Patent ID: 8583691
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A process for providing document information to a mobile communication device relating to an email attachment document of an email stored on a server, the process executed by the server and comprising: renaming said email attachment document using a temporary file extension; transmitting said email to said mobile communication device without transmitting said email attachment document to said mobile communication device; receiving from the mobile communication device a request for document information, wherein the document information includes an original document format type of the email attachment document; processing said email attachment document wherein said processing comprises: opening said email attachment document in binary mode, resulting in the prevention of any macro or operation in the email attachment document from being executed; constructing only a top level of a document structure for said email attachment document; searching said top level including binary document data; locating a file signature indicative of the original document format type; obtaining said document information according to document format type; and, adding said document information as attributes to a root component of the document structure; and transmitting said document information to said mobile communication device , without transmitting full content of the email attachment document.