EP0881587A2
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Remote file creation using E-mail
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1998-05-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-05-26
Abstract
Abstract E-mail sent from the remote terminals 211, 213 or 215 describes a path name, a directory name and a file name of a file to be generated on a proxy server 200, together with contents of the file to be generated. Upon receipt of this E-mail, the proxy server 200 analyzes this mail, and generates the file which contains the portion interposed between two keywords, with the designated path name, directory name and file name. In another aspect of this invention, E-mail describes a file name or the like of a file to be obtained from the proxy server 200, together with associated keywords. The proxy server 200 converts this file into E-mail format, and sends it to a requestor or another designated recipient.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichi Satoh
- 👤 Masahiro Shioya
- 👤 Noriko Nishida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/06; H04L51/066; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/10; G06F16/16; G06F16/162; G06F16/164; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/205; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A method in an information processing apparatus connected to a
network, of processing a file based on a received electronic mail, the
method comprising the steps of: (a) recognizing arrival of said electronic mail at said
information processing apparatus; (b) analyzing said electronic mail for specifying a file name and
file contents data identified by a file generating keyword; and (c) performing a file operation on a file having said specified
file name as its file name.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said file operation
comprises one or more of the following: (i) saving a file having said specified file contents data as its
contents and said specified file name as its file name; (ii) generating a file having said specified file contents data as
its contents and said specified file name as its file name, and executing
said application program by using said generated file; (iii) searching for a file corresponding with said file name, and
adding said file contents data to said searched file; (iv) deleting a file corresponding with said specified file name;
and (v) generating an electronic mail containing at least a portion
of data in a file which corresponds with said searched file name, and
sending said generated electronic mail.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
103 words
An information processing apparatus connected to a network for
processing a file based on a received electronic mail, comprising: (a) electronic mail recognition means for recognizing arrival of
said electronic mail at said information processing apparatus; and (b) mail interpreter means for analyzing said electronic mail to
specify a file name and file contents data identified by a file
generating keyword, and for saving a file having said specified file
contents data as its contents and said specified file name as its file
name; (c) means for performing a file operation on a file having said
specified file name as its file name.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
161 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said means for performing
comprises one or more of the following i) means for saving a file having said specified file contents
data as its contents and said specified file name as its file name; ii) means for generating a file having said specified file
contents data as its contents and said specified file name as its file
name, and program execution means for executing said application program
by using said generated file; iii) means for searching for a file corresponding with said file
name, and for adding said file contents data to said searched file; iv) means for deleting a file corresponding with said specified
file name; and v) means for searching for a file corresponding with said
specified file name, wherein said mail processing means generates an
electronic mail containing at least a portion of data in a file which
corresponds with said searched file name, and sends said generated
electronic mail.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
108 words
A storage medium for storing an information processing program
executable in an information processing apparatus which is connected to a
network for processing a file based on a received electronic mail, the
information processing program comprising: (a) program code for causing said information processing
apparatus to recognize arrival of said electronic mail at said
information processing apparatus; (b) program code for causing said information processing
apparatus to specify a file name and file contents data identified by a
file generating keyword; and (c) program code for causing said information processing
apparatus to perform a file operation on a file having said specified
file name as its file name.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
220 words
A storage medium as claimed in claim 5 wherein said program code
for causing said information processing apparatus to perform a file
operation comprises one or more of the following: program code for causing said information processing apparatus to
save a file having said specified file contents data as its contents and
said specified file name as its file name; program code for causing said information processing apparatus to
generate a file having said specified file contents data as its contents
and said specified file name as its file name for causing said
information processing apparatus to execute said application program by
using said generated file; program code for causing said information processing apparatus to
search for a file corresponding with said file name, program code for
causing said information processing apparatus to add said file contents
data to said searched file; program code for causing said information processing apparatus to
delete a file corresponding with said specified file name; and program code for causing said information processing apparatus to
search for a file corresponding with said file name, for causing said
information processing apparatus to generate an electronic mail
containing at least a portion of data in a file which corresponds with
said searched file name, and for causing said information processing
apparatus to send said generated electronic mail.
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