Paper-based upload and tracking system
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1. A method comprising:
- scanning a version of a document to obtain an image, the document having machine readable information;
decoding the machine readable information from the image to obtain a destination specification;
uploading information corresponding to the image to a destination host specified by the destination specification.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing paper-based upload and tracking of documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises scanning a version of a document to obtain an image, the document having machine readable information, decoding the machine readable information from the image to obtain a destination specification, and uploading information corresponding to the image to a destination host specified by the destination specification.
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1. A method comprising:
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scanning a version of a document to obtain an image, the document having machine readable information;
decoding the machine readable information from the image to obtain a destination specification;
uploading information corresponding to the image to a destination host specified by the destination specification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus comprising:
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a scanner to scan a document to produce an image;
a processing unit to identify a destination host from machine-readable information on the image; and
a communication interface to send information corresponding to the image to the destination host. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An article of manufacture having one or more recordable media having instructions thereon which, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
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scanning a version of a document to obtain an image, the document having machine readable information;
decoding the machine readable information from the image to obtain a destination specification;
uploading information corresponding to the image to a destination host specified by the destination specification. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A method comprising:
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creating a document having machine readable information included thereon, the machine readable information specifying a location;
receiving an upload image information from a client device, the image information corresponding to scanned version of the document;
storing the uploaded image information; and
generating a response to the client device indicating that image has been uploaded. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method comprising:
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receiving a tracking number associated with an image of a document;
generating a request using the tracking number;
sending the request to a server; and
receiving the image or information related to the image. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A method comprising:
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receiving annotations and a tracking number;
locating stored annotations in response to the tracking number;
updating the stored annotations; and
sending the updated annotations to a requester. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88)
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