File archive and media transfer system with user notification

• US 20020073143A1
• Filed: 08/16/2001
• Published: 06/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clay H. Fisher, Eric D. Edwards
• Original Assignee: Clay H. Fisher, Eric D. Edwards
• Inventors: Edwards, Eric D., Fisher, Clay H.
• Application Number:
  US09/932,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20020073143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A computerized method, that includes receiving from a first device, across one or more networks, one or more files to a storage location; and providing file transfer notification to a second device, across the one or more networks.

Claims

1. A computerized method, comprising:

receiving from a first device, across one or more networks, one or more files to a storage location; and

providing file transfer notification to a second device, across the one or more networks.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a media transfer request.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing media transfer notification to the second device, across the one or more networks.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device is the same as the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising, a server receiving input from the first device to select one or more files in archive.

6. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transferring the selected files onto a different media based on input from the first device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, the server provides media transfer notification to the first device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the server provides media transfer notification to the second device.

9. The method of claim 14, further comprising, tracking a mailing status of the media transferred files.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device is Internet enabled.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device is telephony enabled.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device selected from the group consisting of an ATM, a photo kiosk, a personal computer, a pager, telephone, and an Internet-enabled PDA.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is telephony enabled.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is selected from the group consisting of pager, telephone, fax, answering machine and telephony-enabled PDA.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is a letter delivered by a public mail system.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the received files are graphic files.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the received files are audio files.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein one of the one or more networks is the PSTN.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the one or more networks is selected from the group consisting of the Internet, WAN, and LAN.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein VPN is implemented.

21. A computerized system, comprising:

a server, comprising;

a file manager, and

a storage medium, wherein the server connects a first device to an account through one or more networks for file transfer and media transfer requests, and generating media transfer notification and file transfer notification.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising the server capable of sending to a second device, the media transfer notification and file transfer notification.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the file manager is an Image Station.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the first device is Internet-enabled.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the first device is telephony-enabled.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein one of the one or more networks is PSTN.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein one of the one or more networks is a LAN.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein one of the one or more networks is a WAN.

29. The system of claim 21, where the second device is telephony-enabled.

30. The system of claim 21, where the second device is the same as the first device.

31. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more networks;

means for interacting with a server;

means for receiving media transfer notification, and

means for receiving file transfer notification.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, further comprising:

means for transferring files; and

means for storing files.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, further comprising:

means for obtaining the files in a transferred media.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, further comprising:

means for tracking a mailing status of the transferred media.

36. The machine-readable medium of claim 35 having further executable instructions for performing a method, the method further comprising:

transferring the one or more files from the archive to a different media.

37. The machine-readable medium of claim 35 having further executable instructions for performing a method, wherein the media transfer notification confirms a successful file transfer into an archive.

39. The machine-readable medium of claim 38 having further executable modules comprising:

the accounting system is modifiable from a first device.

40. The machine-readable medium of claim 38 having further executable modules comprising:

media transfer notification data and file transfer notification data is accessible by a query from the first device.

35. A machine-readable medium having executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

transferring one or more files across one or more networks;

transferring at least one of the one or more files into a different media;

providing file transfer notification; and

providing media transfer notification.

38. A machine-readable medium having executable modules comprising:

a file manager that manages a file archive storage medium;

an accounting system;

a file transfer notification system; and

a media transfer notification system.

41. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor through a bus; and

a file archive and media transfer process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to receive from a first device, across one or more networks, one or more files to a storage location and to provide file transfer notification to a second device.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the file transfer notification of an event selected from the group consisting of successful file transfer, partially successful file transfer, and unsuccessful file transfer.

43. The system of claim 41, further comprising:

one or more files converted to a different media and the different media delivered to an address.

44. The system of claim 43, wherein a media transfer notification is sent to the second device to provide tracking information on a shipment of the files transferred to the different media.

45. The system of claim 41, wherein the first device is the same device as the second device.