Method and device for providing address information for data transmission

• US 20070118718A1
• Filed: 09/14/2004
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Proidl, Adolf, Cautley, Hugh
• Application Number:
  US10/571,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118718A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In an address information provision device (10) which is provided to provide address information (Aji) for transmission of information to a receiver (Rj) to whom at least two address information records (Aji) are assigned, a memory stage (12) for the storage of at least two address information records (Aji) assigned to the receiver (Rj) is provided, wherein each address information (Aji) defines a transmission method for transmission of the information, and a selection stage (15) is also provided, to which representation information (RI) representing the transmission information to be transmitted may be supplied and which, depending on the representation information (RI) supplied, is designed to select and provide one or more address information records (Aji).

Claims

1. Address information provision device (10), said address information provision device (10) being provided for the provision of address information (Aji) for transmission of transmission information (TI) to a receiver (Rj), to whom at least two address information records (Aji) are assigned, and said address information provision device (10) having storage means (12), which are provided for the storage of the two or more address information records (Aji) assigned to the receiver, wherein each address information record (Aji) defines a transmission method (TI) for transmission of the transmission information, and said address information provision device (10) having selection means (13) to which representation information (RI) representing the transmission information (TI) to be transmitted may be supplied and which are designed, depending on the representation information (RI) supplied, to select and provide at least one address information record (Aji).

2. Address information provision device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the selection means (13) have an analysis stage (14) which is designed to analyze the representation information (RI) and to provide analysis result information (AIR) characterizing the representation information (RI), and wherein the selection means (13) are designed, with the aid of the analysis result information (AIR), to select the address information (Aji).

3. Address information provision device (10) according to claim 1 wherein the selection means (13) if, depending on the representation information (RI), address information (Aji) assigned to several receivers (Rj) may be selected, are designed to provide the address information (Aji) available for selection in the form of a list, wherein each address information record (Aji) is ranked in the list according to one or more ranking criteria.

4. Address information provision device (10) according to claim 3, wherein each address information record (Aji) is ranked according to a fee.

5. Address information provision device (10) according to claim 1 wherein if, depending on the representation information (RI), no address information (Aji) can be selected, the selection means (13) are designed to provide splitting information (SI) with the aid of which the transmission information (TI) to be transmitted may be split into transmission information elements, and are designed to select and provide the address information (Aji) with the aid of which the complete transmission information (TI) may be transmitted to the receiver (Rj) in the form of transmission information elements, (Rj).

11. Transmission information processing device (1), said transmission information processing device (1) being provided to process transmission information (TI), and said transmission information processing device (1) having an address information provision device (10) as claimed in claim 1, and said transmission information processing device (1) having a transmission device (11) which is designed, using the address information (Aji) provided by the address information provision device (10), to transmit the transmission information (TI) in accordance with the transmission method defined by the address information (Aji).

12. Transmission information processing device (1) according to claim 11, wherein transmission information storage means (2) are provided for buffer storage of the transmission information (TI) and a representation of the address information (Aji) for the purpose of subsequent transmission in accordance with the transmission method, said transmission method being defined by the address information (Aji), said address information (Aji) having been provided by the address information provision device (10).

16. Receiver device (26), said receiver device (26) being designed to receive transmission information (TI) which may be transmitted with the aid of a transmission device utilizing a message received beforehand, said message having request address information (RAI), wherein the request address information (RAI) specifies the transmission device from which the transmission information (TI) may be requested using said transmission method, said transmission method having been defined with the aid of the address information provision device (10) as claimed in claim 1, by selection of the address information (Aji) for transmission of the transmission information (TI), and said receiver device (26) having a request stage (25A, 25B), said request stage being designed to request the transmission information (TI) from the transmission device addressed by the request address information (RAI), in accordance with the transmission method.

17. Receiver device (26) according to claim 16, wherein the receiver device (26) is designed to process a message which is formed by an e-mail message.

18. Receiver device (26) according to claim 16, wherein the receiver device (26) is designed to process a message, said message specifying the request address information (RAI) with the aid of so-called “

Extended-Markup-Language”

.

6. Address information provision method for the provision of address information (Aji) for transmission of transmission information (TI) to a receiver (Rj) to whom at least two address information records (Aji) are assigned, wherein at least two address information records (Aji) assigned to the receiver (Rj), each defining a transmission method for the transmission of the transmission information (TI), are stored, and wherein, depending on representation information (RI) which represents the transmission information (TI), at least one address information record (Aji) is selected and provided.

7. Address information provision method according to claim 6, wherein the representation information (RI) is analyzed and analysis result information (AIR) characterizing the representation information (RI) is generated and wherein the address information (Aji) is selected with the aid of the analysis result information (AIR).

8. Address information provision method according to claim 6 wherein if, depending on the representation information (RI), address information (Aji) assigned to several receivers (Rj) may be selected, the address information (Aji) available for selection is provided in the form of a list, wherein each address information record (Aji) is ranked in the list according to a ranking criterium.

9. Address information provision method according to claim 8, wherein each address information record (Aji) is ranked according to a fee.

10. Address information provision method according to claim 6 wherein if, depending on the representation information (RI), no address information (Aji) can be selected, splitting information (SI) is provided with the aid of which the transmission information (TI) to be transmitted may be split into transmission information elements, and address information (Aji) is selected and provided, with the aid of which the complete transmission information (TI) may be transmitted to the receiver (Rj) in the form of transmission information elements.

13. Computer program product, said computer program product being capable of direct loading into a computer memory and comprising software code sections, wherein the computer may be used to execute the address information provision method as claimed in claim 6, when the computer program product is run on the computer.

14. Computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the computer program product is stored on a computer-readable medium.

15. Computer with a central processor unit and an internal memory, said computer running the computer program product as claimed in claim 13.