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US 8,285,794 B2Granted
Signature e-mail attachment printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorTravis J. Parry
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Abstract
A method and system for organizing printed documents associated with an e-mail message wherein each of the printed documents may be separated by a printer header page reflecting some or all of the signature information included with the e-mail message from which the printed documents originate.
Claims15
A method of printing an e-mail message, comprising:
- sending said e-mail message to a printing device for printing, said e-mail message comprising a body and a signature, said signature included within said e-mail message at an end of said body of said e-mail message;
- separating said body and said signature, including receiving said e-mail message by said printing device, routing said e-mail message to a daemon operating on said printing device, and executing said daemon on said printing device for stripping said signature from said e-mail message at said printing device;
- separately printing said signature as a header page before printing said body;
- and
- after separately printing said signature as said header page, separately printing said body.
2 more elements
A system for printing e-mail messages, comprising:
- a computer system;
- an e-mail management program operating with said computer system;
- a printer in communication with said computer system;
- and
- a printer daemon operating with said printer for separating signature information included at an end of a body of an e-mail sent to said printer from said body of said e-mail, separately printing said signature information as a header page before printing said body of said e-mail, and, after separately printing said signature information as said header page, separately printing said body of said e-mail,
- wherein a file name for said e-mail is created from said signature information of said e-mail, and said e-mail is stored with said file name.
3 more elements
A method of printing an e-mail message, comprising:
- sending said e-mail message to a printing device for printing, said e-mail message comprising a body, signature information, and at least one attachment, said signature information included at an end of said body of said e-mail message;
- stripping said signature information from said e-mail message, including routing said e-mail message to a daemon operating on said printing device, and executing said daemon on said printing device for stripping said signature information from said e-mail message at said printing device;
- printing said signature information as a header page before printing said body of said e-mail message and printing said body of said e-mail message after printing said header page, including eliminating said signature information from a printed copy of said e-mail message;
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- printing said signature information as another header page before printing said at least one attachment to said e-mail message and printing said at least one attachment after printing said another header page.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.