Document archival system
First Claim
1. An archival computer system for receiving digital documents from document source computers, archiving such digital documents, and providing the digital documents to client computer systems, the archival computer system comprising:
- a document database including a text field;
a supplemental digital media database;
a document input device receiving at least two types of digital documents from the document source computers, the at least two types of digital documents including non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents, and supplemental media;
an archival computer receiving the at least two types of digital documents, and archiving data from the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents in the document database, and data from the supplemental media in the supplemental digital media database, the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents containing information identifying particular supplemental media as well as specifying how the supplemental media are to be used within a composite document including both the data within the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital document and the supplemental media, the archival computer processing the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents to embed unique references to the supplemental media and storing the embedded references to the supplemental media in the text field of the document database; and
a server, upon request, outputting the composite document including data stored in the document database and the supplemental digital media database.
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Abstract
An archival computer system for receiving digital documents from document source computers, archiving such digital documents, and providing the digital documents to client computer systems. The archival computer system is provided with a document database, a supplemental digital media database, a document input device, an archival computer, and a server. The document input device receives digital documents from the document source computers. The digital documents include non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents, and supplemental media. The archival computer receives the digital documents, and archives data from the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents in the document database, and data from the supplemental media in the supplemental digital media database. The server, upon request, outputs a composite document including data stored in the document database and the supplemental digital media database.
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12 Claims
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1. An archival computer system for receiving digital documents from document source computers, archiving such digital documents, and providing the digital documents to client computer systems, the archival computer system comprising:
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a document database including a text field; a supplemental digital media database; a document input device receiving at least two types of digital documents from the document source computers, the at least two types of digital documents including non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents, and supplemental media; an archival computer receiving the at least two types of digital documents, and archiving data from the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents in the document database, and data from the supplemental media in the supplemental digital media database, the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents containing information identifying particular supplemental media as well as specifying how the supplemental media are to be used within a composite document including both the data within the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital document and the supplemental media, the archival computer processing the non-pixalated, non-rastered digital documents to embed unique references to the supplemental media and storing the embedded references to the supplemental media in the text field of the document database; and a server, upon request, outputting the composite document including data stored in the document database and the supplemental digital media database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a composite document formed by a first type of document having embedded identifiers stored in a text field within a document database, the embedded identifiers identifying a second type of document comprising supplemental media stored in a supplemental digital media database; retrieving the first type of document; retrieving the second type of document comprising supplemental media identified by the identifiers embedded in the first type of document; and outputting the first type of document and the second type of document comprising supplemental media in a format to be rendered into a composite document by a document rendering code of a client computer system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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