Granted Patent B2

US 9,699,127 · App. 13/927,023 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Inventors: Brian Lennstrom (Bothell, WA); Lyle E. Bush (Bellevue, WA)

Assignee: Open Text SA ULC

H04L51/14H04L51/066H04L51/08H04L67/2838H04L67/2842H04L51/36

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A system for delivering content, comprising:

a processor;

a computer readable memory, comprising instructions for:

a sender module for executing on the processor in a cloud based computing environment to:

receive content from a sending connector at a sending device, wherein the sending connector is a plug-in of an application, the content is associated with a first destination identifier associated with a first delivery method,

a transmission initiator of the content has sent the content to the first destination identifier according to the first delivery method,

and the first destination identifier identifies a destination according to the first delivery method;

and a forwarder module for executing on the processor in the cloud based computing environment to:

determine a second destination identifier and a second delivery method associated with the first destination identifier, without further involvement of the transmission initiator in the determination;

and deliver the content to the second destination identifier according to the second delivery method by providing a location from which the content may be accessed and sending the location to the second destination identifier;

and a remote content access module configured to allow a user to access the content at the location.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second destination identifier is the same as the first destination identifier.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second delivery method is the same as the first delivery method.

4. A transactional system, comprising:

a transaction engine for sending and receiving content and executing on a server, comprising:

a sender connector for receiving content from a sender device, wherein a transmission initiator of the content has sent the content to a destination identifier according to a delivery method;

sender configuration information including:

at least one delivery method for delivery of the content to the transaction engine;

a plurality of delivery parameters to control content delivery;

and the destination identifier denoting a receipt address for a recipient according to the delivery method;

a forwarder for sending the content to the recipient, without further involvement of the transmission initiator in the forwarding;

recipient configuration information including:

at least one receiver method for delivery of the content from the transaction engine to a recipient device;

and a plurality of receiver parameters to further control content delivery;

and a storage device for storing the content, the storage device in a predetermined geographic region and coupled to the transaction engine, wherein the predetermined geographic region is configured by a sender, a transaction engine administrator, or a recipient.

5. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the sender configuration information is defined by a sender and received via the sender device.

6. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the delivery parameters include at least one of: content type, regional storage information, validation information to validate the content, integration information for integrating the content for the recipient, and security information.

7. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the forwarder configuration information is defined by a recipient and received via the recipient device.

8. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the forwarder parameters include at least one of: content type, regional storage information, validation information to validate the content, integration information for integrating the content for the recipient, and security information.

9. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the server is a plurality of distributed network servers, the servers under the control of a service entity enabling use of the transaction engine by a sender and a recipient over a network to send and receive the content.

10. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined geographic region is based on security parameters for the content.

11. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the sender configuration information further includes a transmission identifier, the content is stored as a plurality of storage pieces on the storage device, and the storage pieces are associated with the transmission identifier.

12. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the transaction engine further comprises a notification module for configuring notifications to at least one of a sender and a recipient.

13. The transactional system of claim 4 , wherein the transaction engine is configured to delete the content on the storage device based on the elapse of a predetermined amount of time the content is stored on the storage device.

14. A content delivery system, comprising:

a content delivery engine for sending and receiving content and executing on a server, comprising:

a sender connector for receiving content from a sender device, wherein a transmission initiator of the content has sent the content to a destination identifier according to a delivery method;

sender configuration information including:

at least one delivery method for delivery of the content to the content delivery engine;

and the destination identifier denoting a receipt address for a recipient according to the delivery method;

a forwarder for sending the content to a recipient, without further involvement of the transmission initiator in the forwarding;

recipient configuration information including:

at least one receiver method for delivery of the content from the content deliver engine to a recipient device;

and a storage device for storing the content, the storage device in a predetermined geographic region and coupled to the transaction engine,

wherein the predetermined geographic region is configured by a sender, a transaction engine administrator, or a recipient,

wherein the content delivery engine maps the receipt address to the at least one receiver method, the receiver method including information for integrating the content into an application executing on the recipient device, the forwarder sending the content according to the mapped receiver method.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the content is delivered with associated metadata.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the forwarder module executes to delete the content after the expiration of a time period.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the content includes content from an email client, SharePoint, an Oracle application, an SAP application, Lotus Notes, a fax machine, a web page, or an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the location includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the location is provided by sending an email.

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