Patent ID: 9614796
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer having such instructions in memory and executed on one or more processors to perform a method for replacing in an email an email file attachment with a download link, the method comprising: detecting an email message with a file attachment from a sender, wherein the email message identifies a recipient; automatically storing the file attachment in a database table at a location; storing for the recipient and the sender of the email message, at least one permissions entry in the database table, the at least one permissions entry providing the recipient and the sender with access privileges to the stored file attachment, the at least one permission entry providing the recipient with read-only access privilege or download-only access privilege; automatically replacing the file attachment in the email message with a download link in the email message, the download link providing access to the location in the database table storing the file attachment; causing the email message containing the download link to be delivered to the recipient; providing an administration interface to the sender, the administration interface listing one or more file attachments associated with the sender and the sender's permissions regarding the one or more file attachments; upon accessing the file attachment by the recipient based on the read-only access privilege or the download-only access privilege, storing in the database table stored operations comprising a type of operation performed by the recipient and a time the operation was performed, wherein the type of operation comprises a read-only operation or a download-only operation; receiving a request by the sender to view the stored operations; and causing the stored operations to be displayed to the sender.