Newspaper system with remote updating and printing

• US 20050055401A1
• Filed: 02/25/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nicholas J. Helmer II
• Original Assignee: Nicholas J. Helmer II
• Inventors: Helmer, Nicholas J. II
• Application Number:
  US10/786,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20050055401A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An electronic system for distributing up to date news information to patrons includes central news facilities receiving current news information. A number of newspaper machines are located remote from the central news facilities and communicate with them via wireless transmission or a network. Patrons insert payment into the remote newspaper machines and the machines are updates from the central news facilities. The patrons may select specific portions of the newspaper to print. After a patron has inserted payment and the newspaper machine has been updated, the specific portion of the newspaper selected by the patron is printed.

Claims

1. An electronic system for distributing up to date news information to patrons comprising:

a. a central news facility receiving current news information;

b. a newspaper machine located remote from the central news facility and in communication with the central news facility, said remote newspaper machine accepting payment from and providing news information to the patrons; and

c. said central news facility transmitting the current news information to said newspaper machine when the patrons request news information from the remote newspaper machine.

2. The system for distributing news of claim 1 wherein said newspaper machine prints out the updated news information transmitted from said central news facility.

3. The system for distributing news of claim 2 wherein the newspaper machine permits patrons to select portions of the updated news information to print out.

4. The system for distributing news of claim 2 wherein the newspaper machine permits patrons to select a print size within which to print out the updated news information.

5. The system for distributing news of claim 2 wherein the newspaper machine permits patrons to select a language within which to print out the updated news information.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the updated news information is transmitted from the central news facility to the newspaper machine via wireless transmission.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the updated news information is transmitted from the central news facility to the newspaper machine via a network.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the updated news information is transmitted from the central news facility to the newspaper machine via the Internet.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the newspaper machine includes means for accepting newspaper pages and means for providing a recycle credit to a patron for every newspaper page fed into the newspaper machine by the patron.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a patron requests news information from the remote newspaper machine by providing payment.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the newspaper machine accepts a rechargeable card for payment.