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Display of attachment based information within a messaging system

  • US 9,298,783 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2008
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • collecting, by a computing device, historical data and communication data relating to an attachment provided in a communication;

    extracting, by the computing device, attachment information from the attachment, wherein extracting the attachment information comprises;

    extracting web information from links in the attachment; and

    extracting a keyword from the attachment, performing a search using the keyword extracted from the attachment, and collecting the information from the search performed with the keyword extracted from the attachment;

    generating, by the computing device, an attachment profile containing information about the attachment using the historical data and the communication data, wherein the information contained in the attachment profile includes information related to communications associated with the attachment, and wherein the attachment profile includes the extracted attachment information;

    monitoring user input;

    determining that the user input represents a request to view the attachment profile; and

    presenting, by the computing device, the attachment profile in response to determining that the user input represents a request to view the attachment profile.

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