Method, article of manufacture and apparatus for processing...

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2006-04-25

2006-04-25

Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S206000, C709S207000, C709S216000, C709S217000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07035902

ABSTRACT:
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for processing an electronic mail (e-mail) document having a data portion. In one embodiment, a determination is made as to whether a recipient computer addressed in the e-mail document has received the data portion. The data portion is sent to the recipient computer if the recipient computer has not previously received the data portion. In another embodiment, at least one partial message previously parsed from an e-mail document at the sender computer is received at a recipient computer. Each partial message comprises a data portion if the data portion was not previously received, or comprises a pointer referencing the data portion in a recipient computer if the data portion was previously received. The e-mail document is constructed from the at least one partial message.

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