Printer appliance for use in a wireless system for broadcasting packets of information
First Claim
1. A passive printer appliance for use in receiving a multiplicity of different packets of information selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, apppointment reminders, event tickets, warnings, alerts, land advertisements which are transmitted by wireless means over a pager network and for selectively printing only those packets that are intended for such appliance, said appliance including:
- means for receiving said packets of information;
means for analyzing said packets to select only those packets that are intended to be processed and printed by said appliance, said means for analyzing including microprocessor including random access memory, write only memory and an EPROM; and
means for passively printing only said selected packets of information without any further action by a user of said appliance.
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Abstract
A printer appliance is provided for use in receiving and printing packets of information transmitted by wireless means, particularly by a pager network. The appliance includes a receiver module for receiving the packets of information transmitted over the network; a microprocessor for analyzing the packets received to determine whether the packets are intended to be processed and printed by the appliance; and a printer for printing the packets of information.
118 Citations
24 Claims
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1. A passive printer appliance for use in receiving a multiplicity of different packets of information selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, apppointment reminders, event tickets, warnings, alerts, land advertisements which are transmitted by wireless means over a pager network and for selectively printing only those packets that are intended for such appliance, said appliance including:
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means for receiving said packets of information;
means for analyzing said packets to select only those packets that are intended to be processed and printed by said appliance, said means for analyzing including microprocessor including random access memory, write only memory and an EPROM; and
means for passively printing only said selected packets of information without any further action by a user of said appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A network of printer appliances for use in conjunction with a pager system for transmitting a multiplicity of different packets of information selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, appointment reminders, event tickets, warnings, alerts, and advertisements by wireless means, said network including a plurality of passive printer appliances for selectively printing only those packets that are intended for such appliance, each appliance having:
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means for receiving said packets of information;
means for analyzing said packets to select only those packets that are intended to be processed and printed by said appliance, said means for analyzing including a microprocessor including random access memory, write only memory and an EPROM; and
means for passively printing only said selected packets of information without any further action by a user of said appliance.
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21. A passive printer appliance for use in receiving a multiplicity of different packets of information selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, appointment reminders, event tickets, warnings, alerts, and advertisements which are transmitted by wireless means over a pager network and for selectively printing only those packets that are intended for such appliance, said appliance having a unique appliance identification number and including:
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means for receiving said all of said packets of information transmitted over said pager network;
means for analyzing said packets to select only those packets that are intended to be processed and printed by said appliance, said means for analyzing including a microprocessor including random access memory, write only memory and an EPROM, that is programmed to compare the appliance number of the appliance with a string of appliance numbers contained in said packets and permit only those packets having an appliance number corresponding with the appliance number of the printer appliance to be further processed; and
means for passively printing only said selected packets of information without any further action by a user of said appliance. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A passive printer appliance for use in receiving a multiplicity of different packets of information selected from the group consisting of redeemable coupons, messages, appointment reminders, event tickets, warnings, alerts, and advertisements which are transmitted by wireless means over a pager network and selectively printing only those packets that are intended for such appliance, said appliance having a unique bit string identification number that corresponds to certain unique pre-selected characteristics of the user or the appliance and including:
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means for receiving said all of said packets of information transmitted over said pager network;
means for analyzing said packets to select only those packets that are intended to be processed and printed by said appliance, said means for analyzing including a microprocessor including random access memory, write only memory and an EPROM that is programmed to compare the bit-string identification number of the appliance with bit string numbers contained in said packets and permit only those packets having bit string numbers corresponding with the bit string number of the printer appliance to be further processed; and
means for passively printing only said selected packets of information without any further action by a user of said appliance. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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