Patent ID: 6977994
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of messaging between networked document processing devices comprising: receiving into a central messaging system via a data network, a message from a first process associated with a first document processing device, the message including data representative of a document processing operation associated with the first document processing device; appending to a received message a code indicating at least one descriptive parameter of the message; transmitting, from the central messaging system via the network, an appended message to a second process associated with a second document processing device; interpreting the appended message in the second document processing device so as to enable computation of the message by the second process; opening, in accordance with an interpretation of the appended message, a second communication channel between first and second document processing devices, which second communication channel includes at least one of an urgent communication channel and a bulk communication channel.