Wireless system for broadcasting, receiving and printing packets of information
First Claim
1. A system for delivering printed packets of information or messages to intended recipients of said packets, said system including:
- means for receiving and storing the packets to be delivered;
a wireless network for transmitting said packets to said recipients; and
a network of printer appliances adapted to receive, selectively process and print only those packets intended to be processed and printed by the respective appliance.
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Abstract
A system is provided for dispatching one or more packets of information selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, appointment reminders, confirmations, tickets, warnings and written packets to potential recipients of said packets at a remote location. The steps included in such a system are: (1) developing a subscriber directory containing unique identification information for each of said potential recipients; (2) creating a packet to be dispatched to at least one of said recipients; (3) identifying the potential recipients for a particular packet; (4) transmitting said packet through a pager network to all of said potential recipients; and (5) receiving and selectively processing and printing only those packets intended to be processed and printed by said appliance.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for delivering printed packets of information or messages to intended recipients of said packets, said system including:
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means for receiving and storing the packets to be delivered;
a wireless network for transmitting said packets to said recipients; and
a network of printer appliances adapted to receive, selectively process and print only those packets intended to be processed and printed by the respective appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for delivering printed packets of information to intended recipients of said packets, said system including:
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a bank for receiving and storing the packets to be delivered;
a subscriber directory for storing the names and information of intended recipients of said packets;
a database manager for processing the packets from the bank and subscriber information from said subscriber directory and identifying those recipients eligible for receiving said packets;
a pager network for transmitting said packets to said recipients;
a transmission sequence compiler for placing the packets to be delivered into a predetermined order of transmission to the printer appliances; and
a network of printer appliances adapted to selectively receive, process and print said packets, said printer appliances being adapted to process and print only selected packets. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for transmitting packets of information over a pager network to a network of remote printer appliances, each of said appliances including means to receive and selectively print predetermined packets, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting one or more of said packets over said pager network to all appliances, each of said packets including a destination identifier to identify only those printer appliances intended to process and print a particular packet; and
receiving all of said packets at each of said appliances, said appliance being adapted to decode said destination identifier and selectively process and print only those packets intended to be processed and printed by said appliance.
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19. The method of
claim 19 , wherein said packets are selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, appointment reminders, confirmations, tickets, warnings and written packets.
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20. A method for transmitting packets over a pager network to a network of remote printer appliances each having a unique appliance identification number, said method comprising the steps of:
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developing a subscriber directory of all subscribers each including the appliance identification number of their printer appliance;
creating a packet to be dispatched to at least one of said recipients;
identifying the potential recipients for the packet;
coding said packet with the appliance identification number of the intended recipients;
transmitting said packet through a pager network to all of said potential recipients;
receiving said packet at all of said appliances; and
selectively processing and printing only those packets whose identification numbers match the appliance identification number.
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22. The method of
claim 22 , wherein said packets are selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, appointment reminders, confirmations, tickets, warnings and written packets.
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