Templates for configuring digital sending devices to achieve an automated business process
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1. A content management method, comprising:
- identifying digital sending devices in a communications network, wherein each of the identified digital sending devices comprises a combination of hardware and software that is operable to capture data from documents and send the captured data over the communications network;
generating an automated business process design comprising one or more definitions of user interactions with respective ones of the identified digital sending devices and one or more functions performed by respective ones of the digital sending devices; and
translating the automated business process design into digital sending device configurations comprising data processing rules for capturing the data and instructions for sending the captured data over the communications network in accordance with the automated business process design; and
configuring the identified digital sending devices in accordance with the digital sending device configurations;
wherein the identifying, the generating, the translating, and the configuring are performed by a computer system.
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Abstract
A content management method is described. The method includes identifying digital sending devices. The method includes authoring an automated business process design. And the method includes translating the automated business process design into information technology templates for configuring each of the identified digital sending devices to achieve the automated business process.
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1. A content management method, comprising:
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identifying digital sending devices in a communications network, wherein each of the identified digital sending devices comprises a combination of hardware and software that is operable to capture data from documents and send the captured data over the communications network; generating an automated business process design comprising one or more definitions of user interactions with respective ones of the identified digital sending devices and one or more functions performed by respective ones of the digital sending devices; and translating the automated business process design into digital sending device configurations comprising data processing rules for capturing the data and instructions for sending the captured data over the communications network in accordance with the automated business process design; and configuring the identified digital sending devices in accordance with the digital sending device configurations; wherein the identifying, the generating, the translating, and the configuring are performed by a computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A content management system, comprising:
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a plurality of digital sending devices in a communications network, wherein each of the digital sending devices comprises a combination of hardware and software that is operable to capture data from documents and send the captured data over the communications network; and a computer system operable to perform operations comprising generating an automated business process design comprising one or more definitions of user interactions with respective ones of the identified digital sending devices and one or more functions performed by respective ones of the digital sending devices, and translating the automated business process design into digital sending device configurations comprising data processing rules for capturing the data and instructions for sending the captured data over the communications network in accordance with the automated business process design, and configuring the identified digital sending devices in accordance with the digital sending device configurations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A program storage device readable by a processor, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
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identifying digital sending devices in a communications network, wherein each of the identified digital sending devices comprises a combination of hardware and software that is operable to capture data from documents and send the captured data over the communications network; generating an automated business process design comprising one or more definitions of user interactions with respective ones of the identified digital sending devices and one or more functions performed by respective ones of the digital sending devices; and translating the automated business process design into digital sending device configurations comprising data processing rules for capturing the data and instructions for sending the captured data over the communications network in accordance with the automated business process design; and configuring the identified digital sending devices in accordance with the digital sending device configurations. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A content management system comprising:
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a network means for execution of a remote configuration application; a plurality of digital sending devices in the network means, wherein each of the digital sending devices comprises a combination of hardware and software that is operable to capture data from documents and send the captured data over the communications network; an automated business process authoring means for enabling a user to define and select data-processing templates and workflow-routing templates to create an automated business process design; and a translating means for translating the automated business process design into digital sending device configurations comprising data processing rules for capturing the data and instructions for sending the captured data over the communications network in accordance with the automated business process design. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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