Method and communication device for processing data for transmission from the communication device to a second communication device
AssigneeMalikie Innovations Limited
InventorsGerhard Dietrich Klassen, Robert John Edwards
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Abstract
A method and communication device for processing data for transmission from the communication device to a second communication device is provided. It is detected that the data comprises an attachment. An address of a copy of the attachment is determined, the attachment present on a storage device external to the communication devices. An address of the copy of the attachment is substituted in the data such that the copy is retrievable at the second communication device via the address. The data is then transmitted to the second communication device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more processors of an originating communication device, that data comprising a file is selected to be attached to a message;
- processing, by the one or more processors, the file to determine an identifier of an address of a copy of the file stored in an external storage device;
- retrieving, by the one or more processors using the identifier, the address of the copy of the file from the external storage device;
- modifying, by the one or more processors, the message by embedding the retrieved address of the copy of the file in the message such that the copy of the file is retrievable at a receiving communication device from the external storage device using the retrieved address of the copy of the file;
- and
- transmitting, by the one or more processors, the modified message to the receiving communication device.
An originating communication device comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- detect that data comprising a file is selected to be attached to a message;
- process the file to determine an identifier of an address of a copy of the file stored in an external storage device;
- retrieve, using the identifier, the address of the copy of the file from the external storage device;
- modify the message by embedding the retrieved address of the copy of the file in the message such that the copy of the file is retrievable at a receiving communication device from the external storage device using the retrieved address of the copy of the file;
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- transmit the modified message, using the communication interface, to the receiving communication device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of an originating communication device, cause the one or more processors to:
- detect data comprising a file is selected to be attached to a message;
- process the file to determine an identifier of an address of a copy of the file stored in an external storage device;
- retrieve, using the identifier, the address of the copy of the file from the external storage device;
- modify the message by embedding the retrieved address of the copy of the file in the message such that the copy of the file is retrievable at a receiving communication device from the external storage device using the retrieved address;
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- transmit the modified message to the receiving communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.