Patent ID: 7333223

Claim:
A system for electronically delivering documents, said system comprising: a document system, said document system producing document information for printing documents; a print management system, wherein said print management system accepts document data and document print requests from said document system, and further wherein said print management system determines whether a requested document is designated for electronic delivery or non-electronic delivery; a recipient database, wherein said recipient database stores recipient information; a print system, wherein said print system is configured to receive and print documents designated for non-electronic delivery, wherein said print management system determines whether to process a document for electronic or non-electronic delivery based upon a document delivery designation stored in a consent database; an email system, said email system configured to accept and process document data for creating and delivering documents electronically, wherein said email system composes and transmits electronic notices regarding the status and availability of stored documents and document data, and wherein said email system combines multiple electronic notices for delivery to a single recipient at one time; a failed email management system, wherein said failed email management system is configured and arranged to receive a notice of a failed email delivery including a failed email address, and to change a document delivery designation for an intended recipient of a failed email so that the intended recipient will no longer receive electronic documents; said consent database storing each potential document recipient's selected document delivery designation to receive documents electronically or non-electronically; a parsing engine, wherein said parsing engine receives document data from said print management system for documents selected for electronic delivery, and further wherein said parsing engine processes said document data for storage; and a server, wherein said server provides on-line access to the document data and electronic documents stored by said parsing engine.