Browser-controlled scanning system and method

• US 20040205459A1
• Filed: 10/26/2001
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Green, Brett A.
• Application Number:
  US10/005,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205459A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00225 details of image data generation, e.g. scan-to-email or network scanners using an image reading device as a local input to a computer H04N1/00241
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a browser-controlled scanning system and method. In one arrangement, the system is adapted for and method comprises receiving a scan request from a user browser, uploading content to the user browser, receiving selections made with the user browser, and scanning the document in accordance with the user selections.

Claims

1. A method for scanning a document, comprising the steps of:

receiving a scan request from a user browser;

uploading content to the user browser;

receiving selections made with the user browser; and

scanning the document in accordance with the user selections.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of uploading content to the user browser comprises uploading logic configured to generate at least one control screen for display within the browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of uploading content to the user browser comprises uploading at least one application that is configured to perform a designated task on a computing device on which the browser runs.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one application is configured to perform optical character recognition on the scanned document.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one application is configured to locate an optical character recognition module of a computing device on which the browser runs.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising uploading scanned data to the user browser for viewing.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing optical character recognition on the scanned document.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising uploading an optically character recognized document to the user browser for viewing.

9. A system for scanning a document, comprising:

means for receiving a scan request from a user browser;

means for uploading content to the user browser;

means for receiving selections made with the user browser; and

means for scanning the document in accordance with the user selections.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for uploading content to the user browser comprises an embedded server.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for uploading content to the user browser comprise means for uploading at least one application that is configured to perform a designated task on a computing device on which the browser runs.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for performing optical character recognition on the scanned document.

13. A system for scanning a document, comprising:

logic configured to receive a scan request from a user browser;

logic configured to upload content to the user browser;

logic configured to receive selections made with the user browser; and

logic configured to scan the document in accordance with the user selections.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the logic configured to upload content to the user browser comprises an embedded server.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the logic configured to upload content to the user browser comprises logic configured to upload at least one application that is configured to perform a designated task on a computing device on which the browser runs.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising logic configured to perform optical character recognition on the scanned document.

17. A scanning device, comprising:

a processing device;

scanning hardware; and

memory comprising a scan control module and an embedded server, the scan control module comprising a scanning module and an optical character recognition module, the scan control module further including logic for generating at least one control screen that can be uploaded to a user browser.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the memory further comprises at least one application that can be uploaded to the user browser.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the at least one application is configured to perform optical character recognition on scanned documents.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the at least one application is configured to locate an optical character recognition module of a computing device on which the browser runs.