Patent ID: 9361473
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for modifying access rights to electronically stored files linked in a draft electronic communication stored at a client device, the method comprising: receiving, at a server from the client device in response to a sender inserting a first link representing a first file to the draft electronic communication: determining, at the server, for the sender and for each recipient in the plurality of recipients, the access rights to the first file; generating, at the server, a plurality of options for the sender to modify the access rights for the plurality of recipients, wherein the plurality of options is based on the access rights to the first file and the plurality of options generated is limited by the access rights of the sender to the first file; sending the plurality of options from the server to the client device; receiving, from the client device, a selection by the sender of one of the plurality of options; and modifying, based on (1) the access rights of the sender and (2) the selection by the sender, the access rights to the first file for at least a subset of the plurality of recipients.