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Forgotten attachment detection

  • US 9,843,544 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2014
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an environment wherein electronic messages having written text may be sent with or without an attachment, a computer-implemented method for determining whether an electronic message should have an attachment, the method comprising:

  • inspecting the written text in the electronic message to detect any words which are in a database of predetermined key terms;

    inspecting the written text to detect any phrases which are in the database of predetermined key terms;

    if a word which was detected in the written text is in a database of predetermined negative terms then disregarding the word which was detected;

    if a phrase which was detected in the written text is in the database of predetermined negative terms then disregarding the phrase which was detected; and

    if any word which was detected in the written text has not been disregarded, or if any phrase which was detected in the written text has not been disregarded, then providing a suggestion that the electronic message may need an attachment.

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