Method and apparatus for providing a work flow web application that receives image data via a web browser and exports the image data to a document processing server
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1. A networked system, comprising:
- (a) a work flow server that is in communication with a computer network containing first computer executable code;
(b) a client computer that is in communication with said work flow server over said computer network containing second computer executable code; and
(c) an image sourcing device that is in communication with said client computer;
wherein said second computer executable code includes;
(i) a web browser that is in communication with said work flow server over the computer network;
(ii) an image device driver that is in communication with said image sourcing device; and
(iii) a software interface module that interfaces between said web browser and said image device driver.
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Abstract
An improved image processing system is provided which receives image data at a computer and transfers that image data to a work flow server for image processing and document distribution. The system uses a work flow web application computer program that receives image data from a scanner, transfers that image data via a native interface or a driver on a client computer to a browser on the client computer, and then sends the data to a network document distribution server which is addressed from the client computer using URL'"'"'s.
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1. A networked system, comprising:
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(a) a work flow server that is in communication with a computer network containing first computer executable code;
(b) a client computer that is in communication with said work flow server over said computer network containing second computer executable code; and
(c) an image sourcing device that is in communication with said client computer;
wherein said second computer executable code includes;
(i) a web browser that is in communication with said work flow server over the computer network;
(ii) an image device driver that is in communication with said image sourcing device; and
(iii) a software interface module that interfaces between said web browser and said image device driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for receiving image data and processing image data using a work flow server that is in communication with a client computer over a computer network and an image sourcing device in communication with said client computer, said method comprising:
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(a) establishing a communications session between said work flow server and said client computer over said computer network, through a URL in a web browser resident on said client computer, wherein said URL identifies an address on said work flow server; and
(b) communicating first image data from an image device driver to said web browser resident on said client computer through a software interface module resident on said client computer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for receiving image data from an image sourcing device that is in communication with a client computer, said method comprising:
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(a) generating a first image data at said image sourcing device and, under control of a work flow web application computer program;
(b) communicating said first image data to an image device driver resident on said client computer;
(c) communicating said first image data from said image device driver to a software interface module resident on said client computer under control of said work flow web application computer program; and
(d) communicating said first image data from said software interface module to a web browser resident on said client computer under control of said work flow web application computer program. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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