Systems and methods for downloading attachments
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsDarick M. Tong, Kevin David Fox
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Abstract
A system for fetching multiple documents associated with a document from a server computer displays the document with an embedded document fetching icon on a client computer's monitor. In response to a single user selection of the document fetching icon, the system downloads from the server computer all the associated documents in a user-specified format to a user-specified location in the client computer.
Claims18
A method of fetching multiple distinct documents attached to a document, comprising:
- on a client system:
- concurrently displaying the document, a multiple document fetching icon, a single document fetching icon for each distinct document attached to the displayed document, and a single document viewing icon for at least one of the documents attached to the displayed document, the displayed document having attached thereto multiple distinct documents;
- and
- responding to a single user selection of the multiple document fetching icon, including:
- fetching all of the multiple documents attached to the displayed document from a document storage system;
- and
- automatically opening and displaying at least one of the fetched documents on a computer display using at least one application program.
A client system, comprising:
- memory;
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one program, stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors, the at least one program including:
- instructions for concurrently displaying a document, a multiple document fetching icon, a single document fetching icon for each distinct document attached to the displayed document, and a single document viewing icon for at least one of the documents attached to the displayed document, the displayed document having attached thereto multiple distinct documents;
- and
- instructions for responding to a single user selection of the multiple document fetching icon, including:
- instructions for fetching from a document storage system all of the multiple documents attached to the displayed document;
- and
- instructions for automatically opening and displaying at least one of the fetched documents on a computer display using at least one application program.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs to be executed by one or more processors of a client system, the one or more programs comprising:
- instructions for concurrently displaying a document, a multiple document fetching icon, a single document fetching icon for each distinct document attached to the displayed document, and a single document viewing icon for at least one of the documents attached to the displayed document, the displayed document having attached thereto multiple distinct documents;
- and
- instructions for responding to a single user selection of the multiple document fetching icon, including:
- instructions for fetching from a document storage system all of the multiple documents attached to the displayed document;
- and
- instructions for automatically opening and displaying at least one of the fetched documents on a computer display using at least one application program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.