Patent ID: 7065646

Claim:
A method for retrieving a document and for transmitting back, the identifying data of a party accessing or making a copy of the document transmitted through a two-way telecommunications system, comprising the steps of: transmitting a document from a system device through a two-way communications system to an address of a presentation device using one bidirectional communications protocol; storing said document in said presentation device; as a first step in accessing a copy of said document, inputting at said presentation device; identifying data indicative of the identification of a party accessing the document, wherein said identifying data is in a VCARD format; as a second step in accessing a copy of said document, without authentication and directly responsive to receiving said identifying data, producing a print command; producing a copy of said document in direct response to said print command; producing a record of said identifying data used to produce said print command; and transmitting said record through said two-way communications system using said one bidirectional communications protocol, wherein said one bidirectional communications protocol comprises one of an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), an Internet FAX (IFAX) protocol and an Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS).