System and method for advertising messages on distributed document processing devices

A method for selective control of advertising messages on distributed document processing devices comprising:

• receiving device identification data corresponding to each of a plurality of networked document processing devices available for display of selected advertising content;
• receiving device selection data representative of a selected subset of the plurality of networked document processing devices identified by the identification data;
• receiving customization data corresponding to a selected display parameter associated with the selected advertising content;
• communicating the selected advertising content and the customization data to each of the selected subset so as to commence display of the selected advertising content on each of the selected subset as directed by the customization data, the display commenced during an idle period for each of the selected subset;
• testing compatibility of the selected advertising content with each of the selected subset;
• and
• generating a notification when the advertising content is determined to be incompatible with one of the selected subset due to the subject matter of the advertising content.

A system for selective control of advertising messages on distributed document processing devices comprising:

• a user device for receiving device identification data corresponding to each of a plurality of networked document processing devices available for display of selected advertising content, for receiving device selection data representative of a selected subset of the plurality of networked document processing devices identified by the identification data, and for receiving customization data corresponding to a selected display parameter associated with the selected advertising content;
• a network for communicating the selected advertising content and the customization data to each of the selected subset so as to commence display of the selected advertising content on each of the selected subset as directed by the customization data, the display commenced during an idle period for each of the selected subset;
• and
• a server for testing compatibility of the selected advertising content with each of the selected subset and for generating a notification when the advertising content is determined to be incompatible with one of the selected subset due to the subject matter of the advertising content.