Patent ID: 8508767
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-assisted method comprising: receiving, at a computer system, a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing; sorting the electronic documents into one or more groups, by the computer system, based on attributes of the electronic documents, wherein the electronic documents of each group share at least one common attribute reflecting at least one physical processing requirement shared by each of the plurality of electronic documents of the group; determining, by the computer system, an appropriate processing site for each group among a plurality of processing sites based at least on the at least one common attribute of the electronic documents of each group, including analysis of capabilities of at least one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to determine that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of the group in a single run; and routing, by the computer system, each group of electronic documents to the respective appropriate processing site determined for the group, wherein more than one of the processing sites are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of a first group in a single run, and the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises a processing site able to process the first group most efficiently, and wherein determining the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises selecting a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.