WO2002013074A1 - Procede de transfert d'information via un courrier electronique actif - Google Patents

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WO2002013074A1
WO2002013074A1 PCT/IB2000/001086 IB0001086W WO0213074A1 WO 2002013074 A1 WO2002013074 A1 WO 2002013074A1 IB 0001086 W IB0001086 W IB 0001086W WO 0213074 A1 WO0213074 A1 WO 0213074A1
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Klaus Karl-Josef Freund
Gertcho Karakachev
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Freund Klaus Karl Josef
Gertcho Karakachev
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Priority to EP00946232A priority patent/EP1307836A1/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
    • H04L51/07—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail characterised by the inclusion of specific contents
    • H04L51/18—Commands or executable codes

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  • the present invention relates to a method of information transfer via active electronic mail and is applicable in transfer of and work with active information in the Internet system.
  • Another disadvantage of the known method is that when sending the active information as an attached file it is also visible for a recipient who cannot interpret it, except in cases when using the e-mail program of the sender.
  • the aim of the present invention is to develop a method for transfer of information via active electronic mail compatible with all existing e-mail programs and providing for access to the transferred information before the electronic letter itself is opened.
  • Another aim of the invention is to develop a method for transfer of active information via active electronic mail while the information is being kept invisible for users of other e-mail systems.
  • the method for active information transfer via active electronic mail where the information is encoded and is nested into an e-mail message, and after the receipt of the message the information is decoded.
  • the method is characterized by the fact that the encoded information is integrated in the header of the e-mail message after a specified marker for a specified freely selectable field, and the information is decoded in reading the header of the e-mail message while accessing the e-mail server.
  • the information encoding includes its transformation from a binary type in an ASCII flow, which is broken into lines and is thus inserted in the header of the message, and after the message is received in the e-mail server, decoding is done by transforming back the lines into an ASCII flow, which is transformed into a binary type.
  • the information is either binary or text data, such as graphic, audio, video, image, Spreadsheet, etc.
  • the information is one or more objects of any structure and functionality.
  • the information is an executable or interpretable code.
  • the information contains instructions for event/parameter sensitive functions or processes.
  • the information is instructions for running of local programs with or without transfer of parameters.
  • the information is any combination of the types of information mentioned above.
  • the information is compressed before being encoded and is decompressed after being decoded.
  • the encoded information is attached after the X-marker of the X-extended field.
  • the method in accordance with the present invention has the advantage of being compatible with the common e-mail technologies providing at the same time the possibility for transfer of active information in the header of the electronic letter.
  • the transferred information is kept invisible for recipients who use other e-mail programs.
  • the method provides for the display of data of any type in the inbox or on the Desktop, as well as the running of processes of any type depending on the data content in the header fields.
  • Protocols for sending and receipt of electronic mail SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Program Protocol
  • POP3 Post Office Protocol
  • IMAP4 Internet Message Access Protocol
  • the structure of an e-mail is determined by the RFC822 standard.
  • An e-mail message consists of a header and a body. Adhering to the RFC822 standard guarantees the compatibility of the e-mail message with the other e-mail programs and its transfer via the supporting of POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail servers. The use of US-ASCII-7 code table (ISO 8859-1 to ISO 8859-9) should also be guaranteed (by the respective encoding method - BASE64 for example).
  • This fields should start with X, for example X-data.
  • the method in accordance with the present invention makes provision for freely selectable fields to be used for the transfer of specific information.
  • the e-mail program is performing event sensitive procedures and functions and this is done before the body of the electronic message is transferred or read, i.e. before access is obtained to the body of the electronic message or to the attached files.
  • the e-mail programs In order to identify and display the sender, the subject and the size of an e-mail, the e-mail programs read the header of the electronic message while it is on the e-mail server. Here, the whole header is read, but not the body of the e-mail or the attached files.
  • the information recorded in the X-extended or comment field is interpreted at the moment of reading the header (on the e-mail server) and depending on its content, this information is displayed or executed.
  • the method provides for the use of all fields of the header, which are not used or are being partially used by the standard e-mail programs.
  • the header of an e-mail message could be of the following type, for example:
  • test CC kocomp@t-online.de
  • the example above presents an object, in this case a JPG-File, in the inbox of the e-mail program.
  • the object can be interpreted only by an e-mail program that uses the method in accordance with the present invention. For all other programs this object is invisible.
  • the information content of the data additionally transferred into the header could be: binary or text data (image, video, audio, text, Spreadsheet, etc.); one or more objects of any structure and functionality; executable or interpretable program codes; instructions for event/parameter sensitive procedures and functions or processes; instructions for running local programs with or without transfer of parameters, as well as any combination of such data.
  • the types of data mentioned above are compressed or uncompressed and encoded in ASCI 1-7 code (for example by the BASE 64 algorithm), which results in an ASCII flow of specific length. Compressing the data is not a compulsory operation of the method of the present invention.
  • a X-marker in the X-extended field is placed in the header (other markers could be used in other fields).
  • the ASCII flow is broken into lines (the maximum line length being 80 signs) and is attached after the marker.
  • the header prepared in the above mentioned method is then used for the transfer of the electronic mail.
  • the electronic messages available on the e-mail server are read
  • PARTIAL IMAP4 While the commands are executed, all data contained in the header of the read electronic messages are transferred. In this way the information attached after the X-marker is also transferred, and this is done before the transfer of the message body or the attached files.
  • the lines after the X-marker are fitted together in an ASCII flow, which is transformed into a binary flow (through BASE 64, for example) and is eventually decompressed. If the information is graphic, video, audio or text data, the data are displayed. If the information is one or more objects of any structure and functionality, then these objects are executed. Such objects provoke the running of processes (WEB, FTP, running of local programs). Such process could be event controlled (by a button or mouse click, etc.). Furthermore, if the information transferred is an executable or interpretable code, then this code is executed.
  • the functions which could be executed while reading the e-mail directory on the e-mail server are presented below. These functions could be: automatic or user-interactive display of graphic objects; automatic or user-interactive execution of video, audio, flash, etc.; automatic or user-interactive starting of parts of programs, shifted into the header or down-loaded from the Internet server, where the shift is provoked by the e-mail; automatic or user-interactive starting of programs or parts of programs shifted into the message body; automatic or user- interactive download of the electronic message body or files attached to it; automatic or user-interactive exchange of digital signatures; automatic or user-interactive Reply-Mail if requested by the sender; automatic or user-interactive encoding; automatic or user-interactive compression of data; automatic or user-interactive data processing with programs available on the Internet server (for example, translation of an electronic message from one language into another, Import/Export files in/to other formats, etc.);

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L'invention concerne un procédé de transfert d'information via un courrier électronique actif, dans lequel l'information est codée et comprise dans un message de courrier électronique, puis est décodée après réception du message. L'information codée est spécifiquement ajustée dans l'entête du message de courrier électronique après un repère spécifié destiné à un champ spécifié que l'on peut choisir librement, et le décodage de l'information est réalisé par lecture de l'entête du message de courrier électronique dès son arrivée sur le serveur de courrier électronique.
PCT/IB2000/001086 2000-08-03 2000-08-03 Procede de transfert d'information via un courrier electronique actif WO2002013074A1 (fr)

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AU2000260102A AU2000260102A1 (en) 2000-08-03 2000-08-03 Method for information transfer via active electronic mail
EP00946232A EP1307836A1 (fr) 2000-08-03 2000-08-03 Procede de transfert d'information via un courrier electronique actif

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