Managed virtual point to point communication service having verified directory, secure transmission and controlled delivery

• US 9,240,999 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2014
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DST Technologies, Inc. (SS&C Technologies Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: DST Technologies, Inc. (SS&C Technologies Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Clark, Peter E., Ives, Paul M., Gentry, Michael V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughan, Michael R
• Application Number:
  US14/450,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20140344902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials

Abstract

A system for providing a managed virtual point to point communication service having a verified directory and providing secure transmission and controlled delivery of electronic document images may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store a verified directory of users. The interface may communicate with devices of sending and receiving users in the verified directory. The processor may be operative to receive a request to deliver an electronic document image from a sending user to a receiving user. The processor may provide secure access to the electronic document image to the receiving user. The processor may provide a delivery confirmation to the sending device of the sending user upon determining that the electronic document image was securely accessed by the receiving user. The delivery confirmation may indicate that the electronic document image was securely transmitted to the receiving user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of communicating document images between verified users, the method comprising:

providing, by a processor, a secure transmission of an electronic document image via a network coupled with the processor from a sending user to a receiving user, both the sending user and receiving user being listed in a directory of a plurality of users, the providing further comprising;

identifying, by the processor prior to transmitting the electronic document image, one or more devices coupled with the network and authorized to receive transmissions of electronic document images intended for the receiving user;

verifying, by the processor, the presence of the receiving user at a particular device of the one or more devices coupled with the network by sending, by the processor via the network, a notification of the transmission of the electronic document image to the particular device and receiving, by the processor, a response to the notification indicating that the receiving user is available to receive the electronic document image;

securely transmitting, by the processor only in response to the receipt of the response indicating that the receiving user is available to receive the electronic document image, the electronic document image to the receiving user via the network; and

determining the electronic document was securely accessed by the receiving user based on receipt of a confirmation from the receiving user, wherein the confirmation indicates the receiving user accessed the electronic document image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure transmission further comprises:

receiving a request from the sending user comprising a replacement electronic document image;

replacing the electronic document image with the replacement electronic document image if the electronic document image has not been securely accessed by the receiving user such that the receiving user is provided secure access to the replacement electronic document image in lieu of the electronic document image; and

providing a replacement confirmation to the sending user when the electronic document image was replaced with the replacement electronic document image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a delivery confirmation to the sending user of the plurality of users, wherein the delivery confirmation indicates that the electronic document image was securely transmitted to the receiving user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission further comprises an expiration date/time, wherein the expiration date/time indicates a latest date/time that secure access to the electronic document image is to be provided to the receiving user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the secure transmission further comprises:

providing a failure notification to the sending user if the current date/time exceeds the expiration date/time and the electronic document image has not been securely accessed to the receiving user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure transmission further comprises:

providing a request received confirmation to the sending user, upon receiving a request to deliver the electronic document image from the sending user, wherein the request received confirmation indicates that the request was received.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a confirmation received from the receiving user indicates that the electronic document image was securely accessed having an acceptable quality.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure transmission further comprises:

transforming the electronic document image into a transformed electronic document image; and

providing secure access to the transformed electronic document image to the receiving user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transformed electronic image comprises at least one of an audio waveform or machine-editable text.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for providing a secure transmission of an electronic document image from a sending user to a receiving user via a network, both the sending user and receiving user being listed in a directory of a plurality of users, the instructions configured such that when executed by at least one processor coupled with the network the instructions are operable to cause a system to:

identify, prior to transmission of the electronic document image, one or more devices coupled with the network authorized to receive transmissions of electronic document images intended for the receiving user;

verify the presence of the receiving user at a particular device of the one or more devices by sending, via the network, a notification of the transmission of the electronic document image to the particular device and receiving, via the network, a response to the notification indicating that the receiving user is available to receive the electronic document image;

securely transmit, only in response to the receipt of the response indicating that the receiving user is available to receive the electronic document image, the electronic document image to the receiving user via the network; and

determine that the electronic document was securely accessed by the receiving user based on receipt of a confirmation from the receiving user, wherein the confirmation indicates the receiving user accessed the electronic document image.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to:

receive a request from the sending user comprising a replacement electronic document image;

replace the electronic document image with the replacement electronic document image if the electronic document image has not been securely accessed by the receiving user such that the receiving user is provided secure access to the replacement electronic document image in lieu of the electronic document image; and

provide a replacement confirmation to the sending user when the electronic document image was replaced with the replacement electronic document image.

12. The medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to provide a delivery confirmation to the sending user of the plurality of users, wherein the delivery confirmation indicates that the electronic document image was securely transmitted to the receiving user.

13. The medium of claim 10, wherein the transmission further comprises an expiration date/time, wherein the expiration date/time indicates a latest date/time that secure access to the electronic document image is to be provided to the receiving user.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions are further configured to:

provide a failure notification to the sending user if the current date/time exceeds the expiration date/time and the electronic document image has not been securely accessed to the receiving user.

15. The medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to:

provide a request received confirmation to the sending user, upon receiving a request to deliver the electronic document image from the sending user, wherein the request received confirmation indicates that the request was received.

16. The medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to:

receive a confirmation from the receiving user that indicates that the electronic document image was securely accessed having an acceptable quality.

17. A system for securely communicating electronic document images between verified users of a directory of a plurality of users via a network, the system comprising:

a memory operable to store data indicative of an electronic document image; and

a processor coupled with the memory and the network and configured to;

identify, prior to transmission of the electronic document image, one or more devices coupled with the network authorized to receive transmissions of electronic document images intended for the receiving user;

verify the presence of the receiving user at a particular device of the one or more devices by sending, via the network, a notification of the transmission of the electronic document image to the particular device and receiving, via the network, a response to the notification indicating that the receiving user is available to receive the electronic document image;

securely transmit, only in response to the receipt of the response indicating that the receiving user is available to receive the electronic document image, the electronic document image to the receiving user via the network; and

determine that the electronic document was securely accessed by the receiving user based on receipt of a confirmation from the receiving user, wherein the confirmation indicates the receiving user accessed the electronic document image.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transform the electronic document image into a transformed electronic document image; and

providing secure access to the transformed electronic document image to the receiving user.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the transformed electronic image comprises at least one of an audio waveform or machine-editable text.