Methods and apparatus for providing universal readability of electrical mail attachment

A method for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments where the email's sender and the email's receiver do not have fully compatible software, the method comprising the steps of:

• establishing a network service provider including a network service provider server and a memory;
• storing a library of loaner software in the memory;
• receiving a request for the network service provider to provide a specific loaner program;
• reviewing the specific loaner program from the library of loaner software;
• and
• providing the specific loaner program.

A method for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments where the email's sender and the email's receiver do not have fully compatible software, the method comprising the steps of:

• establishing a web site including a web site server and a memory;
• storing a library of loaner software in the memory;
• receiving a request for the web site to make an email and attachment available for browsing making use of a specific loaner program;
• retrieving the specific loaner program from the library of loaner software;
• and
• making the email and attachment available for browsing.

A method for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments where the email's sender and the email's receiver do not have fully compatible software or email providers, the method comprising the steps of:

• creating an email and attachments;
• providing an indicator which indicates the software program or programs utilized in creating the email and attachments;
• sending the email and attachments to a receiver;
• requesting a network service provider to provide a loaner program or programs to the receiver;
• and
• providing the loaner program or programs from the network service provider to the receiver.

A method for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating an email and attachments;
• sending the email and attachments to a recipient;
• requesting a web site to make the email and attachments available for browsing to the recipient;
• and
• browsing the email and attachments on the web site.

A method for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating a user profile including a listing of the software resources of the user;
• storing the user profile in a network service provider;
• determining from the stored user profile if the user has the necessary resources to fully access an email and attachments;
• and
• providing additional resources to make the email and attachments fully available to the user.

An apparatus for providing improved readability of email communications including the attachments where the email's sender and the email's receiver do not have fully compatible software, the apparatus comprising:

• means for creating an email and attachments;
• means for providing an indicator which indicates the software programs utilized in creating the email and attachments;
• means for attaching said indication to the email and attachments;
• and
• means for sending the email and attachments with the attached indicator.

An apparatus for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments where the email's sender and the email's receiver do not have fully compatible software, the apparatus comprising:

• a network service provider including a network service provider server and a program memory;
• a memory for storing a library of loaner software;
• an input for receiving a request for the network service provider to provide a specific loaner program;
• said server operating to retrieve the specific loaner program from the library of loaner software;
• and
• an output for providing the specific loaner program.

An apparatus for providing improved readability of email communications including attachments where the email's sender and the email's receiver do not have fully compatible software, the apparatus comprising:

• a web site including a web site server and a memory;
• a memory for storing a library of loaner software;
• an input for receiving a request for the web site to make an email and attachment available for browsing making use of a specific loaner program;
• said server operating to retrieve the specific loaner program from the library of loaner software;
• and
• an output for making the email and attachment available to the email's receiver for browsing.

An apparatus for providing improved readability o email communications including attachments, the apparatus comprising:

• a network service provider including a server and a program memory;
• an input for receiving a user profile including a listing of the software resources of the user;
• a memory for storing received user profiles in a database of user profiles;
• said server operating to automatically determine from the database stored user profiles if a particular user has the necessary resources to fully access an email and attachments;
• and
• an output for providing additional resources to make the email and attachments fully available to the user.