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Techniques for performing actions based upon physical locations of paper documents

  • US 8,493,601 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2010
  • Issued: 07/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A paper document output device comprising:

  • a print subsystem configured to produce, based on an electronic representation of a document, a hardcopy of the document on one or more pages of physical media;

    a tag subsystem configured to write an identifier to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag physically associated with the one or more pages of physical media, the identifier uniquely identifying the hardcopy of the document; and

    a communications subsystem configured to enable communication between the paper document output device and a host device, wherein the communication subsystem is configured to;

    receive the electronic representation of the document from the host device; and

    after the identifier has been written to the RFID tag, transmit to the host device the identifier and information about a physical location of the hardcopy of the document, for storage in a paper document tracking database, wherein the paper document tracking database includes correlation information linking the identifier and the physical location of the hardcopy of the document.

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