US 2018/0124260 A1 · PROVIDING CONTENT AND ATTACHMENT PRINTING FOR COMMUNICATION

Abstract

Variety of approaches to provide content and attachment printing for a communication are described. A productivity application initiates operations to provide content and attachment printing for a communication upon detecting an intent of a recipient to execute a print operation associated with the communication. Next, a content of the communication or attachment(s) associated with the communication is identified. A print menu is also provided. The print menu includes options for the print operation while displaying the content and representations of the attachment(s) together. In response to detecting a hover action on the print menu, an option for the print operation is highlighted. The option is associated with the content of the communication and/or attachment(s) associated with the communication. Upon receiving a selection of the option for the print operation, the print operation is performed without downloading the attachment(s) to a local storage.

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Dependent claims

A computing device to provide content and attachment printing for a communication, the computing device comprising:

a communication module configured to facilitate exchange of information associated with the communication and other data with computing devices;
a memory configured to store instructions associated with a productivity application;
a processor coupled to the memory and the communication module, the processor executing the productivity application in conjunction with the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the productivity application includes:
a rendering engine configured to:
detect an intent of a recipient to execute a print operation associated with the communication;
identify one or more of a content of the communication and one or more attachments associated with the communication;
provide a print menu that includes options for the print operation while displaying the content and representations of the one or more attachments together;
detect a hover action on the print menu;
highlight an option for the print operation associated with one of the content of the communication and the one or more attachments associated with the communication;
and
upon receiving a selection of the option for the print operation, perform the print operation without downloading the one or more attachments to a local storage.

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A method executed on a computing device to provide content and attachment printing for a communication, the method comprising:

detecting an intent of a recipient to execute a print operation associated with an email;
identifying one or more of a content of the email and one or more attachments associated with the email;
providing a print menu that includes options for the print operation while displaying the content and representations of the one or more attachments together;
detecting a hover action on the print menu;
highlighting an option for the print operation associated with one of the content of the email and the one or more attachments associated with the email;
highlighting one of the content of the email and the one or more attachments associated with the email, wherein the one of the content of the email and the one or more attachments associated with the email is associated with the option that is highlighted;
and
upon receiving a selection of the option for the print operation, performing the print operation without downloading the one or more attachments to a local storage.

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A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon to automatically update a calendar event, the instructions comprising:

detecting an intent of a recipient to execute a print operation associated with an email;
identifying one or more of a content of the email and one or more attachments associated with the email;
providing a print menu that includes options for the print operation while displaying the content and representations of the one or more attachments together;
detecting a hover action on the print menu;
highlighting an option for the print operation associated with one of the content of the email and the one or more attachments associated with the email;
highlighting one of the content of the email and the one or more attachments associated with the email, wherein the one of the content of the email and the one or more attachments associated with the email is associated with the option that is highlighted;
and
upon receiving a selection of the option for the print operation, performing the print operation without downloading the one or more attachments to a local storage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Providing content and attachment printing for communication

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Providing content and attachment printing for communication

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Abstract

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