Document management
First Claim
1. A document management system, the system comprising:
- a physical-document monitoring device comprising;
a document coupling device,a sensor coupled to the document coupling device, the sensor operable to sense a state of a document and to generate a signal representative thereof, anda computer coupled to the sensor and the document coupling device, the computer operable to determine a document state based on the signal.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for document management, which may occur at a physical document, at a remote location, or at a combination thereof. Document management at a physical document may include sensing a state of a document, generating a signal representing the document state, determining the document state based on the signal, and generating a wireless message representing the document state. Document management at a remote location may include storing non-physical versions of documents, receiving state data for physical versions of the documents, associating the state data with the appropriate non-physical versions, and managing access to the non-physical versions and the state data.
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48 Claims
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1. A document management system, the system comprising:
a physical-document monitoring device comprising; a document coupling device, a sensor coupled to the document coupling device, the sensor operable to sense a state of a document and to generate a signal representative thereof, and a computer coupled to the sensor and the document coupling device, the computer operable to determine a document state based on the signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method by which a physical-document monitoring device facilitates management of a physical document, the method comprising:
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sensing a state of the physical document, with a sensor coupled to a document coupling device; generating a signal representing the document state with the sensor; determining the document state based on the signal with a computer coupled to the sensor and the document coupling device; and generating a wireless signal to send a representation of the document state to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. The method of 23, wherein the physical document comprises a paper-based document.
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37. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause a physical-document monitoring device comprising one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
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determining whether a state of a document has been sensed with a sensor coupled to a document coupling device; determining the document state with a computer coupled to the sensor and the document coupling device; and generating a wireless message to send a representation of the document state to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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