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Printing system, apparatus and method for automatically printing records of electronic transactions

  • US 7,415,441 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/2001
  • Issued: 08/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automatically printing a hard copy of transaction information, said method comprising:

  • (a) communicating electronically with a supplier-side computer via the Internet from a user side through a web browser at a user-side computer to conduct an electronic commerce transaction;

    (b) monitoring the electronic communication conducted via the Internet in (a), to identify automatically a selected aspect of information regarding the electronic commerce transaction, including at least one of a confirmation number, password and invoice information;

    (c) extracting electronic commerce information from the electronic communication conducted via the Internet in (a), and automatically generating, without a need for user action specifying, a print request including the extracted electronic commerce information; and

    (d) automatically sending said print request to a user-side printing apparatus, the user-side printing apparatus prints the print job including the electronic commerce information extracted from the electronic communication conducted via the Internet in (a).

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