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US 9,519,888 · App. 11/797,818 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

End use transparent email attachment handling to overcome size and attachment policy barriers

Inventor: Adithya Gadwale (Severna Park, MD)
Assignee: Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
G06Q10/107H04L12/58
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Patent No.
US 9,519,888
App. No.
11/797,818
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Email server side or client side components either remove email attachments from the relevant email, or identify the attachment while the email is being composed and makes the attachment available from a secure website or file hosting site. The recipient then receives instructions in the email and links to access the attachments rather than the attachments themselves. Email attachment size limitations are overcome for sender/recipient mail systems. Also, file type limitations related to email attachments are overcome, provides improved attachment security, and reduces email bandwidth costs.

Claims (18)

1. A method of automatically removing an email file attachment, comprising:

prior to transmission of an email from a physical user device to a physical email server, detecting, with said physical user device, of a file attachment to said email;

prior to transmission of said email from said physical user device to said physical email server and in response to said detection of said file attachment to said email, inserting a link to said file attachment in said email, said link being coded to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an addressed recipient of said email, wherein said link is accessible only by a device with said IP address; and

moving said file attachment from said physical user device to a physical download server for retrieval of said file attachment via said link, wherein said moving comprises removing said file attachment from said email.

2. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 1 , wherein:

said physical download server is accessible by a physical recipient device via an Internet.

3. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 1 , wherein:

said inserting said link occurs based on at least one file-related parameter.

4. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 3 , wherein:

said file-related parameter is a file size greater than a predetermined threshold size.

5. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 3 , wherein:

said file-related parameter is a file type matching a predetermined file type.

6. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 1 , wherein:

said moving said file attachment is performed before said inserting said link.

7. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 1 , wherein:

said removed file attachment is moved to said physical download server via the Internet.

8. The method of automatically removing an email file attachment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

routing said email to a physical recipient device.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL 048104/FRAME 0080 Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM LLC; COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067780/0444 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2024
From: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 067776/0309 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH PST CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM CORPORATION; ANGELS ACQUISITION CORP.; ARMER COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.; COMTECH AEROASTRO, INC.; COMTECH ANTENNA SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH COMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH COMSTREAM, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; COMTECH TOLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TIERNAN RADYNE COMSTREAM, INC.; COMTECH CPI ELECTRON DEVICES CORP.; COMTECH CPI MICROWAVE CORP.; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.; NETWORKS IN MOTION, INC.; SOLVERN INNOVATIONS, INC.; MICRODATA, LLC; MICRODATA GIS, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND; NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA; OLIVE ACQUISITION LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048104/0080 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2016
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.; LONGHORN ACQUISITION, LLC; SOLVEM INNOVATIONS, INC.; QUASAR ACQUISITION, LLC; NETWORKS IN MOTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 037994/0113 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 29, 2010
From: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.; LONGHORN ACQUISITION, LLC; SOLVERN INNOVATIONS, INC.; QUASAR ACQUISITION, LLC; NETWORKS IN MOTION, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK, AGENT
Reel/Frame 023870/0484 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2007
From: GADWALE, ADITHYA
To: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 019438/0707 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60798332 · May 8, 2006
Related Publication 20080281924A1 · Nov 13, 2008