Remote notification of print or fax hardcopy recipient using standard identification data

A computer readable media comprising programming instructions for performing the method of retrieving a document and for transmitting back, the identifying data of a party accessing or making a copy of the document transmitted through a two-way telecommunications system, the computer readable media comprising the programming instructions of:

• transmitting a document from a system through a two-way communications system to an address of a presentation device, using one bidirectional communications protocol;
• storing said document in said presentation device;
• as a first step in accessing a copy of said document, inputting at said presentation device, identifying data indicative of the identification of a party accessing the document, wherein said identifying data is in a VCARD format;
• as a second step in accessing a copy of said document, without authentication and directly responsive to receiving said identifying data, producing a print command;
• producing a copy of said document, in direct response to said print command;
• producing a record of said identifying data used to produce said print command;
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• transmitting said record through said two-way communications system using said one bidirectional communications protocol, wherein said one bidirectional communications protocol comprises one of an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), an Internet FAX (IFAX) protocol and an Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS).

A device for notifying, through a two-way communications system, a designated part of remote output by a recipient, the device comprising:

• an address;
• a receiver for receiver a file from a remote system sent to the address;
• an input for entering identification information of a user receiving the file from the receiver, wherein said identification information is in a VCARD format;
• an output for sending the file to an output device as a direct response to the entry of the identification data and without authentication, using one bidirectional communications protocol;
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• a transmitter for sending, through said two-way communications system, a notification of the output of the file to the output device and the identification information of the user to at least one designated party, using said one bidirectional communications protocol, wherein said one bidirectional communications protocol comprises one of an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), an Internet FAX (IFAX) protocol and an Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS).