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System, computer program product and method for managing documents

  • US 7,877,458 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2006
  • Issued: 01/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of storing a scanned document, comprising the steps of:

  • transmitting user identification information from a image processing device to a computer remote from the image processing device;

    retrieving, by the computer, menu information indicating at least one available network storage apparatus based on the received user identification information;

    displaying said menu information on a display of said image processing device;

    generating, at the image processing device, image data corresponding to an image scanned at the image processing device;

    receiving, at the image processing device, a request to store the image data and a document type corresponding to the image data;

    transmitting the image data, the document type and the request from the image processing device to the computer remote from the image processing device, the computer connected to the image processing device via a first network;

    automatically selecting, at the computer, a storage location to store the image data based on the document type by consulting a table identifying a document type corresponding to each of a plurality of storage locations;

    transferring the image data from the computer to the selected storage location via a second network; and

    storing the image data at the selected storage location.

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