ELECTRONIC PACKAGE INTERCEPTION, PARSING, AND ROUTING

• US 20190320075A1
• Filed: 04/12/2018
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biscom Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Biscom Incorporated
• Inventors: Ho, Shu-Kuang, Mainemer, Carlos, Xiao, Zhonghui, Ho, William, Rahman, Sharif
• Granted Patent: US 10,750,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/602 Providing cryptographic facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00212 Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00214 details of transmission

Abstract

A secure file transfer system and a secure file transfer method for routing an electronic file or a high-definition facsimile translated from the electronic file, from a sending computing device over a digital electronic communication network to a receiving computing device. The method may include receiving, from the sending computing device, an electronic package including a modified destination identifier including a domain associated with a secure file transfer system. The electronic package may include an electronic file as an attachment. The modified destination identifier may be a modified email address having one or more other characters substituted for an original at-symbol.

Claims

1. A secure file transfer system for routing an electronic file or a high-definition facsimile translated from the electronic file, from a sending computing device over a digital electronic communication network to a receiving computing device, the secure file transfer system including:

a communications interface;

a microprocessor; and

a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the microprocessor, cause the microprocessor to;

(A) receive, via the communications interface from the sending computing device, an electronic package including a modified destination identifier including a domain associated with the secure file transfer system, wherein the electronic package includes the electronic file as an attachment;

(B) determine at least one method of delivery for the electronic file based on the modified destination identifier, the at least one method of delivery including at least one of secure file transfer and high-definition facsimile transmission;

(C) when the at least one method of delivery is determined to include secure file transfer, transmit, via the communications interface, a recipient email message to an email address formed from the modified destination identifier, the email message including a link to initiate secure download of the electronic file from the secure file transfer system; and

(D) when the at least one method of delivery is determined to include high-definition facsimile transmission, translate the electronic file into a high-definition facsimile file and transmit, via the communications interface, the high-definition facsimile file to a delivery identifier associated with the modified destination identifier.

2. The secure file transfer system of claim 1, wherein the electronic package comprises a sender email message.

3. The secure file transfer system of claim 2, wherein the electronic file is received as an email message attachment.

4. The secure file transfer system of claim 2, wherein the modified destination identifier is a modified email address having one or more other characters substituted for an original at-symbol, and wherein the modified email address is combined with the domain associated with the secure file transfer system by a new at-symbol.

5. The secure file transfer system of claim 4, wherein the one or more other characters comprise a dollar sign.

6. The secure file transfer system of claim 4, wherein (C) comprises:

(C) (1) generating the email address formed from the modified destination identifier by replacing the one or more other characters with the original at-symbol and removing the domain associated with the secure file transfer system and the new at-symbol; and

(C) (2) transmitting the recipient email message to the email address formed from the modified destination identifier.

7. The secure file transfer system of claim 2, wherein the modified destination identifier is a plain old telephone service (POTS) format telephone number, and wherein the POTS format telephone number is combined with domain associated with the secure file transfer system by an at-symbol.

8. The secure file transfer system of claim 7, wherein the POTS format telephone number is in ten-digit numeric form.

9. The secure file transfer system of claim 7, wherein (D) comprises:

(D) (1) searching a database for the delivery identifier associated with the POTS format telephone number; and

(D) (2) transmitting the high-definition facsimile file to the delivery identifier.

10. The secure file transfer system of claim 7, wherein (D) comprises:

(D) (1) searching a database for the delivery identifier associated with the POTS format telephone number; and

(D) (2) when the delivery identifier associated with the POTS format telephone number does not exist in the database, treating the POTS format telephone number as the delivery identifier and transmitting the high-definition facsimile to the delivery identifier.

11. The secure file transfer system of claim 1, wherein the electronic file is encrypted.

12. The secure file transfer system of claim 11, wherein the link initiates secure download of the electronic file that is encrypted, via a secure connection between the secure file transfer system and the receiving computing device.

13. The secure file transfer system of claim 1, further comprising storing tracking information associated with operations (A),(C), and (D) in a log file of the secure file transfer system.

14. The secure file transfer system of claim 1, further comprising:

(E) when the at least one method of delivery is determined to include secure file transfer, receiving a request to initiate secure download of the electronic file;

(F) verifying the receiving computing device; and

(G) transmitting the electronic file from the secure file transfer system to the receiving computing device.

15. A secure file transfer method for routing an electronic file or a high-definition facsimile translated from the electronic file, from a sending computing device over a digital electronic communication network to a receiving computing device, comprising:

(A) receiving, from the sending computing device, an electronic package including a modified destination identifier including a domain associated with a secure file transfer system, wherein the electronic package includes an electronic file as an attachment;

(B) determining at least one method of delivery for the electronic file based on the modified destination identifier, the at least one method of delivery including at least one of secure file transfer and high-definition facsimile transmission;

(C) when the at least one method of delivery is determined to include secure file transfer, transmitting, via the communications interface, a recipient email message to an email address formed from the modified destination identifier, the email message including a link to initiate secure download of the electronic file from the secure file transfer system; and

(D) when the at least one method of delivery is determined to include high-definition facsimile transmission, translating the electronic file into a high-definition facsimile file and transmitting, via the communications interface, the high-definition facsimile file to a delivery identifier associated with the modified destination identifier.

16. The secure file transfer method of claim 15, wherein the electronic package comprises a sender email message.

17. The secure file transfer method of claim 16, wherein the electronic file is received as an email message attachment.

18. The secure file transfer method of claim 16, wherein the modified destination identifier is a modified email address having one or more other characters substituted for an original at-symbol, and wherein the modified email address is combined with the domain associated with the secure file transfer system by a new at-symbol.

19. The secure file transfer method of claim 18, wherein the one or more other characters comprise a dollar sign.

20. The secure file transfer method of claim 18, wherein (C) comprises:

(C) (1) generating the email address formed from the modified destination identifier by replacing the one or more other characters with the original at-symbol and removing the domain associated with the secure file transfer system and the new at-symbol; and

(C) (2) transmitting the recipient email message to the email address formed from the modified destination identifier.

21. The secure file transfer method of claim 16, wherein the modified destination identifier is a plain old telephone service (POTS) format telephone number, and wherein the POTS format telephone number is combined with domain associated with the secure file transfer system by an at-symbol.

22. The secure file transfer method of claim 21, wherein the POTS format telephone number is in ten-digit numeric form.

23. The secure file transfer method of claim 21, wherein (D) comprises:

(D) (1) searching a database for the delivery identifier associated with the POTS format telephone number; and

(D) (2) transmitting the high-definition facsimile file to the delivery identifier.

24. The secure file transfer method of claim 21, wherein (D) comprises:

(D) (1) searching a database for the delivery identifier associated with the POTS format telephone number; and

(D) (2) when the delivery identifier associated with the POTS format telephone number does not exist in the database, treating the POTS format telephone number as the delivery identifier and transmitting the high-definition facsimile to the delivery identifier.

25. The secure file transfer method of claim 15, wherein the electronic file is encrypted.

26. The secure file transfer method of claim 25, wherein the link initiates secure download of the electronic file that is encrypted, via a secure connection between the secure file transfer system and a receiving computing device.

27. The secure file transfer method of claim 15, further comprising storing tracking information associated with operations (A), (C), and (D) in a log file of the secure file transfer system.

28. The secure file transfer method of claim 15, further comprising:

(E) when the at least one method of delivery is determined to include secure file transfer, receiving a request to initiate secure download of the electronic file;

(F) verifying a receiving computing device; and

(G) transmitting the electronic file from the secure file transfer system to the receiving computing device.