System and method for providing secure value-added document network services
First Claim
1. A method for providing secure value-added network services in a network including a server and a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the server, one or more document service requests from one of the client devices to send to at least one other of the plurality of client devices over a secure communications medium, wherein each received document service request is associated with at least one quality of service selection that causes the at least one other of the plurality devices receiving the request to perform, at the receiving device, an output operation related to reproducing the document in a manner specified by the selection;
authenticating, by the server, a sender of each received document service request; and
in response to said authenticating, processing the one or more authenticated document service requests to fulfill each of the processed document service requests based upon the associated at least one quality of service selection,wherein the requesting client device and the at least one other of the plurality of client devices each have a different type of computer operating system, andwherein the plurality of client devices includes a personal computer, a file server and a facsimile machine coupled together over the secure communications medium.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for performing secure value-added network services in a network using one or more operating systems. The system runs on a distribution agent Web server accessible from one or more types of network Operating Systems (“OS”) via a Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) channel. The system includes one or more subsystems, including a receiving system that receives one or more document service requests over a secure communications medium, an authentication system that authenticates each received document service request, a processing system that processes the one or more authenticated document service requests, and a request fulfillment system that fulfills each processed document service request.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for providing secure value-added network services in a network including a server and a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the server, one or more document service requests from one of the client devices to send to at least one other of the plurality of client devices over a secure communications medium, wherein each received document service request is associated with at least one quality of service selection that causes the at least one other of the plurality devices receiving the request to perform, at the receiving device, an output operation related to reproducing the document in a manner specified by the selection; authenticating, by the server, a sender of each received document service request; and in response to said authenticating, processing the one or more authenticated document service requests to fulfill each of the processed document service requests based upon the associated at least one quality of service selection, wherein the requesting client device and the at least one other of the plurality of client devices each have a different type of computer operating system, and wherein the plurality of client devices includes a personal computer, a file server and a facsimile machine coupled together over the secure communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A distribution agent system for providing secure value-added network services in a network including a server and a plurality of client devices, the system comprising:
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a receiving system provided with the server for receiving one or more document service requests from one of the client devices to send to at least one other of the plurality of client devices over a secure communications medium, wherein each received document service request is associated with at least one quality of service selection that causes the at least one other of the plurality devices receiving the request to perform, at the receiving device, an output operation related to reproducing the document in a manner specified by the selection; an authentication system provided with the server for authenticating a sender of each received document service request; and a processing system that processes, in response to said authenticating, the one or more authenticated document service requests to fulfill each processed document service request based upon the associated at least one quality of service selection, wherein the requesting client device and the at least one other of the plurality of client devices each have a different type of computer operating system, and wherein the plurality of client devices includes a personal computer, a file server and a facsimile machine coupled together over the secure communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for providing secure value-added network services in a network including a server and a plurality of client devices, causes the processors to perform:
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receiving, by the server, one or more document service requests from one of the client devices to send to at least one other of the plurality of client devices over a secure communications medium, wherein each received document service request is associated with at least one quality of service selection that causes the at least one other of the plurality devices receiving the request to perform, at the receiving device, an output operation related to reproducing the document in a manner specified by the selection; authenticating, by the server, a sender of each received document service request; and in response to said authenticating, processing the one or more authenticated document service requests to fulfill each of the processed document service requests based upon the associated at least one quality of service selection, wherein the requesting client device and the at least one other of the plurality of client devices each have a different type of computer operating system, and wherein the plurality of client devices includes a personal computer, a file server and a facsimile machine coupled together over the secure communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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