Forwarding e-mail from a wireless device
First Claim
1. A method of sending an email message from a wireless device at a server, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from the wireless device to forward the e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of an original e-mail message, one or more portions of a plurality of portions of the original e-mail message having been received at the wireless device;
determining a portion indicator for the e-mail message associated with the request, the portion indicator indicating the one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message sent from the server to the wireless device prior to receiving the request to forward or reply to the e-mail, the determining the portion indicator further comprising receiving an indicator of an amount of text of the e-mail message from the one or more portions that was displayed on the wireless device, wherein only the one or more portions that were displayed on the device are retrieved and sent in the forwarded e-mail message;
retrieving the determined one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message associated with the portion indicator of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier;
sending the determined one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message in a forwarded email message from the server to the one or more recipients; and
appending text to the forwarded e-mail message that is sent to the one or more recipients to identify that the original e-mail message was truncated.
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Abstract
A system and method of sending an e-mail message associated with a wireless device is provided. A request to forward or reply to an original e-mail message is sent from the wireless device to a server. The request contains one or more recipients and includes a message identifier of an original e-mail message. A portion indicator is provided for retrieving portions of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier. An e-mail message is sent to the one or more recipients comprising any added user text and the one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message such that text of the original message that the user may not be aware is not forwarded to new recipients.
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Citations
19 Claims
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1. A method of sending an email message from a wireless device at a server, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from the wireless device to forward the e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of an original e-mail message, one or more portions of a plurality of portions of the original e-mail message having been received at the wireless device; determining a portion indicator for the e-mail message associated with the request, the portion indicator indicating the one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message sent from the server to the wireless device prior to receiving the request to forward or reply to the e-mail, the determining the portion indicator further comprising receiving an indicator of an amount of text of the e-mail message from the one or more portions that was displayed on the wireless device, wherein only the one or more portions that were displayed on the device are retrieved and sent in the forwarded e-mail message; retrieving the determined one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message associated with the portion indicator of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier; sending the determined one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message in a forwarded email message from the server to the one or more recipients; and appending text to the forwarded e-mail message that is sent to the one or more recipients to identify that the original e-mail message was truncated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A device for sending an e-mail message from a wireless device, the device comprising:
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a network interface; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor containing instructions which when executed by the processor perform; receiving a request from the wireless device to forward the e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of an original e-mail message, one or more portions of a plurality of portions of the original e-mail message having been received at the wireless device; determining a portion indicator for the e-mail message associated with the request, the portion indicator indicating the one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message sent from the server to the wireless device prior to receiving the request to forward or reply to the e-mail, the determining the portion indicator further comprising receiving an indicator of an amount of text of the e-mail message from the one or more portions that was displayed on the wireless device, wherein only the one or more portions that were displayed on the device are retrieved and sent in the forwarded e-mail message; retrieving the determined one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message associated with the portion indicator of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier; sending the determined one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message in a forwarded email message from the server to the one or more recipients; and appending text to the forwarded e-mail message that is sent to the one or more recipients to identify that the original e-mail message was truncated.
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11. A non-transitory computer readable memory containing instructions for execution by a processor on a server, the instructions which when executed by a processor perform:
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receiving a request from the wireless device to forward the e-mail message to one or more recipients and a message identifier of an original e-mail message, one or more portions of a plurality of portions of the original e-mail message having been received at the wireless device; determining a portion indicator for the e-mail message associated with the request, the portion indicator indicating the one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message sent from the server to the wireless device prior to receiving the request to forward or reply to the e-mail, the determining the portion indicator further comprising receiving an indicator of an amount of text of the e-mail message from the one or more portions that was displayed on the wireless device, wherein only the one or more portions that were displayed on the device are retrieved and sent in the forwarded e-mail message; retrieving the determined one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the original e-mail message associated with the portion indicator of the original e-mail message identified by the message identifier; sending the determined one or more retrieved portions of the original e-mail message in a forwarded email message from the server to the one or more recipients; and
appending text to the forwarded e-mail message that is sent to the one or more recipients to identify that the original e-mail message was truncated. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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