System, computer program product and method for managing documents
First Claim
1. A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request from a remote user;
selecting an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said request;
forwarding said request to said application service provider;
receiving information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user; and
formatting said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on a user input. The document manager can search documents within the ASPs, retrieve documents and URLs, store documents and data, format documents, generate and issue unified bills from a plurality of bills from a plurality of ASPs. The documents manager can provide consulting advise to the user regarding document managing, and can manage the documents stored on a user storage device, for example by transferring these documents to a ASP storage device after storage time periods associated with the documents.
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51 Claims
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1. A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from a remote user;
selecting an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said request;
forwarding said request to said application service provider;
receiving information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user; and
formatting said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for managing documents, comprising:
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a request receiving device configured to receive a request from a remote user;
a selecting device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said request;
a forwarding device configured to forward said request to said application service provider;
an information receiving device configured to receive information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user; and
a formatting device configured to format said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to manage documents over a computer network, the computer program code mechanism comprising;
a first computer code device configured to receive a request from a remote user;
a second computer code device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said request;
a third computer code device configured to forward said request to said application service provider;
a fourth computer code device configured to receive information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user; and
a fifth computer code configured to format said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from a remote user;
receiving a document and storage information from said user;
selecting an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said storage information;
transmitting said document and at least part of said storage information to a storage device of said application service provider; and
formatting said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for managing documents, comprising
a request receiving device configured to receive a request from a remote user; -
a receiving device configured to receive a document and storage information from said user;
a selecting device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said storage information;
a transmitting device configured to transmit said document and at least part of said storage information to a storage device of said application service provider; and
a formatting device configured to format said documents from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to manage documents over a computer network, the computer program code mechanism comprising;
a first computer code device configured to receive a request from a remote user;
a second computer code device configured to receive a document and storage information from said user;
a third computer code device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said storage information;
a fourth computer code device configured to transmit said document and at least part of said storage information to a storage device of said application service provider; and
a fifth computer code configured to format said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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