Electronic filing system with scan-placeholders
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1. In an electronic document processing system including:
- an image acquisition device for acquiring a digital image of a material document in an image acquisition operation; and
an electronic filing system for organizing electronic document files as file objects within a structure of filing system objects;
a method comprising;
generating a scan-placeholder class of filing system object in the electronic filing system, each scan-placeholder object being distinct from a document file object, and representing a document file which is not recognized as being present but which is explicitly expected to be acquired using the image acquisition device;
associating control information with each scan-placeholder object for controlling at least partly the image acquisition process, wherein the control information comprises an identifier for the electronic document, post-scanning properties and notification properties; and
in response to a user command to redeem a scan-placeholder object, performing the image acquisition operation in accordance with the control information, to redeem the scan-placeholder object with a document file of the acquired digital image of the material document.
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In an electronic document filing system, placeholder objects are used to provide an explicit representation of document files which are not yet present but which are explicitly expected by the system. A placeholder object can be a real filing system object, which may be processed by the filing system in the same manner as any other filing system object, and can include filing system data such as file metadata. The metadata may be associated with an expected source for the document file (e.g., for automatic capture of a paper document from a scanner).
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1. In an electronic document processing system including:
- an image acquisition device for acquiring a digital image of a material document in an image acquisition operation; and
an electronic filing system for organizing electronic document files as file objects within a structure of filing system objects;
a method comprising;generating a scan-placeholder class of filing system object in the electronic filing system, each scan-placeholder object being distinct from a document file object, and representing a document file which is not recognized as being present but which is explicitly expected to be acquired using the image acquisition device; associating control information with each scan-placeholder object for controlling at least partly the image acquisition process, wherein the control information comprises an identifier for the electronic document, post-scanning properties and notification properties; and in response to a user command to redeem a scan-placeholder object, performing the image acquisition operation in accordance with the control information, to redeem the scan-placeholder object with a document file of the acquired digital image of the material document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- an image acquisition device for acquiring a digital image of a material document in an image acquisition operation; and
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