the new message includes the attachment but not said first message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a communications subsystem for receiving a first message having at least one attachment; a display; and a content handling application for receiving a user input to manipulate said attachment without downloading said attachment to said device, and sending a second message via said communications subsystem responsive to the user input, for remotely manipulating said attachment, and wherein the user input for manipulating said attachment comprises at least one of (i) replying to a sender or a recipient of said first message while adding a further recipient and including the attachment in the reply to the further recipient, and (ii) sending a new message to the further recipient, wherein the new message includes the attachment but not said first message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method on a mobile communication device, comprising:
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receiving a first message identified by a message ID and having at least one attachment identified by at least one of a file name and a time value; displaying at least one menu option for manipulating said attachment without downloading said attachment to said device; and sending a second message responsive to selection of said at least one menu option, for remotely manipulating said attachment, wherein said manipulating includes at least one of (i) replying from said mobile communication device to a sender and all recipients of said first message while adding a further recipient and attaching the attachment in the reply to the further recipient, and (ii) sending a new message to the further recipient that includes the attachment but not said first message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of a communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving at the communication device a first message having an attachment; receiving a user input to generate a reply to the first message; adding a further recipient in the reply, wherein the further recipient is not a recipient of the first message; and sending the reply, including automatically sending the attachment to the further recipient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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