Method of distributing related documents to identified end users in an information processing system
Patent 5089956 Issued on February 18, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: February 18, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
This invention relates to a method of distributing documents have a directed relationship within an information processing system. The documents in the directed relationship have a one-to-one relationship. An end user indicates to the system an identification of at least one document in the directed relationship which is to be distributed to one or more recipient end user. The end user also enters system addresses of the recipient end users. The system then builds the necessary structures to transmit the document in the directed relationship to the identified recipient end users such that the directed relationship is maintained.
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February 18, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
