Patent ID: 8712833

Claim:
A system for selective control of advertising messages on distributed document processing devices comprising: means for receiving device identification data corresponding to each of a plurality of networked document processing devices available for display of selected advertising content; means for receiving device selection data representative of a selected subset of the plurality of networked document processing devices identified by the identification data; means for receiving customization data corresponding to a selected display parameter associated with the selected advertising content; means 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; testing means for testing compatibility of the selected advertising content with each of the selected subset; and notification means 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.