Electronic Filing Cabinet
First Claim
1. An image forming device comprising an electronic filing cabinet for archiving documents output from the image forming device or read into the image forming device, the electronic filing cabinet comprising:
- an indexing engine for recognizing characters and patterns in a document, generating a timestamp therefore, and classifying and indexing the document based upon the recognized characters and patterns and a first predefined set of rules; and
a storage device for storing the indexed document based on a second predefined set of rules.
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Abstract
An image forming device including an electronic filing cabinet is provided. The electronic filing cabinet stores documents output from the image forming device or read into the image forming device. The electronic filing cabinet may include an optical character recognition unit, an indexing engine and a storage device. The optical character recognition unit scans or otherwise inspects the documents and generates timestamps for the documents. The scanned information is provided to the indexing engine. The indexing engine classifies and indexes the documents according to a first predefined set of rules. Thereafter, the indexed documents are stored in the storage device. A human machine interface is provided for updating the first predefined set of rules. Previously stored documents may also be retrieved through the human machine interface.
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16 Claims
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1. An image forming device comprising an electronic filing cabinet for archiving documents output from the image forming device or read into the image forming device, the electronic filing cabinet comprising:
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an indexing engine for recognizing characters and patterns in a document, generating a timestamp therefore, and classifying and indexing the document based upon the recognized characters and patterns and a first predefined set of rules; and a storage device for storing the indexed document based on a second predefined set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for archiving documents output from an image forming device or read into the image forming device, the method comprising:
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recognizing particular characters in the document; generating timestamps for the documents corresponding to a time of receipt or generation thereof; classifying the documents based on one or more particular characters recognized and a first predefined set of rules; indexing the documents based on the classification; and selectively storing the indexed documents based on a second predefined set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product for archiving documents output from an image forming device or read into the image forming device, the computer program product including instructions stored on a medium and executed by the image forming device, the computer program comprising:
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program instructions for recognizing characters in the documents; program instructions for generating timestamps for the documents; program instructions for classifying the documents based on one or more recognized characters and a first predefined set of rules; program instructions for indexing the documents based on the classification; and program instructions for selectively storing the indexed documents according to a second predefined set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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