System and method for the dynamic discovery of network destinations
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically discovering network destinations, the method comprising:
- accepting a digital document;
identifying a user;
determining a network-connected interface proximate to the user; and
, sending the document to the proximate interface.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for dynamically discovering network destinations. The method comprises: accepting a digital document; identifying a user; determining a network-connected interface proximate to the user; sending the document to the proximate interface; and, in the event that a proximate interface cannot be located, sending the document to a default destination. Determining a network-connected interface proximate to the user includes one of the following options: using network discovery and advertisement protocols; checking a predetermined list of interfaces; using network-connected personnel locators; or, communicating with an intermediary destination to receive forwarding instructions. When a service name identification process is used, using network discovery and advertisement protocols includes: issuing a query for the user service name; and, receiving responses from network-connected interfaces logging the service name.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for dynamically discovering network destinations, the method comprising:
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accepting a digital document;
identifying a user;
determining a network-connected interface proximate to the user; and
,sending the document to the proximate interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for dynamically discovering network destinations, the system comprising:
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a network;
a transmitting device having an interface to accept a user identification and a network port, the transmitting device including a discovery unit having an input to accept the user identification for translation into a service name and an output connected to the network port to issue a service name query;
at least one receiving device having a network port and an interface to supply a received digital document to a user, the receiving device including;
an advertising unit connected to network port to accept service name queries and to send answers in response to the service name queries;
a user agent having an output connected to the advertising unit indicating when the queried user is proximate. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for dynamically discovering network destinations, the system comprising:
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a network;
a transmitting device having an interface to accept a user identification and a network port, the transmitting device including a locating unit having an input to accept the user identification, a memory including a list of receiving devices associated with the user, and an output connected to the network port to issue a query to the listed devices;
at least one receiving device having-a network port and an interface to supply a received digital document to a user, the receiving device including a user agent connected to the network port to accept queries and to supply responses to the transmitting device locating unit when the queried user is proximate. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for dynamically discovering network destinations, the system comprising:
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a network;
a transmitting device having an interface to accept a user identification and a network port, the transmitting device including a locating unit having an input to accept the user identification and an output connected to the network port to issue a user location query;
at least one personnel locator having a network port to accept the user location queries and to supply query answers in response to detecting the user; and
,at least one receiving device, proximate the personnel locator responding to the query, having a network port and an interface to supply a received digital document to a user. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for dynamically discovering network destinations, the system comprising:
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a network;
a transmitting device having an interface to accept a user identification and a network port, the transmitting device including a locating unit having an input to accept the user identification, a memory including a list of intermediary receiving devices associated with the user, and an output connected to the network port to issue a query to the listed intermediary devices; and
,an intermediary device having a network port to accept queries and to supply user destinations in response to the queries. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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