Patent ID: 7567542
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for allowing a user of a mobile device to retrieve attachment data when a message having an indication of one or more associated attachment documents is received on the mobile device, wherein acts of the method are executable by a processor of the mobile device, the method comprising: a) providing, for display in an attachment screen on the mobile device, a first option to select an attachment document from the one or more associated attachment documents; b) providing, for display in an attachment screen on the mobile device, a second option to select an attachment content handling option for a selected attachment document, wherein selection of the attachment content handling option comprises selection between a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option; c) generating an attachment content handling request comprising an indication of the selected attachment document and the selected attachment content handling option; d) sending the attachment content handling request to a remote attachment service that generates the attachment data for the selected attachment document in accordance with the selected attachment content handling option; and, e) receiving the attachment data from the remote attachment service; wherein if the selected attachment content handling option is the native application attachment content handling option, then the attachment data received from the remote attachment service comprises attachment data viewable using a native application on the mobile device, but if the selected attachment content handling option is the client-server attachment content handling option, then the attachment data received from the remote attachment service comprises attachment data that has been converted by the remote attachment service into a format optimized for at least one of transmission to and viewing on the mobile device.