Patent ID: 6760755
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G16H,H04L

Abstract:
An imaging system comprising:a library of configuration files stored on a hard disk, each configuration file comprising attribute configuration data for a different make/model of device, the attribute configuration data for a given configuration file comprising a respective name and an associated respective tag for each attribute that is required by a respective device to be included in a data object to be sent to said respective device by said imaging system; a graphical user interface comprising means for identifying a device on a network for receiving an object from said imaging system; a networking port for communicating with said device on said network; system memory storing an attribute control file; and a computer programmed to perform a step of copying attribute configuration data to said system memory from a configuration file in said library corresponding to said identified device in response to a first input via said graphical user interface by a system user and populating said attribute control file with said copied attribute configuration data in system memory in response to a second input via said graphical user interface by the system user.