Method and system for publishing electronic media to a document management system in various publishing formats independent of the media creation application
First Claim
1. A system for publishing documents to a document management system comprising:
- a computerized networka readable memory electronically linked to the network;
a plurality of computers connected to the network, wherein at least one of the plurality of computers, displays electronic data to a user in the form of a graphical user interface (GUI);
a processing unit programmed to call the GUI on demand and enable a user selection of one or more publication formats, wherein the one or more publication formats conform to document management system parameters and include publication formats non-native to a creation document format; and
wherein the processing unit is further programmed to convert a document to at least one of the publication formats and call the GUI directly from the application used to create the document a user desires to publish.
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Abstract
A system and method of publishing an electronic data file to a document management system in various publication formats includes a printer driver that is configured to publish an electronic media to a document management system irrespective of which application or software program the data file was created. The printer driver is activated to facilitate publication of an electronic data file following a file-print command initialized while resident in a specific media creating program. The present invention further allows for user selection of a number of publication formats as well as providing notices to additional personnel indicating that the electronic data file is ready for additional work flow or review. The present invention further contemplates retrieval of media stored in a database managed by a document management system following the aforementioned file print command.
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1. A system for publishing documents to a document management system comprising:
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a computerized network a readable memory electronically linked to the network; a plurality of computers connected to the network, wherein at least one of the plurality of computers, displays electronic data to a user in the form of a graphical user interface (GUI); a processing unit programmed to call the GUI on demand and enable a user selection of one or more publication formats, wherein the one or more publication formats conform to document management system parameters and include publication formats non-native to a creation document format; and wherein the processing unit is further programmed to convert a document to at least one of the publication formats and call the GUI directly from the application used to create the document a user desires to publish. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer readable storage device having stored thereon a program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to:
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identify a command from a media creation application to manage an electronic media; access the electronic media; initialize a media publisher independent of the media creation application and configured to control publication of the electronic media to a document management system, wherein the media publisher is further configured to transform the content of the electronic media into at least one publication format; receive a media control instruction from the media publisher to transform the content of the electronic media into at least one publication format; publish the content of the electronic media directly into the at least one publication format in accordance with the received media control instruction and storage rules of the document management system; and wherein the computer is further caused to receive more than one media control instruction and simultaneously transform the content of the electronic media into more than one format. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon and embodying a sequence of instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
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(A) access an electronic data file in response to at least one of an application print command and application open command; (B) display a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to facilitate user selection of a number of publication commands; (C) receive a user selection of at least one publication command; (D) route the electronic data file to a converter configured to convert the electronic data file directly into at least one of a number of publication formats compatible with a document management system; (E) transmit the at least one converted data file to at least one publication system capable of publishing the converted data file in the at least one publication format to the document management system; and (F) in response to user instructions, display a listing of document approving supervisors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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