SBIR Phase I: Convergence Of Email And File Via Message Stripping

SBIR 第一阶段：通过消息剥离实现电子邮件和文件的融合

• 批准号: 0712583
• 负责人: Stefano Foresti
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Xapio
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0712583&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Convergence; Email; File

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the problem of corporations that are becoming fuzzy and flexible, and users who increasingly share files with external entities for business (consultants, customers, prospects, etc.). Given the global ID nature of email addresses, email has become the most popular communication vehicle for document exchange. This approach has four fundamental shortcomings: proliferation of disaggregated versions of documents, lack of security (the email protocol is not encrypted), unreliable delivery of attachments, and expensive growth of email storage and staff support.This project develops an email server filter that strips attachments from messages and stores them on cheaper file servers instead of expensive email storage. Messages (sent or received) can be modified so that each attachment is replaced by a secure link and the attached documents can be tracked and managed. Xapio designed a system architecture and user interfaces that harness the best features of email, web, and file systems: this includes a system that supports shared metadata between files and emails, secure links to permanent objects, and email based authentication, and a set of browser user interfaces that converge the file and email experience. By adding these capabilities to a system, it is possible to deliver all benefits without changing IT infrastructure, install desktop applications, or changing user habits. That is, Users can securely and reliably send any size file to anyone from their email client (i.e. Outlook). Recipients retrieve the files with their email client or any browser. The sender can track downloads. If successful, this project has the potential to significantly impact email cost, security and reliability.

这个小型企业创新研究阶段项目解决了变得模糊和灵活的公司的问题，以及与企业外部实体共享文件的用户（顾问，客户，潜在客户等）。鉴于电子邮件地址的全球ID性质，电子邮件已成为文档交换的最受欢迎的通信工具。这种方法具有四个基本缺点：分类版本的文档版本的扩散，缺乏安全性（电子邮件协议未加密），不可靠的附件交付以及电子邮件存储和员工支持的昂贵增长。该项目开发了一个电子邮件服务器过滤器，该项目的滤镜滤波器从消息中脱离了来自消息的附件，并将其存储在更便宜的文件服务器上，而不是昂贵的电子邮件存储。可以修改消息（发送或接收），以便每个附件都被安全链接替换，并且可以跟踪和管理附件的文档。 Xapio设计了一个系统体系结构和用户界面，该系统架构和用户界面可以利用电子邮件，Web和文件系统的最佳功能：这包括一个系统，该系统支持文件和电子邮件之间共享的元数据，对永久对象的安全链接以及基于电子邮件的身份验证，以及一组浏览器用户界面，以将文件和电子邮件体验融合。通过将这些功能添加到系统中，可以在不更改IT基础架构，安装桌面应用程序或更改用户习惯的情况下提供所有好处。 也就是说，用户可以通过电子邮件客户端（即Outlook）安全可靠地将任何尺寸文件发送给任何大小文件。收件人使用其电子邮件客户端或任何浏览器检索文件。发件人可以跟踪下载。 如果成功，该项目有可能会对电子邮件成本，安全性和可靠性产生重大影响。