Method to distribute a document to one or more recipients and document distributing apparatus arranged in accordance with the same method
First Claim
1. A method to distribute a document to one or more recipients by means of a network, the document comprising a cover sheet including a cover sheet information, each recipient having a recipient network address, the method comprising, by an originator having an originator network address:
- (a) providing a document distribution job information in the cover sheet information, the document distribution job information including an originator information including the originator network address and, for each recipient, a recipient information including the recipient network address; and
(b) providing the document to an included document distributing apparatus.
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Abstract
An originator distributes a document by a network to one or more recipients. The document comprises a cover sheet including cover sheet information. The originator provides document distribution job information in the cover sheet information. The document distribution job information includes an originator information including an originator network address and, for each recipient, a recipient information including a network address. The originator provides the document to a document distributing server. The server scans the document to provide the document distribution job information. The server then distributes the document to the recipients based on the document distribution job information. Each recipient receives the document, optionally modifies any of the information contained therein, and then returns the document to the server. The document distribution job continues until all recipients receive the document and return it to the server.
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51 Claims
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1. A method to distribute a document to one or more recipients by means of a network, the document comprising a cover sheet including a cover sheet information, each recipient having a recipient network address, the method comprising, by an originator having an originator network address:
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(a) providing a document distribution job information in the cover sheet information, the document distribution job information including an originator information including the originator network address and, for each recipient, a recipient information including the recipient network address; and
(b) providing the document to an included document distributing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Document distributing apparatus for distributing a document to one or more recipients by means of a network in accordance with a method, the document comprising a cover sheet including a cover sheet information, each recipient having a recipient network address, the method comprising, by an originator having an originator network address:
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(a) providing a document distribution job information in the cover sheet information, the document distribution job information including an originator information including the originator network address and, for each recipient, a recipient information including the recipient network address; and
(b) providing the document to an included document distributing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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