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(11) | EP 0 964 542 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Wireless system for broadcasting, receiving and selectively printing packets of information |
| (57) According to one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for dispatching
one or more packets of information, such as redeemable coupons, messages, appointment
reminders, confirmations, tickets, warnings or written packets, to potential recipients
of said packets at remote locations. The steps included in such a system are: (1)
developing a subscriber directory (10) containing unique identification information
for each of said potential recipients; (2) creating a packet to be dispatched to at
least one of said recipients; (3) identifying the potential recipients for a particular
packet; (4) transmitting said packet through a wireless pager network (7) to a network
(80) of printer appliances (82) associated with all of said potential recipients;
and (5) receiving and selectively processing and printing only those packets intended
to be processed and printed by said appliance. Each printer appliance (82) includes
means for receiving said packets of information transmitted by the wireless pager
network; means for analyzing said packets to determine whether said packets are intended
to be processed and printed by that particular appliance; and means for printing said
packets of information. |