Patent ID: 6549935
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B43K,B65H,C09D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of distributing a plurality of documents, via a communications network, to a plurality of receiving stations, the method including the steps of:transmitting, via the communications network, at least one document layout to each of the plurality of receiving stations, the at least one document layout defining one of the plurality of documents and identifying at least one data object and at least one channel on which the at least one data object will be multicast; and multicasting on said at least one channel, via the communications network, the at least one data object, such that each of the plurality of receiving stations receives the at least one data object identified by the at least one document layout previously received by the receiving station.