Email attachment helper

US8868667B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Saurabh Gorecha · Tambaram, IN
• Arjun Baskaran · Chennai, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 21, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing device receives instructions, from a user, to send an email message and determines if the email message includes an attachment. When the email message does not include an attachment, the computing device conducts a scan of text of the email message for implications that an attachment should be included. When the email message includes an attachment, the computing device conducts a scan of the email text for implications of a particular type of attachment. The computing device provides, to the user, a notification when there is a positive result from the scan of the email text for implications that an attachment should be included or from the scan of the email text for implications of a particular type of attachment.