Transfer server of a secure system for unattended remote file and message transfer

US7584277B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bottomline Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Eric Campbell · Rye, US
• Robert Hoffman · Alburtis, US
• Robert Maloney, Jr. · Massapequa Park, US
• Maris N Lemanis · Smithtown, US
• Andrew Mintzer · Fort Salonga, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 1, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/102
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A web server system provides for the secure exchanging files with a remote transfer server over an open network such as the Internet. The transfer server operates a plurality of transfer methods. Exemplary transfer methods comprise: i) a log-on method comprising steps for returning a session ID to an authenticated transfer client; ii) an active event keys method comprising steps for returning each of a plurality of event keys associated with the transfer client; iii) a read event method comprising steps for returning event parameters associated with an event key, iv) an upload method comprising steps for receiving and storing a binary object in an object storage and associating the binary object with an object ID value in an ownership table; v) a process binary object method comprising steps for determining data elements within the binary contents of the file an loading the data elements into an application table in accordance with the loading rules; and vi) a set owner method comprising steps for associating the identification of a second transfer client with the object ID value in the ownership table.