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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsLarry E. Harkins, Ken Hayward, Thomas J. Herceg, Jonathan D. Levine, David M. Parsons
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A method for a sender to automatically distribute information to a receiver on a network using devices (such as printers and facsimile machines) and communication channels (such as electronic mail) defined in a receiver profile. The receiver profile establishes the properties and mode for receipt of information for receivers on the network and the profile is published in a network repository for all network users or is accessible by selected groups or individuals on the network. Receivers have additional control over network senders by defining an information filter which further controls sender channel access (to a receiver) by defining some channels as having priority of access such as direct or delayed access, as well as selectively permitting senders to override the receiver profile. Consequently, receiver profiles provide a variable receiver definable link to senders using multiple forms of media as well as multiple hardware platforms and network configurations.
In a network having a plurality of devices interconnected over a network channel having a plurality of connecting paths, the method of transmitting predetermined data from a given source to a designated recipient on the network comprising the steps of:
In a network repository with a plurality of services and a plurality of network users registered therein, a method for distributing data from a first network user to a set of network users, comprising the steps of:
In a network having M devices and N users, a method for single network user to communicate with a set of network users, comprising the steps of:
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