Patent ID: 6915333
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing e-mail attachment files received via a network e-mail system by a user, comprising: receiving at a client computer a first e-mail including a first attachment file from said network e-mail system; opening said first e-mail at said client computer; comparing said first attachment file of said first e-mail with at least one existing second attachment file associated with a second e-mail file; determining whether said first attachment file is another incidence of said second attachment file; replacing said first attachment file with an identification which points to said second attachment file when said first attachment file is another incidence of said second attachment file; attaching a reference tag to said second attachment file indicating a file system location of said second attachment file; searching for a third e-mail file being a next earliest dated incidence of said second e-mail file when deleting said second e-mail file; moving and attaching said second attachment file to a third e-mail file being said next earliest dated incidence of said second e-mail file after said second e-mail file is deleted; and saving said first attachment file of said first e-mail file when said first attachment file is not another incidence of said second attachment file.