Automatic and transparent document archiving
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1. A method for processing document images, the method comprising:
- receiving a single user input designated for a first function a user wants to perform on a document; and
responsive to the single user input, performing the following steps;
determining, from the single user input and transparent to the user, that a second archiving function should be performed in addition to the first function;
scanning a document to generate electronic image data corresponding to the document;
performing the first function; and
in response to the determination that the second archiving function should be performed, performing the second archiving function without requiring further user interaction, the second archiving function archiving the electronic image data in at least one database.
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Abstract
An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area network (LAN) may interconnect a copier, a printer, a fax machine, and a document management workstation. Whenever, a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, or faxed and archived.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for processing document images, the method comprising:
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receiving a single user input designated for a first function a user wants to perform on a document; and responsive to the single user input, performing the following steps; determining, from the single user input and transparent to the user, that a second archiving function should be performed in addition to the first function; scanning a document to generate electronic image data corresponding to the document; performing the first function; and in response to the determination that the second archiving function should be performed, performing the second archiving function without requiring further user interaction, the second archiving function archiving the electronic image data in at least one database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for processing document images, the method comprising:
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receiving a single user input designated for a first function a user wants to perform on a document; and responsive to the single user input, performing the following steps; determining, from the single user input and transparent to the user, that a second archiving function should be performed in addition to the first function; scanning a document to generate electronic image data corresponding to the document; performing the first function; and in response to the determination that a second archiving function should be performed and without requiring further user interaction. compressing the electronic image data; and performing the second archiving function, the second archiving function archiving the compressed electronic image data in at least one database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for processing document images, the method comprising:
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receiving a single user input designated for a first function a user wants to perform on a document; and responsive to the single user input, performing the following steps; determining, from the single user input and transparent to the user, that a second archiving function should be performed in addition to the first function; scanning a document to generate electronic image data corresponding to the document; performing the first function; response to the determination that a second archiving function should be performed and without requiring further user interaction, encrypting the electronic image data; and performing the second archiving function, the second archiving function archiving the encrypted electronic image data in at least one database. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device for performing unconscious archiving, the device comprising:
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an input to receive a single user input, the input designated for a first function a user wants to perform; a scanner engine configured to scan a document and generate image data for the document; an output engine configured to perform the first function the user wants to perform in response to the single user input; logic to determine, from the single user input and transparent to the user, that a second archiving function should be performed in addition to the first function; a second archiving function engine configured to perform the second archiving function in response to the determination that a second archiving function should be performed and without requiring further user interaction, the second archiving function including archiving the generated image data in a database. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for processing document images, the method comprising:
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receiving a single user input designated for a first function a user wants to perform on a document; scanning a document to generate electronic image data corresponding to the document; performing the first function; and automatically performing a second archiving function without requiring further user interaction, the automatically performing step being transparent to the user, the second archiving function archiving the electronic image data in at least one database.
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