Patent ID: 7495788

Claim:
A system for passively delivering selected printed packets of information or messages to intended recipients of said packets on a network of printer appliances without the need for any interaction by a user of said printer appliances, said system including: means for compiling and storing the packets to be delivered; wireless transmission means for transmitting all of said packets to the entire network without any interaction by users of said printer appliances, said wireless transmission means comprising a pager system; and at least one printer appliance on said network of printer appliances, said at least one appliance including: means for identifying individual printer appliances; receiving means for receiving all of said packets without any interaction by users of said printer appliances; processing means for automatically accepting and selectively processing only those packets intended for said individual printer appliance from all those packets received without any interaction by users of said printer appliances; and printing means for passively printing the intended packet without any further action by a user of said appliance.