Patent ID: 9185065
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. Computer method of reducing size of electronic communication attachments comprising: monitoring user viewing action relative to a working document within a computing device, wherein a monitoring unit is included within the computing device executing the working document and tracks user movement via at least one of control of a cursor and page location indicator with respect to the working document; wherein monitoring user viewing action monitors user action with respect to a threshold amount of time; logging in a log indications of monitored user viewing action per working document, including indicating in the log a file name of the working document and a reference to a certain portion of the working document that has been viewed by the user; and in response to the user composing an electronic communication, selecting the working document to be included in the electronic communication, determining that the working document is selected to be included in the electronic communication, presenting the user with a choice to only include the certain portion of the working document to serve as an attachment to the electronic communication in response to determining that the working document is selected to be included in the electronic communication, forming an attachment document by selecting the certain portion of the working document to serve as the attachment to the electronic communication, and by automatically providing, based on the log, copies of the indicated certain portion of the working document, the selecting and providing enabling the user to employ the indicated certain portion of the working document instead of the whole working document as the attachment document to the electronic communication, resulting in a reduced in size attachment and resulting in minimizing outgoing attachments to contain only amounts of information that have been viewed by the user.