Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120278281 | STORING METADATA INSIDE FILE TO REFERENCE SHARED VERSION OF FILE - A link to a shared version of a local file is inserted into metadata of the local file. The local file may be a copy of a shared file and/or a local file that is designated to be shared. For example, when a local file is uploaded to a shared location for collaboration, a link to the shared location is automatically inserted into metadata of the local file. A local copy of a shared file may be created by downloading the shared file to a local data store. A link to the shared location is automatically inserted into the locally stored. When the local file is opened, the link within the metadata may be used to access the version of the local file at the shared location. Changes made to the local file and/or shared version of the file may also be synchronized. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278402 | PRESENTING LINKS TO CONTENT AS ATTACHMENTS IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A user receiving an electronic message is presented with linked content within an attachment area of the message for easier access than having to locate the link within the body of the message. Links to content that are placed within the body of a message are automatically detected and displayed as an attachment. When a user views the message, the linked content remains in view when scrolling the body of the message. The links may be to any type of content, such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, slides, websites and the like. The linked content may also be automatically downloaded such that the content is available offline. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278403 | PRESENTING LINK INFORMATION NEAR LINKS WITHIN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - Link information is presented near a link within an electronic message that describes activity information relating to the linked content. The link information may include many different type of information. For example, the link information may include editing information for the linked content (e.g. editors, editing time, number of edits), who has/has not reviewed the linked content, linked content information (e.g. summary, permissions, type of content, update times) and the like. The linked content may be a link to any type of content, such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, slides, websites and the like. Viewing the link information for the linked content provides a user with an indication of the activity regarding the linked content. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278404 | UPLOAD OF ATTACHMENT AND INSERTION OF LINK INTO ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - An option is presented with an electronic message to automatically upload and permission an attachment to the electronic message. A single click may be received to upload the attachment to a shared location (e.g. network share, online service, and the like). Permissions may be automatically set for the message recipients of the electronic message. For example, a default set of permissions and/or custom permissions may be set for each of the recipients listed on the To:/Cc:/Bcc: lines. A link to the shared location may also be automatically inserted into the electronic message along with or in place of the attachment. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278405 | UPLOADING ATTACHMENT TO SHARED LOCATION AND REPLACING WITH A LINK - The size of attachments to an electronic message are examined before the message is sent to determine if the attachments exceed a size threshold. When the size of the attachments exceed the threshold, one or more of the attachments are uploaded to a shared location that is accessible to the recipients of the message. A link replaces each attachment that was uploaded to the shared location. Permissions are automatically set at the shared location such that each of the recipients of the message are able to access the uploaded attachment. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278406 | MOST RECENTLY USED LIST FOR ATTACHING FILES TO MESSAGES - A user may select an attachment for an electronic message from a most recently used (MRU) list of files. For example, when a user is composing an electronic message, they may select a file to attach to the message from the MRU list. The recently used files that are included within the MRU list may be related to or more applications/locations and/or one or more computing devices. For example, the MRU list may include files accessed by one or more different authoring applications and/or files that have recently been accessed/created that are associated with the user. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278407 | AUTOMATIC UPLOADING OF ATTACHMENTS TO A SHARED LOCATION - Electronic messages are examined before they are sent to determine any attachments to the message. One or more of the attachments are automatically uploaded to a shared location that is accessible to the recipients of the message. A link replaces each attachment that was uploaded to the shared location. Permissions are automatically set at the shared location for each of the recipients of the message. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284344 | CHANGES TO DOCUMENTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SUMMARIZED IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - Changes made to a document are automatically summarized within an electronic message. The changes may be made to a document that is being collaborated on. For example, the document may be an attachment to an electronic message, a link to a shared document that is contained within the electronic message and/or a document that is being shared between a different users. The document may be any type of file to which changes/comments are made, such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, slides, and the like. A reviewer may make many different types of changes to the document (e.g. deleting/adding content, adding comments, and the like). After making any changes to the document, a summary of the changes is automatically inserted into an electronic message that is then sent to one or more recipients. Live information relating to the document may also be displayed with one or more electronic messages. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284345 | SETTING PERMISSIONS FOR LINKS FORWARDED IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A permission manager detects when the message including the link is forwarded and sends a notification to the author indicating that the message was forwarded to another recipient. A notification may also be sent to the recipient who received the forwarded message indicating that the author has been notified that the recipient is not authorized to access the linked content within the forwarded message. The author may set the permissions for accessing the linked content from permission options that are displayed with the notification message sent by the permission manager. Once the permissions are set, the permission manager may send a notification to the recipient of the forwarded message with information relating to the set permissions. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284357 | CLIENT CALCULATION OF LINKS TO NETWORK LOCATIONS OF FILES TO UPLOAD - A link to a file to be stored at a network location is calculated using a client before the file is uploaded to the network location. The client may calculate the link to the network location either while online or offline. In response to determining to upload a file, a link to the file at the network location is calculated before uploading the file. The created link may be a direct link that specifies the file at the network location as the destination of the link and/or a redirect link that when used redirects the user to the file at the network location. The link may be created using various information (e.g. a default location, filename, and/or a unique key). When online, the client may reserve a specific link with the network location before the file is uploaded. | 11-08-2012 |