Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents
First Claim
1. A method of storing information that enables tracking of physical locations of paper documents, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal to generate a paper document;
generating the paper document using a paper document output device, wherein an identification tag is physically associated with the paper document;
determining identification information stored by the identification tag, wherein the identification information determined from the identification tag is used to identify the paper document;
storing the identification information; and
storing physical location information identifying a physical location of the paper document such that the physical location information is associated with the stored identification information, wherein the physical location information is set to a physical location of the paper document output device.
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Abstract
Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents. Embodiments of the present invention can track physical locations of paper documents that have identification tags physically associated with them. Each identification tag that is physically associated with a paper document is configured to store information that can be used to uniquely identify the paper document with which the identification tag is physically associated. For a particular paper document, the identification tag physically associated with the particular paper document along with information stored in the identification tag facilitates tracking of the physical location of the particular paper document.
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1. A method of storing information that enables tracking of physical locations of paper documents, the method comprising:
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receiving a signal to generate a paper document; generating the paper document using a paper document output device, wherein an identification tag is physically associated with the paper document; determining identification information stored by the identification tag, wherein the identification information determined from the identification tag is used to identify the paper document; storing the identification information; and storing physical location information identifying a physical location of the paper document such that the physical location information is associated with the stored identification information, wherein the physical location information is set to a physical location of the paper document output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A paper document output device comprising:
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a memory; a print subsystem; and a tag subsystem; wherein the print subsystem is configured to generate a paper document in response to a signal received by the paper document output device, wherein an identification tag is physically associated with the paper document; wherein the tag subsystem is configured to determine identification information stored by the identification tag, wherein the identification information determined from the identification tag is used to identify the paper document; and wherein the memory is configured to store the identification information and physical location information identifying a physical location of the paper document, such that the physical location information is associated with the stored identification information, wherein the physical location information is set to a physical location of the paper document output device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising:
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code for receiving a signal to generate a paper document; code for generating the paper document using a paper document output device, wherein an identification tag is physically associated with the paper document; code for determining identification information stored by the identification tag, wherein the identification information determined from the identification tag is used to identify the paper document; code for storing the identification information; and code for storing physical location information identifying a physical location of the paper document such that the physical location information is associated with the stored identification information, wherein the physical location information is set to a physical location of the paper document output device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A paper document output device comprising:
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means for receiving a signal to generate a paper document; means for generating the paper document, wherein an identification tag is physically associated with the paper document; means for determining identification information stored by the identification tag, wherein the identification information determined from the identification tag is used to identify the paper document; means for storing the identification information; and means for storing physical location information identifying a physical location of the paper document such that the physical location information is associated with the stored identification information, wherein the physical location information is set to a physical location of the paper document output device.
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42. A method for determining physical locations of paper documents, the method comprising:
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sending a signal to a set of tag readers to determine a physical location of a paper document; receiving first information from a first tag reader from the set of tag readers, the first information including identification information read by the first tag reader from an identification tag physically associated with the paper document; determining a physical location of the first tag reader; and storing physical location information of the first tag reader such that the physical location of the first tag reader is associated with the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A system for determining physical locations of paper documents, the system comprising:
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a memory; a signal transmitting subsystem; and a data processing subsystem; wherein the signal transmitting subsystem is configured to send a signal to a set of tag readers to determine a physical location of a paper document; wherein the data processing subsystem is configured to; receive first information from a first tag reader from the set of tag readers, the first information including identification information read by the first tag reader from an identification tag physically associated with the paper document; and determine a physical location of the first tag reader; and wherein the memory is configured to store physical location information of the first tag reader such that the physical location of the first tag reader is associated with the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising:
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code for sending a signal to a set of tag readers to determine a physical location of a paper document; code for receiving first information from a first tag reader from the set of tag readers, the first information including identification information read by the first tag reader from an identification tag physically associated with the paper document; code for determining a physical location of the first tag reader; and code for storing physical location of the first tag reader such that the physical location of the first tag reader is associated with the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58)
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