Patent ID: 9361933
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising; detecting, by a hardware processor, a first file to be transmitted in conjunction with an electronic mail (email) message; generating, by the processor, a regular expression, including one or more metacharacters, corresponding to a name associated with the first file; generating, by the processor, a list of alternative file names based upon the regular expression, wherein each listed file corresponds to a different alternative file of a plurality of possible alternative files; enabling the selection of one of an alternative file selected from the list, wherein the alternative file is different than the first file; in response to a selecting of the alternative file, replacing, by the processor, the first file with an alternative file; and transmitting, to a receiving party, the electronic mail message with the alternative file rather that the first file.