Automatic distribution of electronic documents into and from a printing apparatus mailbox
First Claim
1. A method for distributing electronic documents to at least one storage location of an electronic document transfer application and to at least one virtual storage location residing on at least one printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- mapping the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus,wherein the mapping is achieved by assigning an identical storage location identifier for both storage locations;
recognizing the mapping of the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus;
transmitting the electronic documents to the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application and the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus based on the recognized mapping;
receiving the electronic documents at the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus; and
storing the electronic documents received at the at least one virtual storage location on the at least one printing apparatus.
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Abstract
A method and system for distributing electronic documents to at least one storage location of an electronic document transfer application and to at least one electronic mailbox residing on at least one printing apparatus. The method and system comprising executing a client application that transmits the electronic documents, executing a client application that receives the electronic documents, wherein the server application associates the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one electronic mailbox residing on at least one printing apparatus, wherein the server application transmits the electronic documents to the at least one electronic mailbox residing on at least one printing apparatus per the association, wherein the electronic addresses corresponding to the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application are the same as the electronic addresses corresponding to the at least one electronic mailbox residing on the at least one printing apparatus.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for distributing electronic documents to at least one storage location of an electronic document transfer application and to at least one virtual storage location residing on at least one printing apparatus, the method comprising:
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mapping the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus, wherein the mapping is achieved by assigning an identical storage location identifier for both storage locations; recognizing the mapping of the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus; transmitting the electronic documents to the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application and the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus based on the recognized mapping; receiving the electronic documents at the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus; and storing the electronic documents received at the at least one virtual storage location on the at least one printing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 27)
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13. A system for distributing electronic documents to at least one storage location of an electronic document transfer application and to at least one virtual storage location residing on at least one printing apparatus, comprising:
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at least one server device that functions to map the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus, wherein the mapping is achieved by assigning an identical storage location identifier for both storage locations; at least one client application that functions to transmit the electronic documents; at least one server application, the server application functioning to receive the electronic documents from the client application; wherein the server application recognizes the mapping of the at least one storage location of the electronic document transfer application to the at least one virtual storage location residing on the at least one printing apparatus, and wherein the server application transmits the electronic documents to the at least one electronic mailbox residing on the at least one printing apparatus based on the mapping; at least one printing apparatus, the printing apparatus functioning to receive the electronic documents from the server application; wherein the printing apparatus stores the electronic documents in an electronic mailbox residing on the printing apparatus; at least one electronic document transfer application, the electronic document transfer application functioning to receive the electronic documents; wherein the electronic document transfer application receives the electronic documents from either the client application or the server application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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