File transmitting system and method

Abstract

In response to a fee payment request issued from an applicant apparatus via a communication network, a payment acceptance server makes a payment credit inquiry of an applicant to a financial institution server. When a payment acceptance server judges that a payment by the applicant is guaranteed, the payment acceptance server transmits to an applicant apparatus, an electronic payment certificate corresponding to a stamp, or an inspection sticker. A document with the payment certificate is transmitted from either the applicant apparatus or an agent apparatus to a document acceptance server via the communication network. Before a main body of the document is received, the document acceptance server receives from the document transmitting apparatus, compressed data which is acquired by applying one-way cryptographic function, and sets this reception timing as acceptance day / time this document.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of the invention patent application with the application number 98122775.9, the application date is December 4, 1998, and the invention title is "file sending system and method". technical field [0002] The present invention relates to a file sending system and method for sending / receiving various kinds of files by electronic data, payment of fees accompanying the sending / receiving of such files, and receiving of such payment. technical background [0003] In recent years, in an open network environment such as the Internet, it has become possible to receive and send file data and trade, and it is expected that the form will become more diverse in the future. For example, when submitting patent application documents to the patent office, the applicant can directly connect to the server of the patent office by dialing to send the proposed document data. In the future, applicants may be connected to patent offices via the In...

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Problems solved by technology

When submitting documents by communication, if the condition of the communication line is bad, it will be necessary to resend the documents, which will cause inconvenience that the time for submitting the documents is not clear

In particular, when the time when the document is started to be sent is regarded as the time when the document is submitted, after the date and time of submission are secured after the document is sent, resending will occur, and other documents will be sent later, when this document is in When the aforementioned submission date is submitted, the consequences of abusing the claim may occur

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