Document auto-routing using a digital transmitter cover sheet

• US 20030226885A1
• Filed: 06/10/2002
• Published: 12/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Harris, Rodney C.
• Granted Patent: US 6,799,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32112 in a separate computer file, document page or paper sheet, e.g. a fax cover sheet H04N1/32122 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3204 of data relating to a user, sender, addressee, machine or electronic recording medium H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3233 of authentication information, e.g. digital signature, watermark
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence

Abstract

This invention relates to digital transmitter cover sheets. Such systems of this type, generally, employ a cover sheet that authenticates the user of the digital transmitter, provides information regarding the auto-routing transmittal of the document to the desired recipient, and provides information regarding any post-processing of the document.

Claims

1. A method for using a digital transmitting device to authenticate a user, transmit a document, and carry-out post-processing instructions, comprising the steps of:

entering information on an actual user personalized cover sheet regarding a destination and post-processing instructions, if any, of a document to be transmitted by a digital transmitting device;

scanning said cover sheet and said document by said digital transmitting device;

authenticating a user by said digital transmitting device;

transmitting said document to a recipient; and

carrying out said post-processing instructions.

2. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

preparing a user personalized cover sheet.

3. The method, as in claim 2, wherein said personalized cover sheet is further comprised of:

barcodes.

4. The method, as in claim 2, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

scanning said prepared, user personalized cover sheet by said digital transmitting device.

5. The method, as in claim 4, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

storing said scanned, prepared, user personalized cover sheet in said digital transmitting device.

6. The method, as in claim 4, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

storing said scanned, prepared, user personalized cover sheet in a database.

7. The method, as in claim 5, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user personalized cover sheet with said stored personalized user cover sheet.

8. The method, as in claim 6, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user personalized cover sheet with said stored user personalized cover sheet.

9. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a Web site.

10. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a server running an optical character recognition application.

11. A program storage medium readable by computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform the method steps for using a digital transmitting device to authenticate a user, transmit a document, and carry-out post-processing instructions, comprising the steps of:

entering information on an actual user personalized cover sheet regarding a destination and post-processing instructions, if any, of a document to be transmitted by a digital transmitting device;

scanning said cover sheet and said document by said digital transmitting device;

authenticating a user by said digital transmitting device;

transmitting said document to a recipient; and

carrying out said post-processing instructions.

12. The method, as in claim 11, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

preparing a user personalized cover sheet.

13. The method, as in claim 12, wherein said personalized cover sheet is further comprised of:

barcodes.

14. The method, as in claim 12, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

scanning said prepared, user personalized cover sheet by said digital transmitting device.

15. The method, as in claim 14, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

storing said scanned, prepared, user personalized cover sheet in said digital transmitting device.

16. The method, as in claim 14, wherein said information entering step is further comprised of the step of:

storing said scanned, prepared, user personalized cover sheet in a database.

17. The method, as in claim 15, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user personalized cover sheet with said stored personalized user cover sheet.

18. The method, as in claim 16, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user personalized cover sheet with said stored user personalized cover sheet.

19. The method, as in claim 11, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a Web site or a server running an OCR or archival application.

20. The method, as in claim 11, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a server running an optical character recognition application.