Steven V Iverson

US Patent:

20070271344, Nov 22, 2007

Filed:

May 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/439487

Inventors:

Kannan Danasekaran - San Diego CA, US
Steven Ross Iverson - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

A system can include: an online storage system; and a computer-readable medium having encoded thereon a computer program structured to interact with an electronic mail system and to provide a file-attachment interface that uploads a document to the online storage system in a separate process, and adds associated link information to an electronic mail message before completion of the separate process, in response to requested attachment of the document to the electronic mail message. A method can include: receiving information designating an electronic mail message currently being generated for an electronic mail system residing in a first domain; inserting, in response to the receiving, a file-attachment interface element into a user interface for the electronic mail message; and adding, in response to use of the file-attachment interface element, to the electronic mail message link information identifying a document stored in an online storage system residing in a second domain.