Patent ID: 9712467
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of sending an electronic message, comprising the steps of: transmitting the electronic message from a sender to a recipient, wherein a size of the electronic message exceeds an electronic message size limit for the recipient; receiving a message from the recipient that the size of the electronic message exceeds the electronic message size limit for the recipient; establishing an acceptance rule for the recipient, wherein the acceptance rule includes whether the recipient wants to receive electronic messages from the sender that exceed the electronic message size limit for the recipient just one time or every time the sender sends an electronic message to the recipient that exceeds the electronic message size limit for the recipient, and associating the acceptance rule with the recipient; consulting the acceptance rule for the recipient prior to further transmissions from the sender to the recipient; automatically dividing the electronic message into at least two segments, each of which has a size that is less than the electronic message size limit for the recipient; and transmitting the at least two segments to the recipient only if doing so conforms with the acceptance rule for the recipient, thereby permitting electronic messages that exceed the electronic message size limit for the recipient to be successfully sent to the recipient.