1. A system for communicating with a portable electronic document reference transport device, the portable electronic document reference transport device having a memory for storing document references, said system comprising: a wire-based network for providing a communications link between devices coupled thereto; a transceiver coupled to said wire-based network for establishing a wireless communications link with the portable electronic document reference transport device and devices coupled to said wire-based network; a subsystem coupled to said wire-based network and communicating with said transceiver; said subsystem being adapted to operate a database that associates electronic document references with electronic documents; each electronic document reference identifying a location of a single electronic document stored in a memory on a device operating on said wire-based network; said subsystem receiving, from said transceiver, a communication originating from the portable electronic document reference transport device; the communication including an electronic document reference that is associated with a selected electronic document and a request for a service provided by a device coupled to the wire-based network that is to be performed on the selected electronic document.
1. A system for communicating with a portable electronic document reference transport device, the portable electronic document reference transport device having a memory for storing document references, said system comprising: a wire-based network for providing a communications link between devices coupled thereto; a transceiver coupled to said wire-based network for establishing a wireless communications link with the portable electronic document reference transport device and devices coupled to said wire-based network; a subsystem coupled to said wire-based network and communicating with said transceiver; said subsystem being adapted to operate a database that associates electronic document references with electronic documents; each electronic document reference identifying a location of a single electronic document stored in a memory on a device operating on said wire-based network; said subsystem receiving, from said transceiver, a communication originating from the portable electronic document reference transport device; the communication including an electronic document reference that is associated with a selected electronic document and a request for a service provided by a device coupled to the wire-based network that is to be performed on the selected electronic document. 19. The system according to claim 1, wherein electronic documents of associated document references are stored on a file server coupled to said wire-based network.