Patent ID: 6978276
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of detaching at least one attached file from an electronic document comprising: receiving a user command to detach a second document from a first document, wherein when attached, the first document and the second document both reside within a data repository; responsive to a user command, identifying a location where the at least one attached file is to be stored, wherein said location comprises at least one of a user-specified location and a default location, the default location being specified by a basis selected from a group consisting of a per-attached-file basis, a per-file-type basis, and a basis specified by an application designated to process said attached file, wherein the default location is external to the data repository; generating a detached file from said second document; storing said detached file at said location; creating a reference to the location and associating the reference with the first document; and deleting the second document from the repository.