TW530244B - Document delivery system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for delivering an electronic document over a network. The system includes a computer-based server, a sending computer-based system and one or more receiving computer-based systems; all of which are coupled over a public data network. The sending system sends a message with a preassigned name address to the server over the public data network in accordance with one of a plurality of predefined delivery types. The message includes an electronic document. The server sends the message received from the sending system to the one or more receiving systems according to the name address sent with the message, the one of a plurality of predefined delivery types and predefined subscribing recipients associated with the one or more receiving systems. Then, the one or more receiving systems that received the message send replies to the server upon reception of the message sent from the server. The server generates an accounting record according to the received replies and the one of a plurality of predefined delivery types corresponding to the message received by the receiving systems. The server sends the generated accounting record to the sender for billing processing.

Description

530244 V. Description of the invention (1) Field of the invention The present invention relates to file transfer systems and methods, especially electronic file transfer systems and methods, and belongs to the field of invention related to computer network technology. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The commercial practice of electronic document delivery is that some people issue electronic documents through the Internet and let consumers who want their electronic documents subscribe. The currently widely used data transmission system is based on so-called issuance. Mode, in the issue-to-subscribe mode, the way of conversation and interaction is driven by some information such as the arrival of information or the event information of construction data. Generally, the issuer builds information that can be shared by the public, and the issuer sends its information to the subscribers. Usually, it uses one-to-many one-way publishing. During the entire conversation and interaction process, the issuer issues the broadcast once. All subscribers get their messages by receiving the broadcast, so the data provider in the issue ~ subscription model; is not connected with their consumers or subscribers to talk, and the participants of the consumer group They cannot exchange messages with each other. They can only use the name and address as a window to pass each other's messages. In other words, the issue ~ subscription model can only trade with each other by name and address. If the issuance-subscription model is used to process electronic file transactions, there will be some phenomena in this model, that is, the document maker will arbitrarily inject its release data onto the Internet, allowing consumers to obtain data through purchase orders.

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Consumers must listen to the release information of some specific things on the Internet in order to obtain information about that specific thing. This model is only used for one-time transmission of data. It does not take into account the integrity of the data format and cannot provide the reproduction of documents or data. It is used by editors, etc. However, the application department of this issue ~ subscription mode is everywhere. For example, in the use of the postal system, the postal agency sends the mail information online through the Internet at one time, and customers or recipients can only learn from the web Yes, his letter is delivered from the postal agency. If so, he will subscribe through the Internet:%, and inform his name and address (including the certification card number, etc.) before proceeding with the issuer to obtain the letter or The contents of the file. Until other applications, such as a secure data processing system, publish its latest stock market information over the Internet at the same time and publish it to thousands of dealers at one time, and the dealer will inform the issuer of its name and address (including security passwords, etc.) Only then can the publisher issue transactions to obtain encrypted documents. Therefore, in the application of e-commerce, the issue-order model is closely related to the processing of documents and the system architecture. For example, for documents with multiple languages, it is necessary to provide the functions of reading and reproducing electronic documents in multiple languages. 1 The system architecture and processing must also consider the transmission efficiency of the document on the network. Second, although there are existing customer-servo mode mechanisms, two sub-documents can be transmitted on the network. For example, US Patent No. 5,79 0 790 = The system architecture proposed by the inventors, such as Si, under which the portable document " promotes "i the remote server, and the server will then notify the recipient or the receiver based on the ^ individual piece of notice The purchaser and the receiver use their communication agreement to place an order for payment at the receiving end. In this mode, the sender is

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through? The server sends a file notification to the network, and the file content data is stored in another server. Therefore, under this system architecture, all systems must be connected to the server and drive each time. The action of reading the stored file is sometimes made. This mode of file transfer is quite inefficient, especially when each customer goes to the server to read the file separately, which will take up a lot of network bandwidth. The phenomenon. In summary, the development of a set of effective _ electronic file delivery systems and methods based on the issue-subscription model can indeed bring major technical advantages to e-commerce applications, especially if they can be obtained from the delivery system. High._ High-quality multi-language file output is an advanced technology with special advantages in this technology. Summary of invention

The present invention relates to an electronic file delivery system and method for implementing file transfer based on a distribution-to-subscribe model, and a portable file format based on multi-language characters (youhehuakang's product DynadocTM) to transfer file content data such as accounts Billing, document reproduction, etc.). The system of the present invention includes a computer server, a computer system dedicated to document transmission, and at least one computer system dedicated to receiving documents; and they are all connected together via a public data network to form a Integrated computer system. The transmission system is transmitted through the public data network

530244, invention description (4) I have a pre-designated name and address message to the computer server, and the server will then send the name and address in the message, the predefined transmission 1, meaning ^, and the comparison of security and confidentiality As a result, the Xinxin $ sent from the transmission system to at least one of the computer systems for receiving documents. When there is a receiving system that receives messages sent from the feeding machine, the response is sent back to the servo. 'A Hai feeding machine then generates a billing record based on the response it receives and the predefined delivery type therein, and the server then transmits the generated billing record to the sender of the file. Priority is given to the implementation of the file delivery system 2 shown in Figure 1. It controls the electronic delivery of portable documents sent by the sender 22 (also known as the issuer or document producer), sending them to many Recipient 24 (also known as a consumer or subscriber). This system uses at least one proxy server 26, which is connected to the sender 2 2 and the receiver 24 through a public or private data network 2 8 (such as the Internet). The proxy server 26 will The document is sent to the receiver 24, and the information provided to the receiver 24 is provided to the sender 22. The sender 22 includes a processor and a memory for executing the sender application program 30, so that the sender 22 can communicate with the shrine server 2 6 passed by the agent, as shown in Figure 2 (1) and Figure 2 (2) The screen shot shows that the sender

Page 9 530244 V. Description of the invention (5) Application granularity 3 0 contains query name address editing and entry and exit window unit 36 of transfer status, one processing early 34;-a surname element 38;-a Billing and payment unit 40, a multi-country card. " A security slip converter unit 42; and a publication unit 44. °° 3 portable files As shown in Figure 2 (1), when entering the sender's system, the main day option gives way to the sender.

Submit the status query unit 34 to query the latest status information about the agent Ul chooses to enter the delivery file. If the file is on == on / = the main day chooses the publication unit 44 and starts the unit and 2 ^ 2, then returns je ^ oc «. (1)}, ^ M ^ The servo of the temple said it for further processing. If the file θ '' β 〇;: Item of the same transferee as the present invention: d-c I 榀 ^ Pen file reading system (U.S. Patent No. 5,606,649) = New documents or updated documents are ready, # 回 主 天 面 choose name place = book editing and import and export unit 36 after registration is completed, then return to the document publication unit 44, the telegraph unit 44 supports the sending of all messages, such as The unit is activated to notify the server, etc. of the agent delivery. e As shown in Figure 2 (2), after entering the billing and payment unit 4 0, the sender opens = selects the delivery type. For example, there are three different text delivery types in the application of mail delivery. They are (丨) Ordinary letter (not guaranteed); (2) Guaranteed registration

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=, And (3) Security security election letter, each type provides different levels of service and different pricing. The sender chooses the type of delivery according to different levels of file delivery services. If a secure and confidential service is required, it is returned to the main day. The message encryption unit 38 displays the valuation form on the screen after the valuation; if the sender agrees to the secure and confidential service under the pricing, it means that the transaction has been completed, and then jumps back to the delivery of Figure 3 (2) C for publication Unit 44: Activate the unit to notify the server of the agent delivery. The proxy server 2 6 also includes a processor and memory for executing the proxy relay application program, so that the proxy server 2 6 can communicate with the sender 2 2 and the receiver 2 4 as shown in Figure 4. (1) As shown on the screen of Figure 4 (2), the proxy delivery application includes: an online login unit 62;-an account manager unit 64;-a name and address book manager unit 6 6 -An event manager unit 6 8;-a delivery tracking unit 7 2;-an account system unit 7 4; an agent delivery server bypass mechanism unit 76; and a delivery system unit 78. The agent delivery application transfers the message from the sender to the receiver. This behavior includes: waiting for the sender to send the message; listening to the willingness of the shoulder consumer and responding to their wishes; other agents in the courier message = ^ : Take the machine; receive the messages from other server express delivery; and in * must be: the name and address of the shoulder passer to bypass the shrine clan passed by other agents 1 cii 45 type 6 0 is designed as a rabbit as shown in Figure 5 ( 1) As shown, the proxy passes the application private Λ as

530244 V. Description of the invention (7) Knife-style organizational structure, the program can be delivered to the server, and each copy # 杨 < supports ^ 1 to N number of proxy messages from Figure 2; j: surname ^ Is it a verbal account, if the name and address are also verified, the administrator ~ ^ The name and address will be acknowledged 4 ^ 1. Right, the illegal account will be sent to the address; Ϊ; After the registrar 62 completes the registration, he passes on his name k to the detour mechanism of the feeding machine (Figure 6) for processing. As shown in the figure, after receiving the name and address sent by the proxy server, the detour mechanism unit 76 of the agent starts to judge that the file being transferred belongs to that feeder. If it belongs to the newly received feeder, it belongs to = From the feeding machine to the consumer. On the other hand, if it does not belong to: the receiver, the server of the Xi server, you must detour to find the server that governs it, and then send the file from the server to the consumer. After the consumer has an echo, 'then consume The author's response was sent to Figure 5 (2) for further processing. : As shown in Figure 5 (2), when the consumer responds to the message, the message is sent to the event log manager 68 to record the system operation process and send a ^ license to the consumer. Once the consumer has completed The pickup operation goes to the delivery tracking unit 72 to update the delivery status and check the current operating status of the system. When the system is operating normally, it goes to the billing and payment unit 74 to modify the account, update the database data, and Display the status table, etc., and then 530244 5. Invention Description (8) Jump back to the initial state of the proxy delivery application (Figure 5 (1))

In summary, Figure 7 shows a priority implementation procedure under the system architecture (Figure 1) proposed by the present invention. First, the publisher creates a file at block 20 or updates the original file. The file contains two parts. Copies: Document refers to eight (the part with the name and address as the header) and the main text of the document. An example of the name and address of the document is shown in Figure 8. In multi-language portable documents, the country code, area code, Server ID and user account number. After the issuer sets a theme and a delivery type for the documents it produces, it sends these document messages to the proxy delivery server. If it is determined that the document is not updated, then at block 204, the proxy delivery server then Send the document to the recipient or consumer according to the set theme and delivery category. Conversely, if the decision in block 202 is to update the file, then in block 206, the issuer informs the agent delivery server that the transmitted file is an update file, and in block 208, the agent delivery server is based on the set name and address. The message sends the update file to the consumer. After blocks 20 8 and 204, at block 2 1 0, the proxy delivery server receives the response from the consumer, followed by the party-block 2 1 2, the proxy delivery server receives the response according to the set delivery type and A bill is calculated a number of times, and finally at block 2 1 4, the agent passes the server ψφ to transmit the bill to the issuer. . Under the framework of the system of the present invention, since the issuer sends its production or update documents with the name and address as the indication, the asynchronous response of the recipient or consumer also uses the name and address as the comparison data. Therefore, the issuer Also _

Page 13 530244 V. Description of the invention (9) It is clear at a glance that those consumers received the documents, the conversation of such messages will not be interrupted, and the records of all accounts are clear. At the same time, under the guidance of the application of this system, all the servers are connected in series, and the operation of the server bypass mechanism through the proxy is also used to alleviate the problem of the bandwidth occupied by the file. This is a prior art institute. What is lacking is also the focus of the disclosure of the system and method of the present invention. Once the preferred embodiments of the system and method of the present invention have been disclosed and described in detail, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that it is not difficult to make various changes according to the spirit and scope of the present invention to achieve the same purpose as the present invention.

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Claims (1)

530244 The scope of the patent application The present invention claims as follows: 1. An electronic file delivery system, the front-opening system includes: I a at least-one computer server; one through the common cluster number 摅 玖, φ machine for file transfer The computer system; | / / data network is connected to the computer server special _ Ming Tong; where / /, the computer used to receive documents is I? / This transmission system transmits the pre-designated name and address through the public data network The method of sending the message to the computer server is to send the electronic name message with the name and address to the server according to a predefined transmission type in the message up to + $ day, and the server is based on the name of the message. The computer system of the address, the predefined delivery type, and the security and confidentiality of the message sent from the communication system to one or more of the received documents]. Receiving the incoming message 1 After the response is returned to the server, the server then generates a billing record based on the response it receives and the pre-defined delivery type therein. Servo machine and then record the bill is sent to produce the document sender. 'Λ 2. If the system of item # 1 of the patent application is applied for, at least one of the agent-passing feeding machines is caused by the agent-passing application program to support its decentralized word server organization structure, and the supporting method is especially the transmission system. Step by step contains 530244 patent application scopes with proxy delivery server bypass mechanism. For example, the system of the first scope of the patent application, wherein the electronic file for transmitting the message is provided by a publisher application, and the production further includes a new file or an updated file and a mark of a server governing the file. 'Λ fi Year 4 is the system of the second item in the scope of patent application. If the electronic file is the update file in the previous transmission message, the transmission opportunity will be further notified after the transmission system informs the server under its jurisdiction via the detour mechanism. At least one of its receiving systems, the electronic file of the transmitted message is the updated file in the previously transmitted message. The mentioned $ 5. If the system of the first patent application scope, the billing record refers to at least one billing message received by the receiving system. 6. For the system of the first item of patent application scope, the pre-defined delivery types further include letter delivery, registered mail delivery with guarantee, and document delivery with security and confidentiality. 7. If the system of the first item of the patent application scope, the information further includes an electronic file means a readable file that can be executed, and the executable file that can be read includes presenting the electronic file on the receiving system. An application, especially a U.S. patent Page 21 530244 Patent application scope 5, 606, 649 Take the system. One product: Dyna D 0c portable electronic file reading system, such as the first patent application system, in which the data transmitted by the server to one or more receivers further includes information about the receiving end The file can read the information of the electronic file that is broadcast. In September 2011, if the system of the eighth item in the scope of patent application, one or more of the receiving systems can read and execute the files. The method is based on the information on the sender. The file is executed to render the electronic file. Book. Λ ν · Β, a method of transmitting electronic documents from a computer system on the sending end to at least one computer system on the receiving end through a computer server, and all their mutual messages are one of them connected through them The public data network is used for transmission. The method includes: The transmission system transmits a message with a pre-specified name and address to the computer server through the public data network. The transmission system transmits the message according to at least one of the predefined transmission types in the message. The message of the electronic file with the name and address is transmitted to the server, and the server distributes the message sent from the transmission system to one or more according to the name and address of the transmitted message, the predefined transmission type, and the comparison result of security and confidentiality. More ministry Page 22 530244 t η year kh lack X, patent application scope These computer systems for receiving documents, when the receiving system that received the message from the server sends its response back to the server, the server is based on The reply it receives and the pre-defined delivery type therein generates a billing record, and the server transmits the generated billing record to the sender of the document. 11. As in the method of applying for the tenth item in the scope of patent application, at least one of the proxy delivery servers is supported by a proxy delivery application program in a decentralized organization structure, and the method of supporting it, especially the delivery system further includes a proxy delivery server. Machine detour mechanism. 2. For the method of applying for the tenth scope of the patent application, the electronic file for transmitting the message is provided by a publisher application, and the production further includes a new file or an updated file and a server governing the file. 3. For the method of applying for the tenth item of the patent scope, after the transmission system informs the server under its jurisdiction via the detour mechanism, if the electronic file is the update file in the previously transmitted message, the server will further inform him of at least one The receiving system, the electronic file of the transmission message is the update file in the previous transmission message. 4. For the method of applying for the tenth item of the patent scope, the billing record in particular refers to at least one billing message received by the receiving system. Page 23, 530244 VI. Method of applying for patent scope 15, such as the method of applying for scope 10 of the patent scope, in which the predefined delivery types further include letter delivery, registered mail delivery with guarantee, and documents with security and confidentiality transfer. 16. The method of claim 10, wherein the information further includes an electronic file means a readable file that can be executed. The: ^ executable file that can be read includes the presentation of the electronic file. An application program on a receiving system, especially an application of US Patent No. 5,606,649: DynaDoc portable electronic file reading # 一; ^ access system. Year of the factory '17. If the method of applying for the tenth scope of the patent application, where the data transmitted by the server to one or more receivers further includes% .: at the receiving end, relevant documents can be read and executed. Information of electronic documents. Page 24