Patent ID: 6816752
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing information on a medium, the apparatus comprising:a data linking structure adapted to access a remote source that is adapted to provide a designation to a block of electronic information and to provide a formatting command including printing format information in the block of electronic information, the data linking structure configured to retrieve the block of electronic information from the remote source; a data storage unit configured to store the block of electronic information retrieved from the remote source; a user interface configured to produce a selection signal, which corresponds to the designation, based upon an input from a user; a printer controller configured to receive, based upon the selection signal, the block of electronic information from the data storage unit, the printer controller configured to parse the formatting command before sending the block of electronic information to the data storage unit; a printer configured to print on the medium the block of electronic information received by the printer controller; and a transaction unit configured to receive and verify a payment based upon the selection signal.