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Message publishing system for publishing messages from identified, authorized senders
Assignee: EasyWeb Innovations LLC
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Filing: 2006-02-16
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Granted: 2009-09-29
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Expires: 2026-02-16
Abstract
Abstract A Message Publishing System (MPS) configured to receive a message from a sender, identify the sender as an authorized sender based on information associated with the message in comparison to data in a sender account, store the message, receive a request over the Internet for at least a portion of the message from a requestor and responsively retrieve the portion of the message, and send the portion of the message to the requestor over the Internet. In further aspects of the disclosure, a security module can implement a security scheme with reference to data in the sender account as a function of the format of the message, and the message can be converted from one format to another.
Inventors
- 👤 John D. Codignotto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:48
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/14; G06F40/143; G06F16/00; G06F16/10; G06F16/11; G06F16/116; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958; G06F16/986; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F3/1201; G06F3/1223; G06F3/1275; G06F3/1276; G06F40/103; G06F40/117; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/20; G06V10/22; G06V30/00; G06V30/40; G06V30/41; G06V30/416; H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/21; H04L51/212; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/02; H04L67/06; H04L67/10; H04L67/1097; H04L67/50; H04L67/53; H04L67/56; H04L67/565; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00209; H04N1/00222; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32363; H04N1/32368; H04N1/32374; H04N1/32459; H04N1/32475; H04N1/327; H04N1/32765; H04N1/32771; H04N1/44; H04N1/4406; H04N1/4433; G06F2206/00; G06F2206/15; G06F2206/1512; H04L51/07; H04L51/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising: at least one sender account; means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format; means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon the format of said message; means for converting said message from said first format to a second format; means for storing said message in at least one storage area; means for receiving a request for at least a portion of said message from a requestor, said request being made over the Internet; means for retrieving at least the portion of said message from said storage area, in response to receiving said request; and means for sending at least the portion of said message to said requestor over the Internet only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising: at least one sender account; means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format; means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon the format of said message; means for converting said message from said first format to a second format; means for storing said message in at least one storage area; means for receiving a request for at least a portion of said message from a requestor, said request being made over the Internet; means for retrieving at least the portion of said message from said storage area, in response to receiving said request; and means for sending at least the portion of said message to said requestor over the Internet only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said message comprises at least one of an email, an email attachment, audio, a facsimile, an image, and text.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , further comprising means for sending said message to said IMPS, said sending means comprises a virtual printer driver.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , further comprising notification means for notifying at least one person in response to said message being published by said IMPS.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means comprises a generator in support of an automatic generation of at least a portion of a webpage which has either a reference to at least one portion of said message or at least a part of said message.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means comprises means for replacing a keyword contained in an existing file with at least a portion of said message.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , further comprising addressing means for assigning a retrieval address suitable for retrieving at least one portion of said message using one of information associated with said authorized sender, data in said sender account, information in the at least one storage area, and information associated with said message.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , further comprising means for sending said message to said IMPS, wherein said sending means comprises a phone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means comprises an automatic extraction means to extract text data from at least one portion of said message.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said request is for an XML file which comprises either a reference to at least one portion of said message or at least a part of said message.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means adds one of: at least a part of said message within an existing webpage, and a reference for at least one portion of said message within the existing webpage.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means comprises a generator in support of an automatic generation of at least a portion of at least one XML file comprising either a reference to at least one portion of said message or at least a part of said message.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means adds one of: at least a part of said message within an XML file, and add a reference to at least one portion of said message within the XML file.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said means for storing performs one of: replacement of at least a part of a previous message with at least one portion of said message, and addition of the one portion of said message to the previous message.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means embeds at least one portion of said message into a file with said second format.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said converting means embeds at least one reference to at least one portion of said message into a file within said second format.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
77 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , further comprising advertising means for automatically adding advertisements to: a first webpage containing at least a part of said message, a second webpage with at least one reference to at least one portion of said message, a first XML file containing at least the part of said message, a second XML file with at least one reference to at least the one portion of said message, or within said message.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
134 words
An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising: at least one sender account; means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format; means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon a format of said message; means for converting said message from said first format to a second format; and means for providing at least a portion of said message to at least one third party storage area only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender, a central processor, wherein at least one of said means utilizes the central processor to perform its recited function.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
134 words
An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising: at least one sender account; means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format; means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon a format of said message; means for converting said message from said first format to a second format; and means for providing at least a portion of said message to at least one third party storage area only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender, a central processor, wherein at least one of said means utilizes the central processor to perform its recited function.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The IMPS according to claim 1 , wherein said sending means sends at least the portion of said message in the second format.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
The IMPS according to claim 18 , wherein said providing means provides at least the portion of said message in the second format.
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