Patent ID: 7657608

Claim:
A method for distributing a document to at least one destination, the method comprising: receiving document data representative of an electronic document to be distributed into a document processing device including a processor and memory; associating each of a plurality of device queues with a unique document processing functionality; creating a job by appending to the document data at least one printer job language command, wherein the at least one printer job language command includes instructions for the distribution of the job via at least one of facsimile and e-mail by a document distribution queue and device data specifically identifying at least one device queue for distribution of the electronic document wherein the document distribution queue is not pre-associated with the document output destination; associating each device queue with the document output destination; communicating the document data and at least one appended printer job language command to the document distribution queue via a data network; receiving, into the document distribution queue, the document data and at least one appended printer job language command; parsing, via the document distribution queue, the appended printer job language command from the document data; distributing the job by a processor, on the basis of parsed printer job language command, inclusive of the at least one printer job language command, to a facsimile destination or an e-mail destination corresponding to at least one device queue specified within the parsed printer job language command; and processing each job received into each device queue in accordance with the document processing functionality associated therewith.