Method and system for generating a permanent record of a service at a remote printer
First Claim
1. A method of providing a service and generating, at the location of a printer, a permanent record of said service, wherein, before generating the permanent record, data necessary to provide said service and data necessary to provide said permanent record are processed by at least one remote server, said method comprising the steps of:
- (A) receiving at a receiving center, from a communications device, a request for the service and said data necessary to provide the service, said receiving center comprising at least one remote server;
said data necessary to provide the service being processed to generate data required for the service;
(B) processing said data required for the service and other stored data to generate input data for a specific printer;
(C) transmitting to said printer said input data, said input being rendered by the specific printer as the permanent record of said service.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed to provide a service and generate, at the location of a remote output device, a permanent record of the service. In these techniques, before generating the permanent record, data necessary to provide the service and data necessary to provide the permanent record are processed by at least one remote server. A request for the service and the data necessary to provide the service are received, from a communications device such as a telephone or a computer, at a receiving center. The data necessary to provide the service are processed to generate data required for service. The data required for the service and other store data are processed, at a remote server, to generate input data for a specific output device. The input data for the specific output device is transmitted to the output device and rendered as a permanent record of the service.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of providing a service and generating, at the location of a printer, a permanent record of said service, wherein, before generating the permanent record, data necessary to provide said service and data necessary to provide said permanent record are processed by at least one remote server, said method comprising the steps of:
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(A) receiving at a receiving center, from a communications device, a request for the service and said data necessary to provide the service, said receiving center comprising at least one remote server;
said data necessary to provide the service being processed to generate data required for the service;
(B) processing said data required for the service and other stored data to generate input data for a specific printer;
(C) transmitting to said printer said input data, said input being rendered by the specific printer as the permanent record of said service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing a service, generating, at the location of a printer, a permanent record of said service, and, before generating the permanent record, processing, utilizing at least one remote server, data necessary to provide said service and data necessary to provide said permanent record, said system comprising:
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means for receiving at a receiving center, from a communications device, a request for the service and said data necessary to provide the service, said receiving center comprising at least one remote server;
said data necessary to provide the service being processed to generate data required for the service; and
,means for processing said data required for the service and other stored means for transmitting to said printer said input data, said input being rendered by the specific printer as the permanent record of said service. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for providing a service and generating, at the location of a printer, a permanent record of said service, said service and said permanent record being processed by at least one remote server, said code causing a computer controlled system to;
receive at a receiving center, from a communications device, a request for the service and data necessary to provide the service, said receiving center comprising at least one remote server;
said data necessary to provide the service being processed to generate data required for the service;
process said data required for the service and other stored data to generate input data for a specific printer;
transmit to said printer said input data, said input being rendered by the specific printer as the permanent record of said service. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 30)
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31. The computer program product of claim 29 wherein the computer readable code further causes the computer controlled system to:
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provide said data required for the service to a printing server; and
generate the input data for a specific printer at the printing server.
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