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Providing content and attachment printing for communication

US10171687B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2016
Grant dateJan 1, 2019
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00461
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Variety of approaches to provide content and attachment printing for a communication are described. A productivity application initiates operations to provide content and attachment printing for a communication upon detecting an intent of a recipient to execute a print operation associated with the communication. Next, a content of the communication or attachment(s) associated with the communication is identified. A print menu is also provided. The print menu includes options for the print operation while displaying the content and representations of the attachment(s) together. In response to detecting a hover action on the print menu, an option for the print operation is highlighted. The option is associated with the content of the communication and/or attachment(s) associated with the communication. Upon receiving a selection of the option for the print operation, the print operation is performed without downloading the attachment(s) to a local storage.

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