Patent ID: 6396964
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A data storage network comprising:(a) a plurality of distributed systems and a master system; (b) said distributed systems being at different physical locations; (c) each of said distributed systems including a distributed physical system and a distributed electronic system; (d) said master system being at a particular physical location; (e) said master system including a master physical system and a master electronic system; (f) each of said distributed physical systems including a scanner for processing random sequences of physical paper documents to produce corresponding sequences of electronic image documents in real-time sequences of date/time instances; (g) said master physical system including a master physical repository for storing said random sequences of paper documents in physical repositories that are uniquely marked by indicia referring to said date/time instances; (h) said master electronic system including a master electronic database for storing said sequences of electronic image documents in reference to said date/time instances established by said distributed systems; (i) said paper documents in said storage repositories being logically classified in terms of said date/time instances; (e) said paper documents in said sequences of paper documents being logically classified by other identifiers into restricted virtual groups; (f) paper documents of different ones of said restricted virtual groups being intermingled physically in said sequences of paper documents; (g) said distributed electronic systems presenting said electronic image documents in restricted electronic groups that correspond to said restricted virtual groups.