US6487189B1
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Mobile e-mail document transaction service
Assignee: Google LLC
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Filing: 1999-03-16
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Granted: 2002-11-26
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Expires: 2019-03-16
Abstract
Abstract A system is presented for transmitting document references or tokens to users of integrated wireless and wire-based communication services. The system includes workstations, files servers, printers and other devices coupled to a wire-based network. Mobile computing devices are coupled to the wire-based network through either IR (infrared) or RF (radio) transceiver gateways. Each mobile computing device appears to hold a uses personal collection of documents: the device is programmed to receive, transmit, and store document tokens. A document services request available to users of the mobile computing devices is an email-to-token service. Using this service, document tokens are emailed to recipients with an email account. The transmission protocol for performing the email-to-token service includes the step of transmitting a token-to-email service request from the mobile computing device over the wireless communication service to a token-enabled server located on the wire-based network. The token-enabled server accepts a document token and retrieves from a file server on the wire-based network a document identified by the document token. Subsequently, the token-enabled server sends the identified document in an email message to an email address specified by the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Margery A. Eldridge
- 👤 Michael J. Flynn
- 👤 Christopher M. Jones
- 👤 Michiel F. E. Kleyn
- 👤 Michael G. Lamming
- 👤 David L. Pendlebury
- 👤 Anish Shah
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 16:25
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for operating a token-enabled server that communicates with a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device having a repository of document references, each document reference in the repository of document references identifying a document and a computing device on which the document is stored, the method comprising the steps of: responding to a request from the mobile computing device for a list of available document transaction services; one of the available document transaction services identified in response to the request including a token-to-email service; receiving, from the mobile computing device over a wireless communication system, a request to apply the token-to-email service to a document reference selected from the repository of document references and an email address; and responsive to said step of receiving a request to apply the token-to-emall service to the selected document reference and the email address, performing the steps of: retrieving a document identified by the document reference received by said receiving step; and sending the identified document in an email message to the email address received by said receiving step.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for operating a token-enabled server that communicates with a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device having a repository of document references, each document reference in the repository of document references identifying a document and a computing device on which the document is stored, the method comprising the steps of: responding to a request from the mobile computing device for a list of available document transaction services; one of the available document transaction services identified in response to the request including a token-to-email service; receiving, from the mobile computing device over a wireless communication system, a request to apply the token-to-email service to a document reference selected from the repository of document references and an email address; and responsive to said step of receiving a request to apply the token-to-emall service to the selected document reference and the email address, performing the steps of: retrieving a document identified by the document reference received by said receiving step; and sending the identified document in an email message to the email address received by said receiving step.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of authenticating the request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document reference.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said retrieving step further comprises the step of identifying directory information specifying where the document identified by the document reference is stored on a network.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of receiving, from a user at the mobile computing device, a mail note to accompany the request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving step is performed using an IR transceiver.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said responding step further comprises transmitting over the wireless communication system to the mobile computing device the list of available document transaction services.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 6 , further comprising the step of appending at a network gateway context information to the request for available services.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of adjusting the list of available document transaction services in response to the context information appended to the request for available services.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
182 words
A token-enabled server that communicates with a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device having a repository of document references, each document reference in the repository of document references identifying a document and a computing device on which the document is stored, the token-enabled server comprising: means for responding to a request from the mobile computing device for a list of available document transaction services: one of the available document transaction services identified in response to the request including a token-to-email service; means for receiving, from the mobile computing device over a wireless communication system, a request to apply the token-to-email service to a document reference selected from the repository of document references and an email address; and means for responding to said means for receiving a request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document reference and the email address, said responding means further comprising: means for retrieving a document identified by the document reference received by said receiving means; and means for sending the identified document in an email message to the email address received by said receiving means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
182 words
A token-enabled server that communicates with a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device having a repository of document references, each document reference in the repository of document references identifying a document and a computing device on which the document is stored, the token-enabled server comprising: means for responding to a request from the mobile computing device for a list of available document transaction services: one of the available document transaction services identified in response to the request including a token-to-email service; means for receiving, from the mobile computing device over a wireless communication system, a request to apply the token-to-email service to a document reference selected from the repository of document references and an email address; and means for responding to said means for receiving a request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document reference and the email address, said responding means further comprising: means for retrieving a document identified by the document reference received by said receiving means; and means for sending the identified document in an email message to the email address received by said receiving means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
193 words
A mobile document transaction service, comprising: a mobile computing device having a repository of document references and a display; each document reference in the repository of document references identifying a document and a computing device on which the document is stored; the display of the mobile computing device displaying a list of available document transaction services which includes a token-to-email service; a transceiver for receiving, from a user at said mobile computing device, a request to apply the token-to-email service to a document reference selected from the repository of document references and an email address specified by the user; and a token-enabled server, coupled to a network and communicating with an email system, for responding to a request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document reference and the email address; said token-enabled server receiving a token-to-email service request from the mobile computing device over a wireless communication system; wherein said token-enabled server further comprises: means for retrieving at the token-enabled server a document identified by the document reference; and means for sending, with the email system, the identified document in an email message to the email address specified by the user.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
193 words
A mobile document transaction service, comprising: a mobile computing device having a repository of document references and a display; each document reference in the repository of document references identifying a document and a computing device on which the document is stored; the display of the mobile computing device displaying a list of available document transaction services which includes a token-to-email service; a transceiver for receiving, from a user at said mobile computing device, a request to apply the token-to-email service to a document reference selected from the repository of document references and an email address specified by the user; and a token-enabled server, coupled to a network and communicating with an email system, for responding to a request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document reference and the email address; said token-enabled server receiving a token-to-email service request from the mobile computing device over a wireless communication system; wherein said token-enabled server further comprises: means for retrieving at the token-enabled server a document identified by the document reference; and means for sending, with the email system, the identified document in an email message to the email address specified by the user.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , wherein said transceiver is an IR transceiver.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , wherein said transceiver is a radio transceiver.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , further comprising means for authenticating the-request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document reference.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , further comprising means for identifying directory information specifying where the document identified by the document reference is stored on a network.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
39 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , further comprising means for receiving, from the user operating said mobile computing device, a mail note to accompany the request to apply the token-to-email service to the selected document.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
58 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , further comprising: means for receiving, from said mobile computing device over the wireless communication system, a request for available services; and means for responding to requests for available services by transmitting over the wireless communication system to the mobile computing device a list of available document transaction services.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 16 , further comprising means for appending at a network gateway context information to the request for available services.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
35 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 17 , further comprising means for adjusting the list of available document transaction services in response to the context information appended to the request for available services.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , wherein the document reference is a universal resource locator (i.e., URL).
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
The mobile document transaction service according to claim 10 , wherein the email system is the email system of the user.
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