Patent ID: 8495149
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for distributing one or more files by email from a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving, as part of a local synchronization operation between the mobile device and a local computer, a snapshot of a hard drive in the local computer, the snapshot including a list of files stored in the hard drive; composing an email on the mobile device; determining whether the mobile device is currently connected to the local computer; in response to a determination that the mobile device is not currently connected to the local computer, opening the received snapshot; receiving a user selection of one or more files to be attached to the email, the selection being made from the list of files included in the received snapshot; embedding one or more links into the email identifying the location on the hard drive of the user selected one or more files; placing the email with the embedded one or more links in a queue on the mobile device; in response to the hard drive becoming available to the mobile device, attaching the user selected files to the email; and sending the email.