Single-use document address method and system for online document delivery
First Claim
1. A method for a computer to deliver an electronic document to an Internet appliance, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for a document address for the document;
dynamically assigning a single-use document address to the requested document;
receiving an access request for the document from the Internet appliance via the assigned single-use document address;
sending the requested document to the Internet appliance; and
deleting the single-use document address assigned to the requested document after the requested document has been sent to the Internet appliance.
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Abstract
A method and system for a computer to deliver an electronic document to an Internet appliance by implementing a single-use document address are provided. A request is made by a wired or wireless device to a remote computer for a document. The remote computer, upon retrieving the document, dynamically assigns a single-use document address to the requested document so that the document is visible on the Internet. The remote computer then sends a message to the wired or wireless device containing the document address for the requested document. The wired or wireless device may then download the document itself if it has Internet connection capabilities and access or it may communicate the document address to an Internet appliance that does have Internet connection capability. The Internet appliance downloads the document by the single-use document address, which is thereafter deleted by the remote computer thereby making the document no longer visible on the Internet. The Internet appliance, after downloading the document, may manipulate and/or generate a hard copy of the document as needed.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for a computer to deliver an electronic document to an Internet appliance, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a document address for the document;
dynamically assigning a single-use document address to the requested document;
receiving an access request for the document from the Internet appliance via the assigned single-use document address;
sending the requested document to the Internet appliance; and
deleting the single-use document address assigned to the requested document after the requested document has been sent to the Internet appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for making a document that is stored on a remote server to be accessible on the Internet according to a temporary document address assigned to the document, the method comprising the steps of:
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issuing a request to the remote server to retrieve the document and return a temporary document address assigned to the document; and
receiving the temporary document address from the remote server, wherein the document is accessible on the Internet according to the temporary document address assigned to the document; and
communicating the received temporary document address to a remote Internet appliance, wherein the Internet appliance retrieves the document from the remote server according to the received temporary document address. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for making a document available on the Internet according to a dynamically assigned single-use document address, comprising the steps of:
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generating a request to a web server for the document from a requesting device;
retrieving the document from a storage location upon receipt of the request;
dynamically assigning a single-use document address to the retrieved document;
sending the single-use document address to the requesting device, wherein the single-use document address is communicated to an Internet appliance;
downloading the retrieved document from the web server according to the single-use document address; and
terminating the single-use document address after downloading the retrieved document. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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17. A system to deliver an electronic document to a remote Internet appliance, comprising:
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logic configured to receive a request for the document from a requesting source;
logic configured to dynamically assign a single-use document address to the requested document;
logic configured to send the document to the remote Internet appliance upon receipt of a request for the document via the assigned single-use document address; and
logic configured to delete the single-use document address assigned to the requested document after the requested document has been sent to the remote Internet appliance.
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22. A system for making a document available on the Internet according to a dynamically assigned single-use document address, comprising:
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logic configured to generate a request to a web server for the document from a requesting device;
logic configured to implement the web server to retrieve the document from a secure storage location upon receipt of the request;
logic configured to implement the web server to dynamically assign a single-use document address to the retrieved document;
logic configured to implement the web server to send the single-use document address to the requesting device;
logic configured to implement the requesting device to communicate the single-use document address to an Internet appliance;
logic configured to implement the Internet appliance to download the retrieved document from the web server according to the single-use document address; and
logic configured to implement the web server to terminate the singleuse document address after downloading the retrieved document to the Internet appliance. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32)
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27. A system for making a document available on the Internet according to a dynamically assigned single-use document address, comprising:
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means for requesting the document;
means for retrieving the document from a secure storage location upon receipt of the request;
means for dynamically assigning a single-use document address to the retrieved document;
means for downloading the retrieved document according to the single9 use document address; and
means for terminating the single-use document address after downloading the retrieved document.
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29. A method for an Internet appliance to retrieve a document on the Internet according to a dynamically assigned single-use document address, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a single-use document address assigned to the document;
requesting the document from a server computer by the single-use document address;
downloading the document from the server computer upon gaining access to the document with the single-use document address; and
manipulating the document downloaded from the server computer.
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33. A system for an Internet appliance to retrieve a document on the Internet according to a dynamically assigned single-use document address, comprising:
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logic configured to receive a single-use document address assigned to the document;
logic configured to request the document from a server computer by the single-use document address;
logic configured to download the document from the server computer upon gaining access to the document with the single-use document address; and
logic configured to manipulate the document downloaded from the server computer. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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