Patent ID: 7019858
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for converting a paper document to an electronic document and sending the electronic document to at least one destination, said method comprising the steps of: sending user interface information from a server computer to a sending computer that interfaces to a connected scanner, wherein the user interface information enables a user of the sending computer to designate a scanning parameter for scanning the paper document and destination information for specifying the destination; receiving an identity of the designated scanning parameter and the specified destination information at the server computer; commanding from the server computer to the sending computer to control the sending computer to scan the paper document by using the scanner, to generate the electronic document, and to send the electronic document to the server computer in accordance with the scanning parameter corresponding to the received identity; receiving the electronic document at the server computer; and sending the electronic document from the server computer to the destination in accordance with the destination information corresponding to the received identity.