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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2000
Joseph Stanley Czyszczewski, Longmont, CO (US);
James T Smith, Ii, Boulder, CO (US);
Ivan Woehr, Superior, CO (US);
Brian William Moroney, Longmont, CO (US);
David George Greenwood, Lafayette, CO (US);
Joseph Stanley Czyszczewski, Longmont, CO (US);
James T Smith, II, Boulder, CO (US);
Ivan Woehr, Superior, CO (US);
Brian William Moroney, Longmont, CO (US);
David George Greenwood, Lafayette, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A multifunction device includes a multifunction controller, a first interface for receiving input data from a document source and a second interface for outputting processed input data to at least one printer, and a third interface for coupling to a global data communications network for receiving current document data, as well as up to date recipient contact information therefrom. An interface is provided to control the operation of the multifunction device, including controlling access to and searching of remote databases coupled to the global data communications network. The remote databases can include, by example, a database of forms, a security database, and a directory database. The interface can control the operation of the multifunction device for accessing and searching a database containing the recipient contact information for sending at least one of a facsimile or an e-mail that contains processed input data.