Action stickers for identifying and processing stored documents
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing stored documents, comprising:
- receiving an electronic image of a document index, the document index being on a printed medium and comprising a plurality of graphic representations of stored documents and a plurality of removable self-adhesive stickers, each graphic representation uniquely identifies each corresponding stored document;
locating, within the plurality of graphic representations of the stored documents on the document index image, at least a first graphic representation of a first stored document;
locating, on the document index image with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document, an image of a first sticker specifying a first action;
determining that the first sticker specifies that the first action be performed on the first stored document based on the location of the first sticker with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document andperforming the first action to cause a change to the first stored document as specified by the first sticker.
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Abstract
A user affixes one or more action stickers to a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The action stickers also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The coversheet is scanned and the affixed stickers are located and read. The specified actions are then performed on the target documents. If the specified actions change the organization or architecture of the document collection, an updated version of the collection may be generated and stored, and a new coversheet may be printed. The action stickers may be removable, self-adhesive labels.
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing stored documents, comprising:
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receiving an electronic image of a document index, the document index being on a printed medium and comprising a plurality of graphic representations of stored documents and a plurality of removable self-adhesive stickers, each graphic representation uniquely identifies each corresponding stored document; locating, within the plurality of graphic representations of the stored documents on the document index image, at least a first graphic representation of a first stored document; locating, on the document index image with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document, an image of a first sticker specifying a first action; determining that the first sticker specifies that the first action be performed on the first stored document based on the location of the first sticker with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document and performing the first action to cause a change to the first stored document as specified by the first sticker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer-implemented method for processing stored documents, comprising:
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receiving an electronic image of a document index, the document index being on a printed medium and comprising a plurality of graphic representations of stored documents and a plurality of removable self-adhesive stickers, each graphic representation uniquely identifies each corresponding stored document; locating, within the plurality of graphic representations of the stored documents on the document index image, at least a first graphic representation of a first stored document; locating, on the document index image with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document, an image of a first sticker; determining that the first sticker specifies receiving input in association with the first stored document based on the location of the first sticker with respect to the first graphic representation of the first stored document; receiving input specifying an action; and performing the specified action to cause a change to the first stored document. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A computer program product for processing a first stored document, comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium; and
computer program code, encoded on the medium, for;
receiving an electronic image of a document index, the document index being on a printed medium and comprising a plurality of graphic representations of stored documents and a plurality of removable self-adhesive stickers, each graphic representation uniquely identifies each corresponding stored document;
locating, within the plurality of graphic representations of the stored documents on the document index image, at least a first graphic representation of a first stored document;locating, on the document index image with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document, an image of a first sticker specifying a first action; determining that the first sticker specifies that the first action be performed on the first stored document based on the location of the first sticker with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document and performing the first action to cause a change to the first stored document as specified by the first sticker. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
- a computer-readable storage medium; and
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61. A system for processing stored documents comprising:
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a document index input device, for receiving an electronic image of a document index, the document index being on a printed medium and comprising a plurality of graphic representations of stored documents and a plurality of removable self-adhesive stickers, each graphic representation uniquely identifies each corresponding stored document; a document locator, for locating, within the plurality of graphic representations of the stored documents on the document index image, at least a first graphic representation of a first stored document;
a sticker locator, coupled to the document input index device and the document locator, for locating, on the document index image with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document, an image of a first sticker specifying a first action and for determining that the first sticker specifies that the first action be performed on the first stored document based on the location of the first sticker with respect to the location of the first graphic representation of the first stored document; anda document processor, coupled to the document identifier, for performing the first action to cause a change to the first stored document as specified by the first sticker. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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