Message publishing system for publishing messages from identified, authorized senders
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising:
- at least one sender account;
means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format;
means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon the format of said message;
means for converting said message from said first format to a second format;
means for storing said message in at least one storage area;
means for receiving a request for at least a portion of said message from a requestor, said request being made over the Internet;
means for retrieving at least the portion of said message from said storage area, in response to receiving said request; and
means for sending at least the portion of said message to said requestor over the Internet only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender.
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Abstract
A Message Publishing System (MPS) configured to receive a message from a sender, identify the sender as an authorized sender based on information associated with the message in comparison to data in a sender account, store the message, receive a request over the Internet for at least a portion of the message from a requestor and responsively retrieve the portion of the message, and send the portion of the message to the requestor over the Internet. In further aspects of the disclosure, a security module can implement a security scheme with reference to data in the sender account as a function of the format of the message, and the message can be converted from one format to another.
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20 Claims
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1. An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising:
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at least one sender account; means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format; means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon the format of said message; means for converting said message from said first format to a second format; means for storing said message in at least one storage area; means for receiving a request for at least a portion of said message from a requestor, said request being made over the Internet; means for retrieving at least the portion of said message from said storage area, in response to receiving said request; and means for sending at least the portion of said message to said requestor over the Internet only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. An Internet message publishing system (IMPS), comprising:
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at least one sender account; means for receiving a message over a network from a sender of said message, said message being in a first format; means for identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on information associated with said message in comparison to data in the sender account, wherein said identifying means is dependent upon a format of said message; means for converting said message from said first format to a second format; and means for providing at least a portion of said message to at least one third party storage area only if said sender has been identified as an authorized sender, a central processor, wherein at least one of said means utilizes the central processor to perform its recited function. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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