System and method for document search, retrieval, and delivery
First Claim
1. A document delivery system comprising:
- a hand-held terminal device including data input means and display means;
a searchable document data base hosted by a computer remote from the terminal device;
a communication channel coupling the terminal device to the remote computer;
means, responsive to search criteria supplied by a user as data input through the terminal device, for searching the document data base and retrieving one or more documents satisfying the search criteria;
means for selecting one or more documents to be delivered from among the documents satisfying the search criteria;
means for specifying a delivery destination for the one or more documents selected; and
means for providing a physical copy of the document at the delivery destination.
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Abstract
A system utilizing a remote terminal that enables a user to select and print a document, and then retrieve the document at a remote location. The terminal device may be a web-browser capable wireless device, such as a cellular telephone or PDA (personal digital assistant). The invention may utilize the Internet and a web site with a subscriber-only Extranet for secure logon, to access a document search and retrieval application. In a discount certificate embodiment, a consumer can select a default location or alternate, elect a merchant-based search by entering a merchant name, search through one or more discount coupons being offered by the merchant, and make his selection of one or more coupons. The consumer may select the FAX (facsimile) function with a facsimile telephone number, and the m-Coupon application will automatically FAX the selected coupon to be printed at the merchant'"'"'s premises FAX machine. In the alternative, the user may direct coupon printing to a printing device, such as a printer directly attached to his cellular phone or PDA. A method for document search, retrieval, and delivery is also disclosed.
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40 Claims
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1. A document delivery system comprising:
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a hand-held terminal device including data input means and display means;
a searchable document data base hosted by a computer remote from the terminal device;
a communication channel coupling the terminal device to the remote computer;
means, responsive to search criteria supplied by a user as data input through the terminal device, for searching the document data base and retrieving one or more documents satisfying the search criteria;
means for selecting one or more documents to be delivered from among the documents satisfying the search criteria;
means for specifying a delivery destination for the one or more documents selected; and
means for providing a physical copy of the document at the delivery destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A document delivery system comprising:
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a hand-held wireless data terminal having data input and information display capability;
a searchable document data base hosted by a computer remote from the data terminal, the searchable document data base including searchable document records, each document record including searchable information fields containing document attributes, and the document data base further including an image of each document, associated with the corresponding document record, wherein each such image is suitable for document delivery;
a radio frequency communication channel coupling the data terminal to the remote computer, wherein the remote computer is accessible through an extranet protocol requiring secure login;
a data base application computer program that searches the document data base in response to user-supplied search criteria entered through the data terminal, retrieves all documents satisfying the search criteria, and provides result indicia including at least an identifying characteristic for each retrieved document utilizing the information display capability of the data terminal;
an application computer program resident on the data terminal that interacts with the data base application computer program and provides the user with the capability of highlighting one or more of the result indicia to select one or more documents represented by the result indicia using the data input capability of the data terminal;
a data input application computer program resident on the data terminal that allows the user to select a delivery destination option for a selected document using the data input capability of the data terminal by editing, if desired, a default delivery destination associated with the selected document; and
a printing device that provides a physical copy of the document at the selected delivery destination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for document search, retrieval, and delivery, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a hand-held terminal device including data input means and display means;
(b) providing a searchable document data base hosted by a computer remote from the terminal device;
(c) providing a communication channel coupling the terminal device to the remote computer;
(d) searching the document data base in response to search criteria supplied by a user as data input through the terminal device;
(e) retrieving one or more documents satisfying the search criteria;
(f) selecting one or more documents to be delivered from among the documents satisfying the search criteria;
(g) specifying a delivery destination for the one or more documents selected; and
(h) providing a physical copy of the one or more documents selected at the delivery destination. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for document search, retrieval, and delivery, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a hand-held wireless data terminal having data input and information display capability;
(b) providing a searchable document data base hosted by a computer remote from the data terminal, the searchable document data base including searchable document records, each document record including searchable information fields containing document attributes, and the document data base further including an image of each document, associated with the corresponding document record, wherein each such image is suitable for document delivery;
(c) providing a radio frequency communication channel coupling the data terminal to the remote computer, wherein the remote computer is accessible through an extranet protocol requiring secure login;
(d) searching the document data base via a data base application computer program that searches the document data base in response to user-supplied search criteria entered through the data terminal;
(e) retrieving at least a portion of the documents satisfying the search criteria;
(f) providing result indicia including at least an identifying characteristic for each retrieved document utilizing the information display capability of the data terminal;
(g) selecting one or more documents represented by the result indicia by highlighting one or more of the result indicia using the data input capability of the data terminal via an application computer program resident on the data terminal that interacts with the data base application computer program;
(h) selecting a delivery destination option for a selected document using the data input capability of the data terminal by editing, if desired, a default delivery destination associated with the selected document via a data input application computer program resident on the data terminal; and
(i) providing a physical copy of the document to a printing device at the selected delivery destination. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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