Patent ID: 7313590

Claim:
A method for direct network communication between a file and a server comprising the following steps: selecting a data file that is stored on a computer, said computer communicating with a network; creating on said computer a self-contained compiled file comprising a data string representing the contents of said data file and a URL indicator attached thereto representing a custom software application that is stored on a server, said self-contained compiled file causing said custom software application stored on said server to take specified preprogrammed action after receiving a one-way non-conversational message from said self-contained compiled file; encrypting said data string to form one or more encrypted data strings for use as said one-way non-conversational message to said custom software application at said server; sending said data string and said URL indicator from said self-contained compiled file as a one-way non-conversational message to said custom software application stored on said server via said network without having to use an Internet browser application and without having to open said computer to said network for two-way communication; and receiving said one-way non-conversational message at said server, logging receipt of said message and causing said specified preprogrammed action to be taken without communication back from said server to said computer.