Method and system for efficiently notifying an information copy recipient in an electronic mail system
US6256672A · kind A · utility
37Cited by
6References
12Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A new addressee line identifier is added to an electronic mail message. By utilizing this identifier, defined as "attachment data not included", one may provide an information copy of a note that preserves the style of the actual full note without including underlying attachment data. This allows an e-mail sender to notify additional addressees of what has been sent to the primary addressee without slowing done transmission time or wasting storage space by including unneeded and possibly quite large attachment files.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.