Patent ID: 9438549
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method to control expiration of electronic mail (e-mail) single store attachments, the method comprising: receiving a composed e-mail message intended for delivery to a designated recipient at a designated e-mail address, the e-mail message including an attachment; creating a single store linked e-mail message by removing the attachment from the received e-mail message and replacing the attachment with a corresponding single store attachment link; storing the removed attachment in an attachment server accessible at the single store attachment link and in association with an expiration date, the single store attachment link that is included in the e-mail message comprising a communication mechanism programmed to notify the attachment server that the removed attachment is active and that a current expiration date for the removed attachment should be modified such that the removed attachment is not deleted from the single attachment store; sending the single store linked e-mail message to the recipient at the designated e-mail address; notifying the attachment server by way of the communication mechanism to adjust the expiration date for the attachment; and, deleting the attachment subsequent to passage of the expiration date.