Method and communication device for processing data for transmission from the communication device to a second communication device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsGerhard Dietrich KLASSEN, Robert 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 for processing data for transmission from a first communication device to a second communication device, said method comprising,
- detecting that said data comprises an attachment;
- determining an address of a copy of said attachment present on a storage device external to said first and second communication devices;
- substituting said attachment with said address of said copy in said data such that said copy is retrievable at said second communication device via said address;
- and
- transmitting said data to said second communication device.
A communication device for processing data for transmission from said communication device to a second communication device, said communication device comprising:
- an interface enabled to transmit said data;
- a processing unit in communication with said interface, said processing unit enabled to:
- detect that said data comprises an attachment;
- determine an address of a copy of said attachment present on a storage device external to said communication device and said second communication device;
- substitute said attachment with said address of said copy in said data such that said copy is retrievable at said second communication device via said address;
- and
- cause said data to be transmitted to said second communication device via said interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.