Patent ID: 7840642
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device for replacing an email attachment associated with an email with a call to code, wherein the code downloads the email attachment upon activation of the call by a recipient of a stripped email, the device comprising: a detacher to remove the email attachment from the email to create the stripped email; memory coupled with the detacher to store the email attachment; a call incorporator to add the call to the stripped email based upon the memory , wherein the call incorporator comprises a call generator to generate code based upon an address associated with the memory, the code being configured to automatically transmit a request for the email attachment in response to execution of the call to the code by an email program associated with the recipient; and a call generator, associated with the call incorporator, to generate the call to the code based upon an address associated with the memory, wherein the code downloads the email attachment upon activation of the call by the recipient of the stripped email, wherein the code responds to user-defined rules configured for instructing an identity and a location of the email attachment for the recipient, wherein the identity and the location may differ for other recipients.