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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Evan S. Murphy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christopher J. Lindsay, San Jose, CA (US);
Cristobal Baray, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian W. Anderson, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil V. Jhaveri, San Jose, CA (US);
Terence D. Blanchard, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for exchanging email attachments is disclosed. An attachment can be sent to one or more recipients using a file hosting service. In this way, instead of including the attachment with the email, the attachment is sent and stored on a file server. The attachment can later be retrieved by the email's recipients using a link that is included in the email. The link can be embedded in the email's header or body. In one case, the attachment is automatically retrieved from the file server using the link. In another case, a recipient can manually retrieve the attachment from the file server using the link. A link can be associated with an expiration date such that when a link expires, the link can no longer be used to retrieve the attachment.