Determining size of email message sent over wireless network based on content
First Claim
1. A method for processing email messages for sending to a mobile communications device, comprising:
- receiving an email message having message content that contains viewable text characters and non-viewable formatting characters, the non-viewable formatting characters providing formatting information for the viewable text characters;
parsing the received email message by counting the viewable text characters and ignoring the non-viewable formatting characters either until a viewable text limit is reached or until the end of the received email message is reached;
applying a message size limit;
responsive to reaching the message size limit, processing email message content to reduce a size thereof, the processing including applying the message size limit to the non-viewable formatting characters; and
sending the email message content to a mobile communications device.
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Abstract
A method, server and system for setting the size of email messages sent to mobile communications devices is provided. In one example embodiment, a method for processing email messages sent to a mobile communications device is provided, comprising: receiving an email message having message content that contains at least a first type of content and a second type of content that is different from the first type; parsing the received email message to determine a quantity of the first type content contained in the email message until a predetermined first content quantity limit is reached, or until the end of the received email message is reached if the first content quantity limit is not reached first; and sending the message content that corresponds to however much of the received email message was parsed to mobile communications device.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for processing email messages for sending to a mobile communications device, comprising:
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receiving an email message having message content that contains viewable text characters and non-viewable formatting characters, the non-viewable formatting characters providing formatting information for the viewable text characters; parsing the received email message by counting the viewable text characters and ignoring the non-viewable formatting characters either until a viewable text limit is reached or until the end of the received email message is reached; applying a message size limit; responsive to reaching the message size limit, processing email message content to reduce a size thereof, the processing including applying the message size limit to the non-viewable formatting characters; and sending the email message content to a mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless connector system for processing and forwarding email messages to mobile communications devices located within a wireless network, the wireless connector system being configured for:
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(i) receiving an email message having message content that contains viewable text characters and non-viewable formatting characters, the non-viewable formatting characters providing formatting information for the viewable text characters; (ii) parsing the received email message by counting the viewable text characters and ignoring the non-viewable formatting characters either until a viewable text limit is reached or until the end of the received email message is reached; and (iii) applying a message size limit; (iv) responsive to reaching the message size limit, processing email message content to reduce a size thereof, the processing including applying the message size limit to the non-viewable formatting characters; and (v) sending the email message content to a mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer readable medium storing instructions implementable by a computer system for processing and forwarding email messages to mobile communications devices located within a wireless network, the stored instructions including instructions for:
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receiving an email message having message content that contains viewable text characters and non-viewable formatting characters, the non-viewable formatting characters providing formatting information for the viewable text characters; parsing the received email message by counting the viewable text characters and ignoring the non-viewable formatting characters either until a viewable text limit is reached or until the end of the received email message is reached; applying a message size limit; responsive to reaching the message size limit, processing email message content to reduce a size thereof, the processing including applying the message size limit to the non-viewable formatting characters; and sending the email message content to a mobile communications device.
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