Method of Removing Metadata From Email Attachments
AssigneeLitera Technology LLC
InventorDeepak Massand
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Abstract
A method and system for removing metadata from email attachments sent from mobile devices includes receiving an email with an attached document. The attached document has metadata removed to create a cleansed version of the attached document. The attached document is replaced by the cleansed version of the attached document, and the email is sent according to the address or addresses included in the email.
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A computer-based system for cleaning metadata from electronic documents, comprising:
- an intermediate computer that is remote from a mobile electronic device sending a message, the intermediate computer including a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- execute the instructions to intercept the message sent from the mobile electronic device at the intermediate computer,
- execute the instructions to determine that an electronic document attached to the message includes a pre-determined type of metadata,
- execute the instructions to automatically remove the pre-determined type of metadata from the attached electronic document, and
- execute the instructions to send the message with the attached electronic document having the pre-determined type of metadata removed.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for cleaning metadata from an electronic document, the instructions causing one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
- intercepting, at an intermediate computer that is remote from a mobile electronic device, a message sent from the mobile electronic device;
- determining that an electronic document attached to the message includes a pre-determined type of metadata;
- automatically removing the pre-determined type of metadata from the attached electronic document;
- and
- sending the message with the attached electronic document having the pre-determined type of metadata removed.
A computer-based system for preventing unauthorized transmission of metadata in electronic documents, comprising:
- an intermediate computer that is remote from an electronic device sending an message, the intermediate computer including a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- execute the instructions to receive the message having a delivery address and an attached electronic document sent from the electronic device, the attached electronic document including primary data and metadata,
- execute the instructions to remove the metadata from the attached electronic document, and
- execute the instructions to transmit the message, including the attached electronic document that has had the metadata removed, to a destination associated with the delivery address.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for preventing unauthorized transmission of metadata in electronic documents, the instructions causing one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at an intermediate computer that is remote from an electronic device, a message sent from the electronic device, the message having a delivery address and an attached electronic document including primary data and metadata;
- removing the metadata from the attached electronic document;
- and
- transmitting the message, including the attached electronic document that has had the metadata removed, to a destination associated with the delivery address.
An intermediate computer-based system for cleaning metadata from electronic documents, the intermediate computer-based system being remote from a mobile electronic device configured to send messages and comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- execute the instructions to receive a message associated with a destination address and sent from the remote mobile electronic device,
- execute the instructions to determine that an electronic document attached to the message includes a pre-determined type of metadata,
- execute the instructions to remove the pre-determined type of metadata from the attached electronic document,
- execute the instructions to generate an alert to the mobile electronic device that the pre-determined type of metadata has been removed;
- and
- execute the instructions to send, to the destination address, the message with the attached electronic document having the pre-determined type of metadata removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.