CN1179048A - Electronic information transfer in wide area net - Google Patents
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A method for electronic communication using wide area network (WAN) storage and signalling capabilities. The method and apparatus provides for deposit of a message in message stores in the WAN, storage of the message such that the message is uniformly accessible throughout the WAN and notifying the recipient of the message of the availability and address of the message in the message stores in the WAN so that he can access the message.
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The present invention relates to provide a kind of method and apparatus of electronic communication.
Message transmits and may be defined as the communication of time delay, or starts and receive communicating by letter of not taking place at the same time.For example, mail and public announcements all are traditional message delivery forms.Message transmits and also comprises traditional publication form, or based on text/image (for example notebook, books and magazine), or based on sound (for example tape and disc), perhaps based on audio/video (for example film).Other message delivery form also comprises phonopost, comprises multi-user system and answering machine, and the electronic edition of traditional message transmission, electrode for example, extra large cable electrode, fax, fax, Email, asynchronous meeting of computer based (being notice board) and electronic publication.
Because it is the communication that will take time that message transmits, so message transmits the content that requires storing message, the method for storing message can be used to distinguish the type that message transmits.
It is a kind of of electronic information transfer system that " storage-and-transmit " message transmits.Storage-and-transmit during message transmits, message (MTA) is delivered to the recipient from transmit leg by at least one " message transfer agent ".This message can be relayed to its final purpose ground by the required MTA in succession of this message.Each MTA according to this message with information, Qi Wang recipient for example, and the information of preserving by MTA, for example routing table selects to transmit the next MTA of this message independently.If message is the recipient who delivers to more than, then MTA can broadcast this message to be transferred to each desired recipient together to each MTA by the copy that sends this message.When this message arrival can directly be visited the MTA of recipient's mailbox, this message just was stored in the Local Area Network memory that links with recipient's mailbox.Form by message memory with the LAN memory that recipient's mailbox links, be placed on the message here in order to storage.
In the process that message transmits, each MTA temporarily stores this message, till message is sent to another MTA or deposits in the LAN memory that links with recipient's mailbox.Therefore, MTA comprises that a series of memory location message then is sent to MTA till final arrival recipient mailbox from MTA.
Referring to Fig. 1, show the storage of the message transmission that is applied to transmission of LAN message and wide area network (WAN) and the general structure chart that relay type message transmits here.Transmit the recipient that message can send in receiving station 2 by LAN3 from transmit leg in dispatching station 1 for LAN message.This message is to send by the MTA6 the LAN3 from dispatching station 1.MTA6 has a message memory 12, it temporarily storing message till MTA transmits this message according to the contained information of this message.Because MTA6 can directly visit recipient's mailbox 4, so MTA6 deposits this message in the LAN3 memory that links with recipient's mailbox, the recipient can be from receiving station's 2 access informations in his mailbox 4 then.
Transmit for WAN message, a series of LAN system (not shown) that can link together, or the LAN system can be connected by the WAN of a centre (being shown in Fig. 1) transmit to allow WAN message.As shown in Figure 1, transmit leg can dispatching station 1 with a message by the MTA6 among the LAN3, the MTA7 among the WAN17,8,9 and LAN5 in MTA10 send to a recipient of receiving station 11, MTA6,7,8,9,10 have message memory 12 respectively, 13,14,15,16, they temporarily storing message till the information that MTA is loaded with according to this message sends this message.Message is to send to MTA6 the LAN3 from dispatching station 1, and MTA6 is with the MTA7 among the WAN17 of being sent to of this message.Then, MTA7 forwards this information to the MTA8 among the WAN17, and MTA8 is sent to the MTA9 among the WAN17 again, and MTA9 sends the MTA10 among the LAN5 to, MTA10 can directly visit recipient's mailbox 18, and deposits this message in link to each other with recipient's mailbox 18 LAN5 memory.Reception can be from receiving station's 11 access informations in his mailbox 18.
Because storage-and-it is the application of particular coverage area on network that the message of relay type transmits, it be have circumscribed.For example, its related expense be only limited to storage-and-user that relay type message transmits.In addition, the scope of message transmission is confined to the user of this application.At last, various message formats and be not easy to provide from the conversion of a form to another form.
According to principle of the present invention, be by being provided for using the WAN message transmission of WAN storage and the method and apparatus of signal transmitting capacity to solve the problems referred to above.The present invention usually comprises three aspects: message origination, message stores and message sink.
Message origination comprises that transmit leg with in message stores at least one message memory to the WAN, discerns desired recipient's address, and notifies each desired recipient to go up the validity and the address of message about WAN.
Message stores relates to each feature of storage in WAN.Message memory and the message of being stored have a logical identifier in WAN, its physics realization with them is irrelevant, therefore provide the accessibility of unanimity on whole WAN.
Message sink relates to the processing of recipient to message.Message sink provides by " virtual box " that resides in the memory cell on the WAN.Recipient's virtual box does not comprise his message, but notifies the validity of his message of recipient on WAN and the gathering and the memory point of the signaling information of address as one.Receiving station uses signaling information to remind the recipient to have his message to exist, and retrieves this message under recipient's control.
Fig. 1 is a block diagram, show storage-and-structure that relay type message transmits.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram, shows the structure of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 3 is a flow chart, and the processing according to the message transmission of one embodiment of the present of invention is described.
Referring to Fig. 2, the structure of one embodiment of the invention is shown here.Dispatching station 20 is connected to LAN21 and the latter is connected to WAN24.Receiving station 23 links the LAN22 that links to each other with WAN24.LAN21 and LAN22 do not need message memory, because WAN24 includes the message memory that is used for storing message, and message memory 25,26 and 27 for example.WAN24 also comprises virtual box, and for example recipient's virtual box 28 is used for storing the validity of relevant recipient's message and the information of address.
For message being deposited in the message memory in the WAN, the transmit leg of dispatching station is by selecting the memory that at least one message memory distributes WAN in the memory resident in the memory cell that comprises from WAN, and with the content of the message message memory of packing into.
The memory location of message can be selected by dispatching station.For example, if there is a position in the entire message of an intended receiver, then dispatching station directly deposits this message in those message memory, if a plurality of recipients are arranged, then dispatching station deposits this message in the message memory relevant with each recipient.On the other hand, if the recipient is not exclusively used in the position of storing their message, then message deposits in by the message memory among the selected WAN of transmit leg, and by the multiple access message memory, but desired whole recipients are this message of access, thereby merged needed memory effectively.The memory that merges has special advantage, because it simplifies management, more effectively uses memory resource, and as following will more fully the explanation the ground, thereby the receiving terminal that provides the recipient to open is convenient to group communication and electronic publishing.
For the recipient who gives expectation signals, notify the recipient to go up the validity of message and its address about WAN.The signaling process process is from determining recipient's address.Transmit leg is perhaps known desired recipient's address, perhaps needs with reference to based on network interactive route.Behind the address of determining the recipient, the transmit leg of dispatching station just instructs WAN to notify the validity and the message addresses of recipient's message by the WAN signaling gear.
In addition, can there be the message of access authorization information in message memory of message in transmit leg.Access authorization information can be desired recipient's inventory, it is not limited to the situation of public available information, also can be one group (as user's safety clearance, group's group or user (security clearance, orgnizational affiliation or subscribers toa service)) but by the information of recognition feature regulation, the access authorization information of a message can be different different because of the people that the message availability is transmitted.For example, the lineup such as any employee who is a company, can be allowed to this message of access, but have only some member, just can know the availability of this message such as the member who is a special item.
Transmit leg need not all recipients of signaling simultaneously, for example, if transmit leg a day after sending message, want to increase a recipient, only need the additional recipient of signaling when then sending again, perhaps also want the notification message memory will add on the staff list that the recipient is added to this message of authorize access.
Transmit in many message and to use, the recipient points out by transmit leg clearly, but by as free, the third party with reference to or the guiding mode of searching determine.In these cases, the process that may not have signalling.For example, recipient can receive from a friend by browsing accessible message memory access, the reference of colleague or other message, or select a message according to keyword or other identifier searching messages that transmit leg provides.In these cases, new recipient must be allowed to this message of access.The access authorization range of information may be enough wide, promptly included new recipient, and perhaps a recipient is allowed to expand access authorization so that comprise new recipient.
Message memory has following characteristic.Message memory is arranged in the memory cell that is included in WAN.Irrelevant with owner or physical location.
Message memory and the message that is stored in here have a logical identifier in WAN.It is irrelevant with the physics realization at any given time.For example, this can obtain bigger reliability and efficient by distribute a given message memory in a plurality of message memories.
Can consistency ground storing message memory from whole WAN.This means WAN that the identical functions degree is provided and irrelevant with their physical location or the people's of this message of access physical location.As different recipient during from the given message memory of one of the visit of position arbitrarily, the functionality that each recipient obtains from message memory only is used for the receiving station of access message memory with the recipient to be changed with its feature that is connected (for example bandwidth) to WAN.
Access to message memory can be multiplexed, allows a plurality of transmit legs and recipient access simultaneously.Therefore, be that transmit leg and recipient also can not get clogged when memory cell has only very limited situation about being connected to WAN when sending and receive message.According to the access authorization information that transmit leg provides, message memory is controlled its access to these message that comprises.
Message sink provides by " virtual box ".Virtual box resides in the memory cell of WAN, but does not store the content of recipient's message, but compiling and memory point as the validity of on WAN, notifying the recipient about a message and the signaling information of address.Receiving station uses this signaling information to remind existence and validity and this message of retrieval under recipient's indication of recipient's message.
Because recipient's message can reside in a plurality of message memories that are distributed in whole network, the essence of signaling information is the reference (reference) of the obtainable message of recipient in the virtual box so be included in.Because the access capability to message memory is consistent, receiving station just can use these with reference to the message of retrieving the recipient.Be stored in message in the virtual box by use, the recipient can access he reside in message in a plurality of message memories of WAN, all message that just look like him all are stored in the independent mailbox the same.
In virtual box, can comprise information from any kind of any media with message for referencial use.For example, a virtual box can keep a word message on the lan server, audio frequency message on another lan server is attached to another audio frequency message on the phonopost of a PBX, or the reference of the audio/video message in another lan server.
With reference to figure 3, shown in the process that transmits according to the message of one embodiment of the present of invention of flowchart text.In order to send a message, transmit leg instructs his dispatching station 20 starting WAN message to transmit (step 100).LAN21 connects dispatching station 20 to WAN24 (step 101).Dispatching station 20 is by selecting information-storing device in the available message memory from WAN24, for example message memory 25,26,27, distributes the memory (step 102) among the WAN24.Dispatching station deposits message in message memory selected among the WAN, so message is deposited in the selected message memory (step 104).
Recipient's (step 106) that the transmit leg identification message is desired.If transmit leg will be visited the other staff of stated type, the transmit leg access authorization information that will give information then is so that other personnel among the personnel that go through of stated type can this message of access (step 108,110).
In response to the identification of transmit leg to the desired recipient of message, dispatching station 20 separates with WAN24, and WAN validity and address of message in the message memory in desired recipient's signaling WAN, this is to send (step 112) that message reference is realized by the virtual box 28 to the recipient.
In order to receive this message, recipient's command reception station 23 his virtual boxs 28 (step 116) of visit.LAN22 is connected to WAN24 (step 117) with receiving station 23.Virtual box 28 comprises one and notifies the validity of recipient's message and the reference (step 118) of address, this message (step 120) of recipient's command reception station 23 accesses.Receiving station uses the message addresses be stored in the virtual box, and the visit recipient also provides interactive access (step 121) to the message in the message memory of WAN to the recipient.After this message of access, receiving station separates (step 122) with WAN24.
If transmit leg has made this message can access for the additional personnel of a stated type, then WAN also makes this message to other people who meets access authorization information available (step 123,124).In case this people uses address information to identify (step 125) behind the address of message by for example device above-mentioned, he just can instruct his this message (step 126) of subscriber station access.
When this people attempted this message of access, message memory 26 confirmed whether this people satisfies access authorization information (step 128).If meet access authorization information, then be provided to the interactive access (step 130) of this message.If do not meet access authorization information, then can not this message (step 132) of access.After this, receiving station separates (step 133) with WAN24.
After other this message of personnel's access of recipient and/or stated type, this message still is stored in the message memory of WAN, so as to allow other desired recipient and meet other personnel's access (step 134) of access authorization information.
It only is a preferred embodiment of the present invention that people understand above explanation.A technical staff of this area may design many other scheme and can not depart from scope of the present invention.Therefore the present invention only is subject to the content of defined in appending claims.
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1. be used to use wide area network (WAN) to signal and the electronic information transfer approach of storage signal, it comprises:
In WAN, distribute the memory among the WAN with an address;
A message is deposited in the memory that is distributed;
Identification be authorized to can access information the people; And
But instruction WAN notice is authorized to the address of this message of access people about the available message in the memory that is distributed among the WAN and this message.
2. method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of allocate memory comprises in WAN and to select a message memory the obtainable message memory in WAN.
3. method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification step that is authorized to people that can access information comprises at least one the desired recipient who discerns this message.
4. method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification step that is authorized to people that can access information comprises the characteristic that identification is authorized to kind (clav) that can this message of access.
5. be used to use wide area network (WAN) to signal and the device of the electronic information transmission of storage signal, it comprises:
In WAN, be used for distributing the device of WAN memory with an address;
A message is deposited into the device of the memory that is distributed;
Be used to discern be authorized to can the access information people device;
Instruction WAN notice be authorized to can this message of access the people about the device of the address of available message and message in the WAN built-in storage that is distributed.
6. device as claimed in claim 5 wherein is used for distributing the device of WAN memory to comprise the device of selecting a message memory in WAN the obtainable message memory.
7. device as claimed in claim 5 wherein is used to discern the device that the device that is authorized to people that can access information comprises at least one the desired recipient who discerns this message.
8. device as claimed in claim 5 wherein is used to discern the device that is authorized to people that can access information and comprises the device that is used to discern the feature that is authorized to kind that can access information.
9. be used to use wide area network (WAN) to signal and the method for the electronic information transmission of storage signal, it comprises:
The address of available message of identification and message in the memory that in WAN, is distributed; And
Message in the WAN built-in storage that the next interactive access in the address of message is distributed in the memory in the WAN that use is distributed.
10. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of the address of identification available message and message comprises virtual box of being made up of the memory cell in the WAN of access in the WAN memory that is distributed, and is used for notifying in the WAN memory that is distributed access about the validity and the message addresses of message.
11. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the memory that is distributed on WAN comprises a message memory.
12. be used to use wide area network (WAN) to signal and the device of the electronic information transmission of storage signal, comprise:
Be used to discern the device of available message and message addresses in the memory in the WAN that is distributed; And
Be used for using the device of the message in the WAN built-in storage that the interactive access of message addresses of the WAN memory that is distributed distributed.
13. device as claim 12, wherein be used for comprising one of access at the device that the WAN built-in storage that is distributed is discerned available message and message addresses and be used at the device of the WAN memory storage that is distributed about the virtual box of the notice of the validity of message and message addresses, this mailbox is made up of the memory cell in the WAN.
14. as the device of claim 12, wherein the memory that is distributed on the WAN comprises a message memory.
15. be used to use wide area network (WAN) to signal and the method for the electronic information transmission of storage signal, may further comprise the steps:
In WAN, provide memory to be used to receive message and be authorized to people's that can access information sign;
Notice be authorized to can access information the people about the available message in the memory of WAN and the address of message; And
By the information in the memory of the interactive access WAN in the address of using this message.
16. as the method for claim 15, the memory that wherein is used for receiving message and receives the WAN net of the sign that is authorized to people that can access information comprises a message memory.
17. as the method for claim 15, people's that wherein can access information sign comprises at least one desired recipient's of this message sign.
18. as the method for claim 15, wherein the step that people that can access information is discerned comprises being authorized to the identification of species characteristic that can access information.
19. as the method for claim 15, wherein the recipient of notice expectation comprises and will be stored in the virtual box of being made up of memory cell among the WAN about the validity of message and the notice of address about the step of available message and message addresses.
20. be used to use wide area network (WAN) to signal and the device of the electronic information transmission of storage signal, it comprises:
Be used for providing memory to receive message and to receive the device that identification is authorized to people's that can access information sign at WAN.
Be used for notifying be authorized to can access information the people about the device of the address of available message of WAN built-in storage and message; And
Be used for providing the device of the memory message in the interactive access WAN by the address of using message.
21., wherein in WAN, provide memory to be used for receiving message and the device that receives the sign that is authorized to people that can access information comprises a message memory as the device of claim 20.
22. as the device of claim 20, the device that wherein is used for receiving people's that can access information sign comprises the device that is used to discern at least one desired message receiver.
23. as the device of claim 20, the device that wherein is used to discern people that can access information comprises and is used to discern the device that is authorized to species characteristic that can access information.
24., wherein be used for notifying desired recipient to comprise a device that is used for the notice about the validity of message and address is deposited in the virtual box of forming by the memory cell in the WAN about the device of available message and message addresses as the device of claim 15.
25. the method for using the electronic information of wide area network (WAN) storage and transmission signal to transmit comprises the virtual box of being made up of memory cell among the instruction WAN signaling WAN.
26. as the method for claim 25, the step of wherein instructing WAN to signal to the mailbox of being made up of memory cell among the WAN comprises instruction WAN to the address of virtual box signaling about available message and message.
27. use the storage of wide area network (WAN) and send the electronic information conveyer of signal capabilities, comprise a device that is used for instructing the virtual box signalling that WAN is made up of memory cell to WAN.
28. as the device of claim 27, the device that the virtual box that wherein is used for instructing WAN to be made up of memory cell to WAN signals also comprises one and is used to instruct WAN to the device of virtual box signaling about the address of available message and message.
29. the method that is used to use the electronic information of the storage of wide area network (WAN) and signalling ability to transmit comprises the virtual box signalling of being made up of memory cell in WAN.
30. as the method for claim 29, the step that the virtual box of wherein being made up of memory cell in WAN signals also comprises to the address of virtual box signaling about available message and message.
31. the device that is used to use the electronic information of the storage of wide area network (WAN) and signalling ability to transmit comprises the device of the virtual box signalling of being made up of memory cell in WAN.
32., wherein be used for comprising that to the device that the virtual box that WAN is made up of memory cell signals one is used for to the device of virtual box signaling about available message and message addresses as the device of claim 31.
33. the method that is used to use the electronic information of the storage of wide area network (WAN) and signalling ability to transmit comprises the information in the virtual box that retrieve stored is made up of memory cell in WAN.
34. as the method for claim 33, wherein the step of the information in the virtual box be made up of memory cell in WAN of retrieve stored also comprises retrieve stored information relevant with message addresses with available message in WAN.
35. the device that is used to use the electronic information of the storage of wide area network (WAN) and signalling capability to transmit comprises a device that is used for the information in the virtual box that retrieve stored is made up of memory cell in WAN.
36. as the device of claim 35, the device that wherein is used for the virtual box information that retrieve stored is made up of memory cell in WAN also comprises a device that is used for retrieve stored information relevant with message addresses with available message in WAN.
37. virtual box comprises the memory cell in the wide area network (WAN).
38. as the virtual box of claim 37, wherein the signaling information of being stored comprises the information relevant with message addresses with available message among the WAN that is stored in.
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