Patent ID: 7565400
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for remote storage of documents submitted via a device driver, comprising: hardware means adapted for receiving an electronic document into an output driver disposed on an associated workstation for storage on an associated document management system; means adapted for receiving data representative of at least one document storage device to be associated with the electronic document; means adapted for generating raw print stream data corresponding to the electronic document from the output driver; means adapted for embedding in the raw print stream data identification data corresponding to an identity of a source of the electronic document; means adapted for receiving a document storage request from the associated workstation; means adapted for communicating from the raw print stream data to a document storage device in connection with an anonymous source identifier; means adapted for parsing the raw print stream data to extract embedded identification data therefrom; means adapted for replacing the anonymous source identifier with extracted embedded identification data; means adapted for identifying a selected storage area from a plurality thereof within the document storage device, which storage area is uniquely associated to the user in accordance with the identification data; means adapted for routing status data to the associated workstation in accordance with identification data; means adapted for receiving a retrieval request, inclusive of the identification data, for retrieval of the electronic document from the document storage device; and means adapted for outputting the electronic document from the data storage area associated with the user document storage device in accordance with a received retrieval request.