Systems and methods for electronic document delivery, execution, and return
First Claim
1. A method employed to expedite electronic delivery and return of a document, the method comprising:
- receiving an unexecuted document to an electronic mail system including a spooler at which the unexecuted document is spooled;
retrieving the unexecuted document from the spooler to a merchant'"'"'s computing device;
executing the unexecuted document;
sending the executed document to an organization, andreceiving the executed document the merchant'"'"'s computing device by way of a returning program employed on the merchant'"'"'s computing device to return the executed document to the organization in electronic form, the returning program providing that the executed document is sent to the organization and marking the executed document with information that allows the executed document to be routed within the organization.
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Abstract
To expedite electronic delivery and return of a document, the document is sent to an electronic mail system and stored in an electronic form thereat. The recipient is informed that the document is available thereto at any of a plurality of merchants where the document may be retrieved. The recipient visits one of the plurality of merchants and at the visited merchant retrieves the document in the electronic form from the mail system to a computing device at the visited merchant. The recipient then reviews and executes the document at the visited merchant, and sends the executed document in an electronic form to the organization by way of the visited merchant and the computing device thereat.
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20 Claims
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1. A method employed to expedite electronic delivery and return of a document, the method comprising:
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receiving an unexecuted document to an electronic mail system including a spooler at which the unexecuted document is spooled; retrieving the unexecuted document from the spooler to a merchant'"'"'s computing device; executing the unexecuted document; sending the executed document to an organization, and receiving the executed document the merchant'"'"'s computing device by way of a returning program employed on the merchant'"'"'s computing device to return the executed document to the organization in electronic form, the returning program providing that the executed document is sent to the organization and marking the executed document with information that allows the executed document to be routed within the organization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions thereon implementing a method to expedite electronic delivery and return of a document, the method comprising:
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receiving an unexecuted document to an electronic mail system including a spooler at which the unexecuted document is spooled; retrieving the unexecuted document from the spooler to a merchant'"'"'s computing device; executing the unexecuted document; sending the executed document to an organization, and receiving the executed document the merchant'"'"'s computing device by way of a returning program employed on the merchant'"'"'s computing device to return the executed document to the organization in electronic form, the returning program providing that the executed document is sent to the organization and marking the executed document with information that allows the executed document to be routed within the organization. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system employed to expedite electronic delivery and return of a document, the system comprising:
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a subsystem that receives an unexecuted document to an electronic mail system including a spooler at which the unexecuted document is spooled; a subsystem that retrieves the unexecuted document from the spooler to a merchant'"'"'s computing device; a subsystem that executes the unexecuted document; a subsystem that sends the executed document to an organization, and a subsystem that receives the executed document the merchant'"'"'s computing device by way of a returning program employed on the merchant'"'"'s computing device to return the executed document to the organization in electronic form, the returning program providing that the executed document is sent to the organization and marking the executed document with information that allows the executed document to be routed within the organization. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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