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US 7,023,974 B1Granted
Compression of electronic communications
AssigneeAmerica Online, Inc.
InventorsTodd Brannam, Marc A. Katchay, Gregory Puhak
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Abstract
A computer system includes a detection processing module for determining whether a remote system associated with the destination of an electronic communication is capable of decompressing a compressed portion of the electronic communication. The computer system also includes a compression processing module for compressing a portion of an electronic communication if the remote system is determined capable of decompressing the compressed portion. The computer system also includes a communication processing module for sending the compressed portion of the electronic communication to the remote system.
Claims48
A computer system comprising:
- an access module configured to access an e-mail, which e-mail includes a header and a body and is capable of supporting attachments to the e-mail that are distinct of the body of the e-mail;
- a detection processing module configured to determine whether a remote system associated with the destination of the e-mail is capable of decompressing less than all of the e-mail, wherein decompressing less than all includes decompressing a compressed body of the e-mail;
- a compression processing module configured to compress less than all of the e-mail, wherein compressing less than all includes compressing the body of the e-mail conditioned on whether the remote system is determined capable of decompressing the compressed body;
- a message generator module configured to generate a compressed e-mail message that includes a header and a body and is capable of supporting attachments distinct from the body, wherein the body comprises the compressed body of the accessed e-mail;
- and
- a communication processing module configured to communicate to the remote system the compressed e-mail message.
3 more elements
A computer-implemented method for communicating an e-mail, the method comprising:
- accessing an e-mail, which e-mail includes a header and a body and is capable of supporting attachments to the e-mail that are distinct of the body of the e-mail;
- determining whether a remote system associated with the destination of the e-mail is capable of decompressing less than all of the e-mail, wherein decompressing less than all includes decompressing a compressed body of the e-mail;
- compressing less than all of the e-mail, wherein compressing less than all includes compressing the body of the e-mail if the remote system is determined capable of decompressing the compressed body
- generating a compressed e-mail message that includes a header and a body and is capable of supporting attachments distinct from the body, wherein the body comprises the compressed body of the accessed e-mail;
- and
- communicating to the remote system the compressed e-mail message.
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A computer system comprising:
- a communication processing module configured to receive a compressed e-mail message from a remote system, wherein the compressed e-mail message includes a header and a body and is capable of supporting attachments that are distinct of the body of the compressed e-mail message, and wherein the body of the compressed e-mail message comprises the compressed body of an e-mail and the header of the compressed e-mail message comprises the header of the e-mail;
- a detection processing module configured to determine whether a remote system associated with the origin of the compressed e-mail message is capable of compressing less than all of the e-mail, wherein compressing less than all includes compressing a body of the e-mail;
- and
- a compression processing module configured to decompress the compressed body of the e-mail if the remote system is determined capable of compressing the body.
1 more element
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a compressed e-mail message from a remote system, wherein the compressed e-mail message includes a header and a body and is capable of supporting attachments that are distinct of the body of the compressed e-mail message, and wherein the body of the compressed e-mail message comprises the compressed body of an e-mail and the header of the compressed e-mail message comprises the header of the e-mail;
- determining whether a remote system associated with the origin of the compressed e-mail message is capable of compressing less than all of the e-mail, wherein compressing less than all includes compressing a body of the e-mail;
- and decompressing the compressed body of the e-mail if the remote system is determined capable of compressing the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.