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Abstract

A paperless system that allows data including publications to be networked and retrieved includes a plurality of remote stations for transmitting the data to users, a plurality of local stations for connection to the plurality of remote stations via one or more communication links. The local stations are adapted to receive the transmitted data and to store the same, and are also adapted to be accessed bythe users to selectively retrieve the selected transmitted publications. A plurality of user stations are selectively linked to one or more of the plurality of local stations for enabling the users to retrieve the publications. One or more host computers are linked between the plurality of remote stations and the plurality of local stations, and perform the following tasks; (i) interface with one or more of the plurality of remote stations for receiving therefrom data and information to be published; (ii) selectively distribute the data and information to at least one of the plurality of local stations; (iii) interface with one or more users for verifying the users' authorization, if any, to access the data and information to be published as publications; (iv) interface with one or more users for verifying the users' authorization, if any, to access the publications; and selectively couple one or more local stations to one or more remote stations. In one embodiment, the data may include video signals and/or audio signals.

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