WO1999066442A1 - Procede et appareil d'acheminement sur internet d'informations sur papier - Google Patents

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WO1999066442A1
WO1999066442A1 PCT/US1999/013721 US9913721W WO9966442A1 WO 1999066442 A1 WO1999066442 A1 WO 1999066442A1 US 9913721 W US9913721 W US 9913721W WO 9966442 A1 WO9966442 A1 WO 9966442A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to Internet information routing and more specifically to routing paper-based information through the Internet.
  • the system provides for conversions between digital and paper-based information formats and supports electronic mail (E-mail), Fax and Direct-to-Consumer advertising.
  • E-mail electronic mail
  • Fax Direct-to-Consumer advertising
  • the embodiment also applies User Profile technology to allow selection and filtering of information based on data comprising user preferences.
  • One component of the system is a web site/transaction environment.
  • the web site maintains user profiles, provides the ability to link to E-mail accounts, and provides storage for product information and discount programs.
  • the web site also supports Fax Sessions, the transaction environment for managing the user to Internet sessions and the development of digital and paper resources.
  • Access points to the web site and other resources of the Internet are provided through conventional PCS, Fax machines, and hybrid Fax/PCS. These and other aspects of the invention are described in more detail below.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of various components of a system of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 provides an overview of various components of an embodiment of the present invention using a Fax Router to access the system;
  • FIG. 3 provides an overview of various components of an embodiment of the present invention using a hybrid Fax/PC to access the system;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an overview of routing paper-based information through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the user interface features of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the external connections of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 provides a table of sample hardware components included in an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 provides a high level description of the message packet sent through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 9 provides a high level view of the information flow from an input device to a phone connection according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 10 provides a high level view of the information flow from an Internet Service Provider to a destination according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 11 shows a summary view of the initial state of an Internet Message packet used in an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 12 shows a summary view of the final state of an Internet Message packet used in an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the detailed description is divided into four sections.
  • the first section presents an overview of the system architecture of embodiments of the invention.
  • the second section describes the Fax Router, according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the third section describes the data flow and message components of embodiments of the invention.
  • a conclusion of the detailed description is presented.
  • FIG. 1 a system level overview of a "Mailman" electronic mail (e-mail) access system according to an embodiment of the invention is presented.
  • Three mechanisms for accessing e-mail are included which provide multiple methods of acquiring/sending electronic mail through the Internet, including:
  • the system provides an interface for a standard personal computer (PC) 116 to exchange e-mail with a Company web site 108.
  • a Fax Router 112 according to an embodiment of the invention exchanges e-mail with Company web site 108.
  • a hybrid Fax/PC 110 exchanges e-mail with Company web site 108.
  • the e-mail that is exchanged can include objects comprising images of scanned paper based documents.
  • the Company Web Site 108 provides multiple services according to various embodiments of the invention.
  • Company web site 108 can maintain a strict level of security through security layer 106, allowing user in push/pull settings to use the Fax Router 114 as a secure environment for mailing digitized objects from one location to another.
  • a RSA style security technique is incorporated to support this function.
  • the invention is not limited to an particular implementation of a security layer, nor is the security layer 106 a mandatory component.
  • the second major feature is the ability of the system to maintain user profiles.
  • the profile feature is important because it allows the user to define unique characteristics of their Internet uses - highlighting the location of E-mail accounts, Fax Router Pull connections and interesting web locations. This feature can be expanded to allow for the addition of third part profiling products to support user options in the custom printing of information resources. Creating, for example, news briefs and market reports based on user requirements.
  • a variation to the profile feature is the Classes option, allowing users to identify a collection of users they will mail to in parallel. This is important in cases of single author, multiple distribution points. For example, in supporting the needs of a community of specific chronic disease patients by a single specialist.
  • Web Server 108 provides an archiving capability.
  • the system user can use the Company Web Server as either its primary mail location or as a remote storage facility for Fax Router Objects. This will be particularly relevant in Push/Pull applications in which the users would like the Company Web Site 108 to function as its short and long- term archival facility.
  • the Fax Router (FR) 112 will provide a handshake with the input device (scanner 214 or fax machine 114) and accept the fax data stream.
  • the user will first indicate the destination address for the letter and establish a connection to the Company web site 108 (by pressing the a send key).
  • the Fax Router 112 will indicate a "ready" condition and the user will then load their paper materials 220 into the fax machine and hit send, using a dummy phony number. This phone number will be read by the Fax Router and accept the fax data stream and send it directly to the Company Web site.
  • the Fax Router will read the end of the transmit signal from the Fax and close the letter.
  • the clustering of the fax pages will be done at the Company Web site and routed to the appropriate destination ISP 202 or user ISP 104. All of the operating software for the FR can be held on local storage. In one embodiment of the invention, revised versions of the system software will be automatically downloaded to the FR during the log-on procedure.
  • the FR should be viewed as the user interface device of a distributed application with the application control resting on the Company Web Server. This relationship of the FR to the Web Server is the Company's Fax Session.
  • the information flow between the FR and the Web Server can be managed through a secure transaction processing facility 106.
  • Fax Session The connection of a Fax/Scanner 114 to Fax Router 112 and to the Company Web site 108 is defined as a Fax Session.
  • a Fax Session can also include a push/pull mechanism in the case of multiple Fax Routers being attached to the Internet, and in cases in which these other Fax Routers are being used in a polling state to search for Fax Router generated messages.
  • Hybrid Fax/PC 110 provides the ability for a user to access Internet and Mail documents without using a personal computer. It supports scanning documents 314 through a scanner slot, and supports a keyboard for a user to provide input to the system. In addition, it supports Get and Send mail functions described in detail below. Finally, is provides for paper output of incoming messages.
  • Internet-based Ads provide an advertising channel through the Internet that allows product and service manufacturers to communicate directly with consumers. All ads are delivered through the Company web site 108 to Fax Router 112, PC 116, and Hybrid Fax/PC 110. These ads include:
  • a Fax Router such as first Fax Router 410 provides users with a simple mechanism of pushing paper objects such as fax 412 into a digital environment ⁇ using a Fax to digitize the data and the Company web site 108 to deliver the digital information to its target destination through a network 102 such as the Internet.
  • the destination address will represent a second Fax Router 414 location which may have been left in a "Get Mail" state.
  • the second Fax Router 414 will periodically poll the Company Web Site 108 searching for a new Fax Router objects, and when located, automatically download these objects and print them on the attached Printer/Fax.
  • These E-mail messages are easily identified by the Fax Router as Mailman Objects due to the Mm ID field in the record.
  • the Fax Router will then take the attached binary objects and convert them back to either a fax signal or a print object.
  • the Mm ID field will allow other vendors to define printable attachments for mail documents.
  • the data objects can be stored in a loss-less format, such as a compressed BMP format.
  • the data objects can be stored in a lossy compressed format, such as the JPEG format. Design of the Fax Router
  • FIG. 5 presents a top view of the Fax Router.
  • Power On Light 524 indicates that the power has been connected and that the Fax Router (FR) has been turned on via the user depressing the "on" button 512.
  • the FR will automatically dial into the Internet and log onto the Company Web Server.
  • the Fax Session software will the verify the users address (loaded in an EPROM) and user ID. If the Fax Session detects an error it will send a message back to the FR indicating an error code (xx) and a message "Unable to Connect xx". If the connection is successful the Fax Session will send a message back to the FR indicating an active link has been established.
  • the FR displays a message of "ready" to the user on display device 516.
  • the Get Mail key 510 sends a message to the Company Web Server indicating that the user would like to receive their current mail messages.
  • the Web Server will log onto the users E-mail account (either through a different ISP or maintained by the Company), and download only new and primary messages. All downloaded messages will be printed, including most attachments. Attachments generated by other FR devices can be printed.
  • the Company's Web Server maintain a history file on the files it has downloaded to the user. The user can elect to re-receive mail messages it has previously received via a session command.
  • the Get Mail session commands include: Print List of Mail Files, Print Mail File xx (xx referring to a file identifier), Print Mail File xx-xx (print a range of messages), Print New Mail, Look for Faxes, Look for Mail.
  • the user will respond to all system queries generated during the Fax Session by either a keyboard input or by depressing the "Yes" or "No” buttons 504 and 506 respectively.
  • the user can also place the FR in a polling state by selecting the "Look for Faxes/Mail" command. In this state the FR replaces a conventional fax interface and allows the system to function in a push/pull state with other FR devices or mail objects.
  • a second option for the user is to send e-mail using Send Mail key 508.
  • the session options begin with the user indicating the destination — the user Internet address. After the user has typed in the destination address and hit the Enter Key on the alphanumeric keypad 518, they will be asked if they would like to send copies of the letter to other users. If the answer is "Yes", they will input the 2nd through N addresses using the "Yes" key 504 in between all responses.
  • the user will respond "no" and the Fax Session will indicate a ready to receive data.
  • the system will ask whether the user will be inputting through either a fax machine or a scanner and will then display a message of "Begin Transmission" on display 516.
  • the FR will use a simple LCD display 516 for communicating session status with the user.
  • the display 516 will be scrollable and will maintain a blinking cursor on its current position.
  • scroll key 514 scrolls the display.
  • the user can overtype user input areas by readjusting the location of the cursor.
  • the system memory will be used to maintain a current list of the contents of the scrollable display of the session.
  • the card reader 502 provides a method of verifying a user ID. Users can be given a membership card that contains coded information on their membership ED and profile. This feature can be important in remote applications of the FR device and in support of security features of the system.
  • the user may have a need to halt the operations of the device by interrupting and closing the Fax Session.
  • the Cancel Key 522 allows the user to, at any time, exit the current session prior to completion.
  • the Fax Session will maintain an internal log to indicate that the transmission was incomplete and allow the user to begin the session again and restores the state of the application to its pre-session status.
  • the net effect of the Cancel Key operation is to eliminate the impact of that session's Get and Send Mail functions.
  • FIG. 6 presents a rear view of Fax Router 114.
  • the FR will be designed to provide maximum growth potential.
  • the basic configuration includes two separate forms of input ⁇ either from a standard fax machine via fax port 604 or through a scanner attached to parallel connection 606.
  • a printer port 608 has also been included to support cases where a fax is not being used as the primary method of connection and a printer will serve as the output device.
  • the phone connector 610 can be used to connect the FR to the Internet and will support modems having varying transmission speed, and direct twisted pair connections to local area networks.
  • the invention is not limited to the types of connections described above, and in alternative embodiments of the invention, other types of connectors and port allowing the Fax Router to communicatively couple with input/output and networks are provided.
  • Other types of connectors and port allowing the Fax Router to communicatively couple with input/output and networks are provided.
  • Universal Serial Bus connectors can be used in place of the connectors described above.
  • a standard power adapter 602 is also be included, which in one embodiment of the invention is a 9 volt power adapter.
  • FIG. 7 provides a list of components included in the internal hardware and software of a Fax Router according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the processor can be any form of processor, including Pentium processors, Merced Processors, and processors designed for embedded systems.
  • the display can comprise a display have more or less than 3 lines and 30 characters per line.
  • the software is not limited to that shown, for example a version of the Windows operating system such as the Windows/CE operating system can be used instead of DOS.
  • the system is not limited to 1 Megabyte of RAM, the system can have more or less RAM as required by the operating system and applications running on the Fax Router.
  • Flash Memory or Compact Flash Memory can be included in the system.
  • the Mailman product will uses the ability of the system to work with packets of fax data, incorporated as bit maps within the Mailman letter.
  • the header for the letter will be defined by the user through the Fax Router and will be appended to the fax object. This combination of the header information with the bit map becomes the message passed to the Company's web site 108 — and routed to the user address.
  • the final letter defined as the Internet Message Packet, will contain three information components. These information sources, Fax/Scanner 802, Fax Router 804, and Web Server 806 combine to form the final Mailman letter.
  • Fax/Scanner Data 802 is presented at the initial entry point for the system, which provides the conversion point for the paper into a digital format.
  • the control of the Fax will rest with the Company's Web Server, allowing the Fax Router to act as a pass through for the digital data as it is generated by the fax machine and temporarily stored on the Internet.
  • the second component, Fax Router Data 804 is provided next.
  • the process of getting and sending mail begins with user performing a simple log-on to the Fax Router device. After typing in a destination address(s), the user will hit send and the Fax Router will log-on to the Internet and the Company's Web site.
  • the Fax Router will identify all pages created by the fax session by appending the user's Internet Address along with the destination information to the Fax Router Data 804.
  • the final data element included in Data 804 is a unique identifier the "Mailman" ID> This will be used by other fax routers to identify a Mailman object and provide a way for the other Fax Routers to automatically print Fax Router generated messages.
  • Web Server Data 806 is provided next.
  • the final source of information is the Company's Web Server. While providing the session environment for the message, it will also append time stamps and advertising messages based on user preferences.
  • the technology flow 900 illustrates the physical connections at an input point (i.e. the location of a Fax Router).
  • a fax device is connected via connection 902 to the Fax Router.
  • the Fax router is in turn connected, in one embodiment of the invention, to a phone jack at the user's location through connection 904.
  • the phone jack in turn, is connected to a switched telephone network in one embodiment of the invention through connection 906.
  • the data flow 910 at the input location begins with a fax data stream comprising an scanned image of a document.
  • the data flows at 912 to the Fax Router, which adds an appropriate source and destination Internet addresses.
  • the data then flows at 914 to the Company web site 108.
  • connection 1002 from a network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to a phone jack.
  • Web server 108 is connected to the phone jack via connection 1004.
  • PSTN public switched telephone network
  • Initial Internet Message Packet 1100 represents the state of the packet as it after it has been initially input, but before in has been processed by Company Web Server 108.
  • the initial state packet 1100 comprises Fax Router Objects 1102 and Fax/Scanner Objects 1104.
  • Fax/Scanner Objects 1104, also referred to as Input Device Objects comprises scanned image data 1106 for documents scanned by a fax or scanner.
  • Fax Router Objects include the destination address for the message, the sender's address, and a Mailman Unique Identifier used to indicate that the message contains Fax Router Objects.
  • Final Internet Message Packet 1200 represents the state of the packet after it has been processed by Company Web site 108 and forwarded to its destination.
  • Web Site Objects 1202 are added to the packet, and include a data stamp indicating when the packet was received by the Company Web site 108, and any advertising or additional messages that the Company Web site desires to present to the user at the destination address. The advertising and other messages can be determined based on the sender's profile, the receiver's profile, or both.
  • Input device objects section 1206 of the packet includes one or more input objects 1208 representing image data for scanned documents. In one embodiment of the invention, multiple input objects 1208 are contained in Input Device Objects section 1206 of the packet.
  • the post office and fax provide tested means of sending written and printed materials from one individual to another.
  • the Fax Router according to an embodiment of the invention provides the consumer with the rapid advantages of the fax coupled with the low cost of the Internet and the advantages or working with printed materials.
  • the Fax Router can also provide a level of legal support in the transmission of documents, unlike the current Internet.
  • the Fax Router technology provides corporate accounts with an Internet-based system for moving fax materials and printed documents between corporate offices ⁇ eliminating the cost of long distance services.
  • the Fax Router serves as a utility for "pushing" fax documents throughout the Company's Web server to a destination or receiving fax, using a Fax Router to connect this remote fax to the Internet.
  • Router will continuously poll the Internet for traffic targeted to the Internet ID (i.e. the Internet Protocol address) of the Fax machine.
  • the Internet ID i.e. the Internet Protocol address
  • This use of the Fax Router over a large geographic network provides the corporate account with a vehicle for avoiding long distance charges and, through the Company Web server, with an additional storage environment for incoming faxes.
  • the Push/Pull process is managed in a secure environment.
  • the profile technologies of the Company's Web Server provides users with the ability to easily download specific materials targeted to their needs.
  • the Company Web Server becomes an easy to use communication channel between a community provider and a select group of patients with specific medical needs. Coupled with the Fax Router, these profile technologies define an easy-to-use and cost effective means of working with large pools of chronic disease patients.
  • the invention is not limited to health care materials and information targeted to other special interests can be provided using the systems and methods of the invention.

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L'invention se rapporte à des systèmes et à des procédés d'acheminement d'informations sur papier, sur un réseau tel que l'Internet. Selon une réalisation, ledit système comprend un dispositif doté d'un afficheur à cristaux liquides, d'un clavier et de connecteurs permettant la connexion dudit dispositif à un télécopieur, à un explorateur ou à une imprimante. Ce dispositif comporte en outre un connecteur téléphonique permettant sa connexion au réseau téléphonique par l'intermédiaire d'un fournisseur de services Internet. Dans une autre réalisation, l'invention concerne un système d'exploration d'images par l'intermédiaire d'un télécopieur et d'acheminement d'une image sur le réseau Internet sous la forme d'un message électronique.
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