Patent ID: 7359078

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a first interface which receives first input data from a document source and a second interface which outputs processed input data to at least one printer; a third interface which couples to a global data communications network which receives current document data as well as up to date recipient contact information therefrom; a controller which couples said first, second and third interfaces, includes a local database, controls the reception of the first input data and the outputting of the processed input, and allows for user initiated transmission of the first input data received through said first interface as an email through said third interface; and a graphical user interface which controls the operation of said controller, including controlling access to and searching of the local database and one or more remote databases coupled to said global data communications network, wherein said controller further receives second input data from a second document source through said third interface and allows for user initiated transmission of the second input data received through said third interface as an email through said third interface.