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EP1087315A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electronic mail attachment verification

Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 2000-09-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2020-09-11
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Abstract

Abstract A method and apparatus for verifying email attachments are disclosed. Upon a user initiating a send of an email message, the message is scanned to determine if the message contains an attachment indicator term. Attachment indicator terms are terms which, if present in an email message, would generally indicate that an attachment should be present in the message. If the message contains an attachment indicator term, then it is determined whether the message actually contains an attachment. If not, then the user is prompted with a send verification request which gives the user an opportunity to send the message notwithstanding the prompt, or to return to a composition screen in order to attach an inadvertently omitted attachment. In one embodiment, the attachment indicator term(s) is identified to the user (e.g. via highlighting) upon return to the composition screen.

Inventors

  • 👤 Stephen Michael Blott

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 21:03
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 31 words
A method for processing electronic mail comprising the step of: prompting a user if an email message contains an attachment indicator term but the email message does not contain an attachment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of prompting comprises the step of: returning the user to an email composition screen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of: identifying the attachment indicator term to the user.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of prompting comprises the step of: displaying a message to the user indicating that the email message does not contain an attachment.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: scanning the email message for said attachment indicator term when the user initiates a send action.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
A computer comprising: means for prompting a user if an email message contains an attachment indicator term but the email message does not contain an attachment.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
The computer of claim 6 wherein said means for prompting comprises: means for returning the user to an email composition screen
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 17 words
The computer of claim 7 further comprising: means for identifying the attachment indicator term to said user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 29 words
The computer of claim 6 wherein said means for prompting comprises: means for displaying a message to the user indicating that the email message does not contain an attachment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 25 words
The computer of claim 6 further comprising: means for scanning the email message for said attachment indicator term when the user initiates a send action.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 33 words
A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions defining the step of: prompting a user if an email message contains an attachment indicator term but the email message does not contain an attachment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 30 words
The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein said computer program instructions defining the step of prompting further define the step of: returning the user to an email composition screen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 24 words
The computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising computer program instructions defining the step of: identifying the attachment indicator term to said user.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 38 words
The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein said computer program instructions defining the step of prompting further define the step of: displaying a message to the user indicating that the email message does not contain an attachment.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 32 words
The computer readable medium of claim 11 further comprising computer program instructions defining the step of: scanning the email message for said attachment indicator term when the user initiates a send action.

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