Patent ID: 7243127
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a document from a sender computer to a receiver computer via a computer network linking the sender computer and the receiver computer to a server computer, wherein the sender computer is operated by a sender, wherein the receiver computer is operated by a receiver, the method comprising the steps of: a. generating a document file describing the document on the sender computer; b. sending the document file from the sender computer to the server computer; c. sending email to the receiver computer containing a hypertext link that the receiver activates to send a reference to the document file to the server computer; d. sending the document file from the server computer to the receiver computer after the server computer receives the reference to the document file from the receiver computer; e. processing the document file sent to the receiver computer to generate a display of an image of the document in a browser window on the receiver computer; and f. sending verification data from the receiver computer to the server computer indicating that the receiver computer has successfully displayed the image of the document in the browser window, wherein the receiver computer returns the verification data to the server computer as an encoded network address.