Patent ID: 7752277
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of storing document information in a computer configured to access an e-mail server and having a storage device, the computer being configured to communicate with the e-mail server which is connected to a scanner terminal through a network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at said computer, said document information from the scanner terminal by obtaining said document information from the e-mail server after said document information has been sent from the scanner terminal over the Internet to an e-mail address of the e-mail server; accessing, from said computer, a storage folder previously created in said storage device and associated with said e-mail address of the e-mail server, to store said document information that has been sent to the email address; and automatically storing said document information to said storage folder in said storage device, wherein each document type has a corresponding e-mail address folder to store the document information.